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...
Allianz Global Investors Scraps Nuclear, Military Exclusions to Back Europe Rearmament April 1, 2025 By Iain Withers Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its sustainable funds from investing in defense, becoming one of the...
Zurich Buys Stake in UK M&A Insurer to Fuel US, Europe Expansion April 1, 2025 By Leonard Kehnscherper Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Icen Risk, a company that specializes in insuring mergers...
UK Supreme Court Starts Motor Finance Case With Billions on the Line April 1, 2025 By Jonathan Browning and Adelaide Changole A fight over UK motor finance and whether lenders should be on the hook for billions of pounds in compensation...
Federal Judge Orders Halt to Trump Administration Efforts to Dismantle CFPB April 1, 2025 By Douglas Gillison A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from pursuing efforts to dismantle...