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Trump’s SEC Leader Shifts Power From Investors to Boardrooms
New policies from the top U.S. securities regulator hand corporate boards more power over investors in ways that could curtail investor-initiated reform efforts on everything ...
EEOC Says It’s Going After ‘Anti-American Bias’ in the Workplace
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it will enforce antidiscrimination laws against employers that "illegally prefer non-American workers. In a Feb. 19 announcement EEOC's Andrea ...
Farmers Estimates $600M in Losses from LA Wildfires
Farmers said on Wednesday that it expects losses from the Los Angeles wildfires last month to reach an estimated $600 million. Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $6.9 billion for ...
Auto and Property Insurance Shopping Saw 20% Spikes in Q4 2024, Report Shows
Auto and property insurance shopping experienced 20 percent year-over-year increases in the fourth quarter of 2024, a new report shows.
Uber Targets Personal Injury Lawyers in Multimillion Dollar Ad Campaign
Uber Technologies Inc. is pouring millions of dollars into a national ad campaign to push for reforms in insurance policies that it says have been exploited by personal injury lawyers and contribute ...
Bill Aims to Drive Down NYC Taxi Drivers’ Insurance Costs. But Will It?
The New York City Council's transportation committee heard testimony last Monday on a proposal to lower the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance coverage requirement for for-hire drivers from ...
Data Insight: More Insurers Expect to Boost Top Lines Than Headcount
Continuing a trend that's persisted for several quarters, the latest Insurance Labor Market Study from Jacobson Group and Aon finds a big gap between the percentage of carriers expecting to boost top ...
New Federal Bill Seeks to Ensure Transparency in Litigation, Out Third Party-Financing
Legislators introduced a new bill that would require the disclosure of parties receiving payment in civil lawsuits. Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, ...