South Korea Jet Crash Puts Fast-Growing Jeju Air’s Safety Under Scrutiny January 10, 2025 By Hyunjoo Jin and Dan Catchpole Before it suffered the deadliest crash in South Korea’s history, budget airline Jeju Air was moving fast: racking up record...
Update: Hottest Year Ever Sees World Breach 1.5C Global Warming Target January 10, 2025 By Eric Roston Earth’s warming exceeded 1.5C on an annual basis for the first time in 2024, according to three major climate science...
Winter Weather Wallops US Farmers January 10, 2025 By Melina Walling A nasty dose of winter weather has pummeled much of the U.S. from Kansas to the East Coast, leaving many...
Texas Refineries Prepare for First Winter Storm, Frigid January January 10, 2025 By Barbara Powell Texas refineries are bracing for an onslaught of cold, snow and freezing rain as the US South’s first major winter...
Warner Pacific Completes Acquisition of 5 Acrisure General Agencies January 10, 2025 General agency Warner Pacific said it has acquired five general agencies from broker and fintech specialist, Acrisure, effective Dec. 1...
People Moves: AIG Moves Flatt to Global CUO; Tooker Now President at The Hartford; Berkley Financial Names Brinkley Chief of Claims January 10, 2025 American International Group (AIG) said Christopher Flatt, currently head of AIG North America alternative channels, has been named global chief...
Cal/OSHA Says Safeway Exposed Workers to Serious Hazards at Largest Warehouse January 10, 2025 The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Safeway $182,000 in proposed penalties for safety violations that reportedly put...
Collateral Agreement Didn’t Mention Tort Claims, Cutting SUNZ Out of BP Funds January 10, 2025 By William Rabb If insurance carriers want dibs on a company’s assets as premium security or collateral, they had better specify that those...
Catastrophe Bond Funds Say They’ll Dodge Losses as LA Fires Rage January 10, 2025 By Gautam Naik The wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles are unlikely to trigger significant losses for catastrophe bonds designed to capture such risks....
Meta Knew It Used Pirated Books to Train AI, Authors Say January 10, 2025 By Blake Brittain Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark...