Jury Rules BNSF Contributed to 2 Deaths in Montana Town Where Asbestos Sickened Thousands April 25, 2024 By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown A federal jury said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago...
2024 Wildfire Forecast Calls for ‘Below Average’ Season April 25, 2024 The approaching wildfire season may bring hazardous air quality from blazes burning across the U.S., but it’s expected to be...
Viewpoint: Insurers Face Added Role in Curbing Workplace Violence With California Law April 25, 2024 By Yoni Sherizen New legislation aimed at reducing workplace violence in California vastly increases employers’ responsibilities and hands workers’ compensation insurers an unprecedented...
Boeing Crash Victims’ Families Seek to Share Evidence With DOJ April 24, 2024 By Greg Farrell and Chris Strohm U.S. Justice Department officials will meet Wednesday with families of Boeing Co. 737 Max crash victims even as they investigate...
Florida’s Home Insurance Industry May Be Worse Than Anyone Realizes April 24, 2024 By Leslie Kaufman Seven property insurers in Florida went bankrupt in 2021 and 2022. The bankruptcies left thousands of homeowners scrambling to get...
Jury Awards $80M to 3 Former Zurich NA Employees for Wrongful Termination April 24, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Zurich North America was ordered by a California jury to pay three former employees a total of about $80.2 million...
UnitedHealth Data Leak May Affect ‘Substantial’ Swath of U.S. April 24, 2024 By John Tozzi UnitedHealth Group Inc. found files containing private information on a vast number of Americans whose data may have been compromised...
US Supreme Court Examines Firings of Pro-Union Starbucks Workers April 24, 2024 By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday steps into the contentious unionization drive at Starbucks as the coffee chain challenges a...
Dubai Floods Expose Weaknesses to a Rapidly Changing Climate April 24, 2024 By Laura Millan, Coco Liu and Zainab Fattah The heavy rains that flooded Dubai last week halted air traffic, damaged buildings and streets — and left climate experts...
Tesco’s ‘Fire and Rehire’ Policy Gets UK Top Court Scrutiny April 24, 2024 By Tiffany Tsoi and Katharine Gemmell A group of Tesco employees took the grocer to the UK’s highest court over the use of the controversial “fire...