As Benefits Expire, Senate Adjourns Without Congressional Deal on Coronavirus Aid July 31, 2020 By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire, the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday...
Climate Risk Analytics Firm Gets Capital Injections from Liberty and MS&AD July 30, 2020 By Don Jergler Jupiter, a Silicon Valley startup provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk, announced it has raised additional capital...
Court Revives Actress Judd’s Sex Harassment Lawsuit Against Weinstein July 30, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson Actress Ashley Judd persuaded a federal appeals court to let her proceed with a sexual-harassment claim against former movie mogul...
Insurance Journal Offers Free Agency for Sale Listings. What’s the Catch? July 30, 2020 Insurance Journal announced that insurance agency owners looking to sell their agencies may post agency-for-sale listings on the highest trafficked...
Coastal Flooding Could Threaten 20% of World’s Economic Output by 2100: Study July 30, 2020 Failure to rein in climate change and bolster sea defenses could jeopardize up to a fifth of the world’s economic...
Marsh & McLennan Profit Up in Q2; CEO Sees Aon-Willis Merger ‘Good’ for MMC July 30, 2020 The pending acquisition by insurance broker Aon of rival Willis Towers Watson is “not good for the market or for...
Reuters: Rite Aid Deployed China-Linked Facial Recognition in Poor Neighborhoods July 30, 2020 By Jeffrey Dastin Over about eight years, the American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp quietly added facial recognition systems to 200 stores across...
RB Jones Marine Adds Ocean Cargo Product, Hires Great American’s Gambino July 30, 2020 RB Jones Marine, a business unit of H.W. Kaufman Group that focuses on the commercial marine and excess energy space,...
Claiming Plaintiff Farmer Not Ruined, Bayer Says Herbicide Verdict Should Be Tossed July 30, 2020 By Tom Polansek Bayer AG contended in court papers that a jury verdict in favor of a Missouri peach farmer was based on...
Without More Aid, Many Small Businesses Won’t Make It July 30, 2020 By Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte OAKLAND, Calif./NEW YORK — After surviving two strokes at age 27, Olivia Colt threw herself into starting a catering business,...