Government
U.S. Offers States $1.15B to Clean Up Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
The Biden administration on Monday said it would make $1.15 billion available to states to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells as part of a broad effort to reduce U.S. climate warming emissions and ...
White House Unveils Plan to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Water Utilities
The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation's water sector, an extension of its efforts to thwart attacks against critical infrastructure including electricity ...
Florida Senator Tries Cat Fund Changes to Cut Cost of Property Insurance
Seeing no action on bills that would address Florida's spiraling property insurance problems head-on, one state senator took a different route Thursday and proposed reducing insurers' payments to the ...
Biden Administration’s Delay in Creating New Cybersecurity Board Prompts Criticism
It's a key part of President Joe Biden's plans to fight major ransomware attacks and digital espionage campaigns: creating a board of experts that would investigate major incidents to see what went ...
San Jose Votes to Require Gun Liability Insurance
The city council in San Jose's, Calif., voted on Tuesday to become the nation's first city to require gun owners to purchase insurance coverage. Funds from an accompanying annual fee of $25 will go ...
Biden Administration Unveils ‘Wildfire Crisis Strategy’ for Western States
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year plan to treat and maintain millions of additional acres of forests in the western United States to reduce the severity of seasonal wildfires. ...
Regulators Can Learn AI; New InsurTech Groups Will Help
It was the mid-1990s. Karen Clark's Applied Insurance Research and Hemant Shah's Risk Management Software were InsurTechs in their early stages of development—before the term for insurance ...
Supreme Court Halts OSHA Vaccine/Test Mandate; Allows Rule on Health Workers
A divided U.S. Supreme Court blocked the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's push to get more people vaccinated amid a COVID-19 surge, rejecting an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule ...