UK’s Aviva Names Former Zurich Exec Blanc as CEO, Succeeding Tulloch July 6, 2020 Aviva plc announced the appointment of Amanda Blanc as chief executive officer with immediate effect. She succeeds Maurice Tulloch, who...
UK Accounting Watchdog Asks Big Four to Ring-Fence Audit Practices July 6, 2020 By Aoife White The UK dominant accounting firms must separate their audit units from other businesses by June 2024 as the country’s accounting...
American Companies Facing Pressure to Reveal Data on Diversity of Employees July 6, 2020 By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop American companies are coming under increasing pressure from investors to publicly disclose information about diversity among employees in the wake...
Utility to Pay $56 Million to Resolve Deadly Massachusetts Gas Blasts Probe July 6, 2020 By Nate Raymond NiSource Inc. will pay $56 million to resolve a probe into Massachusetts gas explosions in 2018 linked to a utility...
Climate Change Litigants Argue Human Rights, Consumer Harm in Suing Oil Firms July 6, 2020 By Matthew Green, Valerie Volcovici and Emma Farge LONDON/WASHINGTON/GENEVA — Climate change may be having its day in court. With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers...
Congressional Action Plan on Climate Change Applauded by Zurich, IBHS July 2, 2020 By Don Jergler A Congressional action plan for a clean energy economy is garnering a bit of praise from a few important names...
LP Insurance Services Acquires Meridian Insurance Services in Nevada July 2, 2020 LP Insurance Services LLC has acquired Meridian Insurance Services in Nevada. As a result of the acquisition, Karen Wagner, former...
New Florida Laws Address Climate Issues, Require Sea Level Study for Construction July 2, 2020 By Bobby Caina Calvan and Brendan Farrington Republican Florida Ron DeSantis signed a slew of environmental bills in less than 24 hours that address issues ranging from...
Another One Down: Austin City Limits Music Fest Canceled Amid Virus Surge July 2, 2020 Austin City Limits has joined the ranks of major music festivals to be canceled because of the coronavirus. Festival organizers...
Midwest Business Leaders: Area’s Economy Improving with Reopening July 2, 2020 Business leaders say the economy has begun to recover as businesses reopened in the past month in nine Midwest and...