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Delta Offers $30,000 to Each Passenger in Toronto Crash Landing

Delta Air Lines Inc. is offering $30,000 to every passenger aboard a regional jet flight that came to rest upside down after crash landing at a Toronto airport earlier this week. The payments are “a good-faith gesture” that have “no …

Markets/Coverages: Marsh Expands Fast Track Facility, Offering 10% Automatic Capacity

Marsh, the insurance broker, risk adviser and Marsh McLennan business, announced the addition of significant new capacity to its Fast Track facility. From March 1, 2025, clients can access up to 10% automatic capacity across their entire property and casualty …

Vanguard Pauses Corporate Meetings Over New ESG Guidance

Top mutual fund manager Vanguard has paused meetings with portfolio companies while it reviews the impact of new guidance on investor activism from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter. In a recent notice, …

EEOC Says It’s Going After ‘Anti-American Bias’ in the Workplace

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it will enforce antidiscrimination laws against employers that “illegally prefer non-American workers.” In a Feb. 19 announcement EEOC’s Andrea Lucas, acting chair, said the commission is “putting employers and other covered entities on …

A Run of Fatal Airline Crashes Upends Sterling Safety Record

A spate of deadly airline crashes has tarnished the industry’s sterling track record, fraying the nerves of travelers and prompting questions about how the world’s safest form of transportation can respond. The tragedies began on Christmas Day when an Azerbaijan …

Data Insight: More Insurers Expect to Boost Top Lines Than Headcount

Continuing a trend that’s persisted for several quarters, the latest Insurance Labor Market Study from Jacobson Group and Aon finds a big gap between the percentage of carriers expecting to boost top lines and those anticipating staff growth. The latest …

NC Insurance Commissioner to be Released From Hospital After Heart Surgery

In his previous, dual role as state fire marshal, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner often championed the work of firefighters in the state. In 2023, while highlighting the health problems that firemen often face and the need for health screenings, Causey …

Carnegie Mellon to Pay Students $4.8M for Shifting to Remote Classes During COVID

Carnegie Mellon University has agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle a class action brought on behalf of students whose in-person classes were moved online when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. The proposed settlement has been agreed to by …

Airbnb Billionaire Plans Factory-Built Homes for LA Fire Victims

Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate $15 million of factory-built dwellings to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. The pre-fabricated houses — made by Gebbia’s startup, …

People Moves: West Named Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division Administrator

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services appointed Matt West as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division. West has more than 19 years of experience in the workers’ comp industry. He began with the Workers’ Compensation Division in 2003 …

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