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...
U.S. Security Agencies Issue Advisory on Russian Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure January 12, 2022 Federal cybersecurity officials are again warning of Russian cyber attacks and urging critical infrastructure networks in particular to be on...
Smart Guns Finally Arriving in U.S., Seeking to Shake Up Firearms Market: Reuters January 12, 2022 By Daniel Trotta Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers after two...
Hippo Expands Homeowners Association Insurance Offering to 15 States January 11, 2022 Technology-driven Hippo has expanded its commercial lines homeowners association (HOA) insurance offering into 15 additional states after debuting it last...
Insurer Need Not Defend Drug Chain in Opioid Suits Claiming Economic, Not Personal, Injury January 11, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson In the latest turn in litigation over the opioid crisis, a state’s high court has found an insurer does not...