SEC Makes It Easier for Shareholders to Get Votes on Social Issue Proposals November 4, 2021 By Katanga Johnson and Ross Kerber The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday published new staff guidance that may make it harder for corporations to...
Insurtech Startup With Claims Monitoring Platform Raises $30M November 4, 2021 Insurtech startup owl.co Labs Inc. raised $30 million in new venture capital. Many plans are in play to spend the...
AgentSync Acquires Broker ID Provider Finvera in California November 4, 2021 AgentSync has acquired Finvera, a cloud identity passport for licensed brokers in San Francisco, Calif. Cameron Nordholm, founder of Finvera,...
Howden Broking Launches New Zealand Operations November 4, 2021 Howden, the international insurance broker, announces the launch of operations in New Zealand with Howden Broking and Howden Care —...
Climate-Fueled Disasters Spur UN Plan to Fund Weather Forecasting in Vulnerable Nations November 4, 2021 By Andrea Januta and Kanupriya Kapoor GLASGOW – As climate change triggers deadly heatwaves, droughts and floods, three U.N. agencies on Wednesday rolled out funding plans...
Coal in Crosshairs as UN Climate Summit Brings Raft of Clean Energy Pledges November 4, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop GLASGOW – Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the...
Worker’s Death at Nebraska Manufacturing Plant Under Investigation November 4, 2021 Officials are investigating the death of a worker injured in a crane accident at a Norfolk, Nebraska manufacturing plant over...
Canada Employers Shed Unvaccinated Workers With Legal Challenges Expected November 4, 2021 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA – Canadian employers are firing or putting on unpaid leave thousands of workers who refused to get COVID-19 shots,...
31 October Tornadoes Breaks Oklahoma Monthly Record November 4, 2021 A total of 31 tornadoes last month was a record-high for October in Oklahoma dating to 1950, according to the...
Chicago Blackhawks Hold Settlement Talks With Former Player’s Attorney November 4, 2021 By Jay Cohen The Chicago Blackhawks held settlement talks Tuesday, Nov. 2 with an attorney for a former player who is suing the...