Mattel Settles Baby Sleeper Death Suits Before Start of a Trial June 6, 2025 By Jef Feeley Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price unit have settled lawsuits alleging their recalled Rock ‘n Play baby sleeper was so defectively...
Storm Damage Costs Are Often a Mystery. That’s a Problem for Understanding Risk June 6, 2025 By John Nielsen-Gammon On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail...
Minnesota Culver’s Franchise Settles Harassment Case for $261K June 6, 2025 R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver’s Restaurants of Cottage Grove, will pay $261,000 and...
Extended Deadline: Be Recognized as an Independent Agency Leader June 6, 2025 Need a bit more time to enter? Good news – the extended deadline to submit for Insurance Journal’s Top 100...
Billion-Dollar Carolina Battery Plant Pauses Construction Amid Tariff Uncertainty June 6, 2025 By Jeffrey Collins A Japanese company has halted construction on a $1.6 billion factory in South Carolina to help make batteries for electric...
Walmart Boosts Drone Deliveries in SE in Effort to Speed Up Orders June 6, 2025 By Jaewon Kang Walmart Inc. is adding drone delivery in five new cities in a bid to expand online sales and get goods...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Members of Midwest Insurance Group June 6, 2025 AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings...
US Supreme Court Makes ‘Reverse’ Discrimination Lawsuits Easier to Pursue June 6, 2025 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Thursday for people from majority backgrounds such as white or straight individuals...
Credit Suisse, SoftBank Fight Over Greensill Losses in $440 Million London Lawsuit June 6, 2025 Credit Suisse’s $440 million London lawsuit against Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. kicked off on Thursday over losses linked to Greensill...
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Team Agrees Sponsorship Deal With Broker Gallagher June 6, 2025 By Tracy Withers New Zealand Rugby agreed a sponsorship deal with Gallagher insurance that will give the US-based insurance brokerage naming rights on...