White House Aims to Bolster Cybersecurity With Last-Minute Order January 16, 2025 By Jake Bleiberg President Joe Biden on Thursday is set to issue an executive order aimed at strengthening the federal government’s cybersecurity and...
Will California’s FAIR Plan Have Enough Cash for Its Wildfire Claims? January 16, 2025 By L.S. Howard There has been some question about whether California’s insurer of last resort – the FAIR Plan – has enough cash...
A Los Angeles Actuary on Lessons From the Palisades Fire January 16, 2025 By Dominic Lee I watched as the skies over my home in Los Angeles turned an apocalyptic orange on January 7, 2025, as...
DOJ Reports $2.9B Recovered in False Claims Act Litigation January 16, 2025 Litigation under the False Claims Act generated more than $2.9 billion in settlement and judgments the last fiscal year, according...
Jack Daniel’s Parent Firm to Cut Workforce, Close Barrel Plant in Kentucky January 16, 2025 By Bruce Schreiner LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing...
New West Virginia Governor Axes DEI and Enacts Vaccine Exemptions on Day One January 16, 2025 By Leah Willingham CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first full day...
Fire-Ravaged LA to See Respite But Danger ‘Not Yet Passed’ January 16, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan, Laura Curtis and Lauren Rosenthal The dry, dangerous winds that have kept fire-scarred Los Angeles on edge for days are finally forecast to end —...
Family of Alabama Man Killed by Police Will Get $750,000 Settlement January 16, 2025 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city will pay $750,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit against a police...
Maine Town’s Plan to Remove Two Dams Includes Marina Insurance Measure January 16, 2025 By EMMETT GARTNER/The Maine Monitor The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish...
Too High? Too Low? BMS Analyzes Early Wildfire Insured Loss Estimates January 16, 2025 By Susanne Sclafane Industry analysts’ early estimates of insurance industry losses for the January 2025 California wildfires have already grown from $8 billion...