AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Iowa’s Pharmacists Mutual January 26, 2024 AM Best announced it has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer...
Australia Braces for More Wild Weather in Wake of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily January 26, 2024 By Keira Wright and Ben Westcott Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has uprooted trees and felled powerlines in Australia’s Queensland state, leaving tens of thousands without electricity or...
Biden Set to Halt Review of LNG Export Approvals on Friday January 26, 2024 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Biden administration intends to announce its strategy on Friday for beefing up environmental scrutiny of applications to export natural...
OSHA: Ohio Food Warehouse Exposed Workers to Ergonomic Hazards January 26, 2024 Federal inspectors examining injury and illness records at a Fairfield food services warehouse found workers suffered severe injuries at nearly...
Several Ukrainian State-Run Bodies Report ‘Large-Scale’ Cyber Attacks January 26, 2024 Several major Ukrainian state organizations on Thursday reported cyber attacks on their systems, in the latest wave that a source...
Brazil Orders Vale, BHP and Samarco to Pay $9.7B in Damages for 2015 Dam Disaster January 26, 2024 By Mariana Durao A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale and BHP and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais...
Houston ‘Hire A Dick’ Attorney Faces Another Six Figure Sanctions Order January 26, 2024 By Ezra Amacher For the second time in three months, Houston plaintiffs’ attorney Eric B. Dick has been ordered to reimburse an insurer...
NCCI President and CEO Donnell to Retire Early Next Year January 26, 2024 The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) said President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Donnell plans to retire in February...
People Moves: XPT Hires Binding and Brokerage Team; Integris Promotes Cronin January 26, 2024 XPT Specialty Names Binding and Brokerage Team XPT Specialty, headquartered in New York, N.Y., hired a production and underwriting team...
Fate of Most Remaining Zantac Lawsuits Weighed by Delaware Judge January 26, 2024 By Brendan Pierson GSK, Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies are urging a judge in Delaware this week to find that evidence plaintiffs’ lawyers...