Agents, Brokers Achieve Record Annual Growth in 2023 February 26, 2024 The independent insurance agent and broker channel posted an organic growth rate of 10.3% in 2023 — the highest annual...
Universities Settle Financial-Aid Antitrust Lawsuit for $166M February 26, 2024 By Mike Scarcella Dartmouth, Northwestern, Rice and Vanderbilt universities have agreed to pay a combined $166 million to resolve claims that they favored...
UnitedHealth Blamed ‘Nation-State’ Threat in Hack That Disrupted Pharmacy Orders February 23, 2024 By Jordan Robertson, John Tozzi and Sana Pashankar A cyberattack against a division of UnitedHealth Group Inc. has caused a nationwide outage of a computer network that’s used...
SEC Drops Some Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules February 23, 2024 By Chris Prentice, Isla Binnie, Jarrett Renshaw and Douglas Gillison The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from...
Fitch: Homeowners Insurers’ Results to Improve In 2024 February 23, 2024 U.S. homeowners’ insurance is in position to improve in 2024, according Fitch Ratings. The rating agency said premium revenue growth,...
3 Emerging Risks: AI-Driven Civil Unrest, Heavy EVs, Solar Panel Safety February 23, 2024 By Lee Shavel Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced...
AT&T Restores Service After Hours of Outage February 23, 2024 By Aditya Soni and David Shepardson AT&T said late on Thursday an outage that disrupted calls and text messages for thousands of U.S. users and prompted...
American Airlines Must Face Lawsuit Over ESG Retirement Investing February 23, 2024 By Jody Godoy American Airlines must face a lawsuit claiming it failed to prudently oversee employee retirement funds because it used asset managers...
Insurtech Root Inc. Results Improve but Remain at a Net Loss February 22, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Insurtech Root Inc. posted a net loss for the fourth quarter 2023 of $24 million and a net loss for...
That’s Gonna Leave a Mark: Large-Hail Days Hit Two-Decade High in 2023 February 22, 2024 Hail of two inches or greater struck the United States on 141 days last year — the highest number of...