Supreme Court Halts OSHA Vaccine/Test Mandate; Allows Rule on Health Workers January 13, 2022 By Greg Stohr A divided U.S. Supreme Court blocked the centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s push to get more people vaccinated amid a...
Health Insurers Cooperating With Plan to Pay for Home COVID Tests Starting Saturday January 13, 2022 By Zeke Miller Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people...
Travelers Expands Telematics Auto Insurance Offering With App-Based Program January 13, 2022 The Travelers Companies Inc. is expanding its telematics auto insurance offering, IntelliDrive, with the launch of an app-based program called...
HCI Postpones Home and Flood Insurer TypTap’s IPO Until ‘Conditions Are Appropriate’ January 13, 2022 Holding company HCI Group announced it is postponing the previously announced initial public offering of its subsidiary, TypTap Insurance Group,...
EPA Targets Coal Ash Storage Ponds for Closure January 13, 2022 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, denying requests...
Low-Income Residents Face Higher Risk of Deadly Fires Like New York Apartment Blaze January 13, 2022 By Caleb Melby, Fola Akinnibi and Kelsey Butler The deadly blaze in a Bronx apartment building was the second such tragedy at low-income housing in the U.S. this...
People Moves: Hartford’s Guidry Joins Great America’s Alternative Markets; Vertafore Names Nguyen Chief Technology Officer January 12, 2022 Great American’s Alternative Markets Names Guidry Vice President Great American Insurance Group announced that Jennifer C. Guidry has joined the...
U.S. Confronted With Deadly Billion Dollar Disasters as Carbon Emissions Soar January 12, 2022 By Seth Borenstein The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021,...
Judge Denies Prince Andrew’s Bid to Avoid Sex Abuse Lawsuit Tied to Epstein January 12, 2022 By Bob Van Voris Prince Andrew failed to convince a judge to toss a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a teenage girl decades...
Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits January 12, 2022 By Tom Hals As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood...