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