Delta Air Lines Inc. is offering $30,000 to every passenger aboard a regional jet flight that came to rest upside down after crash landing at a Toronto airport earlier this week. The payments are “a good-faith gesture” that have “no …
Marsh, the insurance broker, risk adviser and Marsh McLennan business, announced the addition of significant new capacity to its Fast Track facility. From March 1, 2025, clients can access up to 10% automatic capacity across their entire property and casualty …
Top mutual fund manager Vanguard has paused meetings with portfolio companies while it reviews the impact of new guidance on investor activism from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter. In a recent notice, …
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it will enforce antidiscrimination laws against employers that “illegally prefer non-American workers.” In a Feb. 19 announcement EEOC’s Andrea Lucas, acting chair, said the commission is “putting employers and other covered entities on …
A spate of deadly airline crashes has tarnished the industry’s sterling track record, fraying the nerves of travelers and prompting questions about how the world’s safest form of transportation can respond. The tragedies began on Christmas Day when an Azerbaijan …
Continuing a trend that’s persisted for several quarters, the latest Insurance Labor Market Study from Jacobson Group and Aon finds a big gap between the percentage of carriers expecting to boost top lines and those anticipating staff growth. The latest …
In his previous, dual role as state fire marshal, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner often championed the work of firefighters in the state. In 2023, while highlighting the health problems that firemen often face and the need for health screenings, Causey …
Carnegie Mellon University has agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle a class action brought on behalf of students whose in-person classes were moved online when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. The proposed settlement has been agreed to by …
Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate $15 million of factory-built dwellings to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. The pre-fabricated houses — made by Gebbia’s startup, …
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services appointed Matt West as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division. West has more than 19 years of experience in the workers’ comp industry. He began with the Workers’ Compensation Division in 2003 …
