J&J Plunges After Plan to Settle Baby Powder Suits Fails April 1, 2025 By Steven Church, Jonathan Randles, Jef Feeley and Damian Garde Johnson & Johnson shares fell the most in five years after the company’s plan to settle thousands of talc-related lawsuits...
People Moves: JM Wilson Promotes Staruch, Dodd and Ladik and Re-Hires Snyder-Knutson; Huntington Hires Weaver as Senior Director of P&C April 1, 2025 JM Wilson Promotes Staruch, Dodd and Ladik and Re-Hires Snyder-Knutson JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, Natalie Staruch was promoted...
Another Kentucky Farmer Pleads Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud April 1, 2025 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A Kentucky farmer is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal crop insurance program of almost $1.5 million....
Japan Warns Potential Megaquake Could Kill Nearly 300,000 April 1, 2025 By Alice French A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by...
California’s Snowpack Data Likely Signals Another Fire-Prone Summer April 1, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan California is emerging from its wettest time of the year with new fire and drought risks. The state is scheduled...
Australia Outback Lashed by Year’s Worth of Rain in Week, With Many Livestock Killed April 1, 2025 By Keira Wright Australia’s remote outback in western Queensland has been swamped by flooding after being lashed with a year’s worth of rainfall...
WTW Acquires Michigan’s Global Commercial Credit April 1, 2025 WTW announced the acquisition of Global Commercial Credit, LLC (GCC) into Willis, a WTW business. This strategic acquisition will accelerate...
People Moves: The Hartford Expands Roles of Tech Leadership; Everest Appoints Fobert to Lead US Retail Casualty April 1, 2025 The Hartford of Hartford, Connecticut said Shekar Pannala was named the company’s chief information officer and leads technology, as well...
Judge Rejects J&J’s $10 Billion Baby Powder Settlement April 1, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s $10 billion proposal to end tens of thousands of lawsuits...
Thailand Says Collapsed Bangkok Tower Used Substandard Steel April 1, 2025 By Patpicha Tanakasempipat The contractors of an under-construction tower that crashed in Bangkok during last week’s earthquake apparently used substandard steel bars made...