Government
California Sued by Business and Agricultural Groups Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
Business and agricultural groups sued California on Tuesday over the most sweeping climate disclosure mandates in the nation, arguing the policies signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year overstep on ...
Federal Reinsurance for Cats: No Thanks, APCIA Says
Federal lawmakers introduced a bill to create a federal natural catastrophe backstop recently, reacting to insurers' issues with growing private reinsurance costs. But a trade group for carriers ...
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Air Pollution Plan
The U.S. Supreme Court late last month said it would hear a bid to block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a federal regulation aimed at reducing ozone ...
FEMA Adds Nearly $620M to Reinsurance Program
FEMA announced that the agency is transferring $619.5 million more of the National Flood Insurance Program's financial risk to the private reinsurance market as part of its 2024 reinsurance ...
Title Insurer Reports Another Cybersecurity Event; Fitch Monitoring Ratings
Less than a month after New York insurance regulators said a title insurer would pay $1 million for violations of a cybersecurity regulation stemming from a 2019 breach, the holding company for the ...
Top U.S. Auto Safety Official Will Leave Agency This Month
The acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday she is stepping down from her post after overseeing the agency's investigation into Tesla Autopilot and ...
Road Safety Agency Begins Process to Prevent Impaired Driving Through Technology
U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
New Regulations Impacting Small Businesses Next Year
Regulations are a double-edged sword. They're created to improve business dealings, discourage unfair or illegal business activity, and protect workers. But, for small business owners, they often ...