South Carolina State Workers Will Soon Get Six Weeks Paid Parental Leave September 2, 2022 Starting in October, state employees in South Carolina are entitled to six weeks of parental leave after giving birth or...
Cyber Attacks on Western European Firms on the Rise Since Ukraine War: Italy Minister September 2, 2022 By Alberto Brambilla and Flavia Rotondi Italy’s foreign minister said cyber attacks on western European companies have risen following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Rome...
Marsh McLennan Acquires South Carolina Agency September 2, 2022 Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Steinberg & Associates, an independent agency based in Spartanburg, South Carolina....
G7 Expected to Advance Russia Oil Price Cap Plans With Insurance Playing Key Role September 2, 2022 By David Lawder Group of Seven finance ministers are expected to firm up plans on Friday to impose a price cap on Russian...
It’s Over: Lasting Underwriting Profits in U.S. D&O Market Unlikely, Fitch Says September 2, 2022 Three years of soaring directors and officers liability insurance prices pushed combined ratios down to the mid-to-high 90s, but new...
New York Sets ‘Gun Free Zones’ to Restrict Guns; Regulates Concealed Carry Permits September 2, 2022 By Bobby Caina Calvan, Maysoon Khan and Michael Hill Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the...
Slain Marine’s Family Refiles $25M Defamation Suit Against Alec Baldwin September 2, 2022 By David Porter The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan has revived a defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over comments the actor...
US Asks Farmers: Can You Plant 2 Crops Instead of 1? September 2, 2022 By Scott McFetridge There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries...
Paper Finds Employers Increasingly Willing to Hire Workers With Criminal Records September 2, 2022 By Oxford University Press Newswise — A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that many American...
Low Rate of Flood Insurance Cover Spells Danger as Climate Crisis Deepens September 2, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Insured losses from floods doubled to $80 billion globally during 2011-2020 compared to the previous decade, while insurance penetration lingered...