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U.S. FAA Finds Boeing 787 Certification Documents Incomplete: Sources
May 16 2022 // U.S. air-safety regulators have told Boeing Co. the documentation it submitted to win approval to resume 787 deliveries to airlines after a year is incomplete, two people familiar with the matter said. The U.S. Federal...
Report Forecasts ‘Above-Normal’ U.S. Wildfire Season, Worse in Drought-Plagued West
May 16 2022 // The U.S. has in store an “above-normal” wildfire season if a prediction from fire weather experts holds true — “intense” may be a better word for the expectations in the Western region. Early...
Activist Group Says U.S. Insurers Trying to Weaken Climate-Related Regulations
May 12 2022 // A number of businesses within the U.S. insurance sector are trying to weaken or delay emerging climate-related insurance regulation at federal and state levels, according to climate think tank InfluenceMap. Research from...
U.S. Cities Are Backing Off Banning Facial Recognition as Crime Rises
May 12 2022 // Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come under threat amid a surge in crime and increased lobbying from developers. Virginia in...
Creaky U.S. Power Grid Threatens Progress on Renewables, EVs
May 12 2022 // After decades of struggle, the U.S. clean-energy business is booming, with soaring electric-car sales and fast growth in wind and solar power. That’s raising hopes for the fight against climate change. All this...
Biden Administration Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Shun Bayer Weedkiller Appeal
May 11 2022 // President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear Bayer’s bid to dismiss claims by customers who contend that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, as the company seeks to...
Australia’s AUB Group Agrees to Purchase UK Broker Tysers for US$615.2 Million
May 10 2022 // Australia’s AUB Group has entered into a binding agreement to purchase UK insurance broker Tysers for A$880 million (US$615.2 million) from private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners. AUB Group recently raised...
U.S. SEC Gives Public Until June 17 to Weigh In on Climate Risk Proposal
May 10 2022 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday extended until June 17 the period for public comment on its landmark proposal to require U.S.-listed companies to disclose a range of climate-related risks and...
U.S. Labor Board Accuses Starbucks in Buffalo of Retaliatory Firings
May 10 2022 // Starbucks Corp. violated federal law by firing, threatening, and carrying out surveillance on union activists in New York, U.S. labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint. The agency’s Buffalo regional director...
Secrecy Over Condition of U.S. Dams Tied to Security Concerns, Missing Data
May 9 2022 // Americans wondering whether a nearby dam could be dangerous can look up the condition and hazard ratings of tens of thousands of dams nationwide using an online database run by the federal government. But they won’t...
AGCO Ransomware Attack Disrupts Tractor Sales During U.S. Planting Season
May 9 2022 // U.S. agricultural equipment maker AGCO Corp. said on Friday a ransomware attack was affecting operations at some of its production facilities, and dealers said tractor sales had been stalled during the crucial planting...
Bird Flu Outbreak Nears Worst Ever in U.S. With 37 Million Dead Chickens
May 6 2022 // A bird flu virus that’s sweeping across the U.S. is rapidly becoming the country’s worst outbreak, having already killed over 37 million chickens and turkeys and with more deaths expected through next month as...
People Moves: Lim Promoted to CEO, Howden Singapore; Liberty Specialty Mkts. Hires Lim for Aviation Claims; OdysseyRe Taps Everest’s Finnegan for U.S. General Casualty
May 4 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden Singapore, Liberty Specialty Markets and OdysseyRe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lim Promoted to CEO of Howden Singapore Howden, the...
Report Forecasts ‘Above-Normal’ U.S. Wildfire Season, Worse in Drought-Plagued West
May 4 2022 // The U.S. has in store an “above-normal” wildfire season if a prediction out on Wednesday from fire weather experts holds true – “intense” may be a better word for the expectations in Western...
U.S. SEC Ramps Up Crypto Fraud Oversight by Adding 20 Employees
May 3 2022 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday it will add 20 positions to its enforcement unit for crypto markets in its push to curb fraudulent activities in the hot digital space. The securities...
Teva Pharma Sees Nationwide U.S. Opioid Settlement in 2022
May 3 2022 // Teva Pharmaceutical Industries believes it would have to pay around $2.6 billion in cash and medicine to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging it and other drug companies fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic. On the heels of...
U.S. Solar Industry Warns of Slowdown Due to Supply Chain Disruptions, Tariff Uncertainty
May 3 2022 // The U.S. solar industry is warning of a big slowdown in project installations this year as global supply chain disruptions and the threat of new U.S. tariffs on panel imports from Southeast Asia hit home. U.S. power...
U.S. Nuclear Agency Seeks Documentation on Quake Safety of New Reactor Design
May 2 2022 // An official with the U.S. nuclear power regulator has ordered staff to supply documents that could lead to a review of a 2020 approval of a new type of nuclear power reactor after an engineer raised concerns about its...
Dog-Related Claims Cost U.S. Home Insurers Nearly $900M in 2021
May 2 2022 // Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2021, costing $881 million, according to an analysis by the Insurance Information Institute...
U.S. Trucking Downturn Foreshadows Possible Economic Gloom
May 2 2022 // Craig Fuller monitors millions of transactions between U.S. truckers and their customers as chief executive of transportation data company FreightWaves — and he does not like what he is seeing. There has been an...
