As E&S Market Growth Hits New Heights, Some Risk May Be There to Stay: AM Best September 24, 2024 By Chad Hemenway In 2023 the U.S. surplus lines market for the first time surpassed the $100 billion mark in direct premiums written,...
From Architects to Agents: Skiados Hired as PIA Chief Executive September 24, 2024 The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) named Michael Skiados as CEO following an extensive search process. He will...
Ex-Twitter Worker Wins Musk Layoff Pay Fight, Memo Says September 24, 2024 By Kurt Wagner and Malathi Nayak Elon Musk lost a legal fight over unpaid severance to a former Twitter employee who was laid off when he...
Mutually Beneficial: How One Midwest Mutual Insurer Recovered From Financial Storms September 24, 2024 By Ezra Amacher When Iowa mutual GuideOne Insurance began assessing ways to add an infusion of capital to strengthen its balance sheet, the...
Environmental Groups, California Sue Exxon Over Global Plastic Pollution September 24, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long...
FBI Disrupts Vast Chinese Hacking Operation That Infected Consumer Devices September 23, 2024 By Eric Tucker The FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government...
J&J’s Bankruptcy Effort Fails Supreme Court Test, Holdouts Say September 23, 2024 By Steven Church Johnson & Johnson’s third effort to end lawsuits claiming its baby powder caused thousands of women to get cancer should...
Snowflake Hacker Still Active, Finding New Victims, Expert Says September 23, 2024 By Margi Murphy and Charles Gorrivan A hacker responsible for a cybercrime campaign that impacted up to 165 companies this summer is still at large and...
SEC Intends to Seek Sanctions Against Elon Musk in Twitter Probe September 23, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he failed...
Google Judge Questions Company Testimony as Ad Defense Begins September 23, 2024 By Leah Nylen A senior Google executive sought to refute the US Justice Department’s antitrust case over its display advertising technology business, testifying...