‘Geoeconomic Fragmentation’ Challenges Insurers: Geneva Association January 24, 2025 By Elizabeth Blosfield A January 2025 report from the Geneva Association, titled “Insurance in a Fragmented World Economy,” found that geopolitical tensions have...
Storm Éowyn Leaves Thousands Without Power, Grounds Flights January 24, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Eamon Akil Farhat Hurricane-strength winds battered Ireland and the UK early Friday morning, leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power and disrupting...
US Health Agencies Cancel External Meetings, Travel After Trump Admin Directives January 24, 2025 By Julie Steenhuysen U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told...
MLB Orders Employees to Return to Office Five Days a Week January 24, 2025 By Nacha Cattan and Randall Williams Major League Baseball has ordered its employees to return to the office five days a week, according to people familiar...
Fire Chief Fatally Shot While Helping Couple Whose Car Hit a Deer in Alabama January 24, 2025 A man fatally shot a Georgia fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer...
Florida, Louisiana Sugarcane Could Be Hurt by Winter Storm but Citrus Was Spared January 24, 2025 By Marcelo Teixeira Sugarcane crops in Louisiana and Florida, the only two states producing sugar from cane in the United States, could be...
J&J Tries to Avoid $30 Million in Punitive Damages in Baby Powder Case January 24, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Johnson & Johnson is balking at paying $30 million in punitive damages on top of a $15 million jury award...
OSHA Cites Contractor in Death of Worker Who Fell From Boston Theater Scaffold January 24, 2025 A construction contractor could have prevented the death of a worker at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston by following...
People Moves: MEMIC Promotes Holbrook; XS Brokers Hires Dawson January 24, 2025 The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, promoted Matt Holbrook to vice president of data and analytics. Holbrook, who is...
People Moves: CIWA Names New Executive Board and Incoming Members January 24, 2025 The California Insurance Wholesalers Association made transitions within its executive board and named new additions to its board of directors....