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First 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecasts 7 Named Storms
An early prediction of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season suggests there will be 15 tropical storms, with 7 named storms, according to Tropical Storm Risk (TSR). In a forecast summary released last ...
Higher OSHA Penalties Announced for 2025
Annual inflation adjustments to penalties for workplace injuries in the U.S. were announced in a memo issued last week by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). As required by the ...
USDA Studies Confirm U.S. Meat Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks
Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department ...
Business Groups, Trial Lawyers at Odds Over Georgia’s Latest Push to Curb Lawsuits
After years of stalled efforts to limit civil lawsuits, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican lawmakers are doubling down with a new push. Supporters, most prominently business groups, call the ...
Central Insurance Reorganizes Into Mutual Holding Company Structure
Central Insurance, a property/casualty mutual insurance company, and its affiliates have reorganized under Ohio law into a mutual holding company structure, the company announced. The reorganization, ...
Executive Moves: AIG Names Flatt as Global CUO; Texas Mutual Appoints Carter as Chief Transformation Officer
American International Group announced that Christopher Flatt, currently head of AIG North America Alternative Channels, has been named global chief underwriting officer, ...
Las Vegas Cybertruck Driver Used ChatGPT to Plan Attack, Find Targets
The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Nearly a ...
Mercury General Wildfire Losses Will Hit Reinsurance Cover. One Event?
Mercury General Corporation said it expects losses from wildfires burning in California since Jan. 7 to exceed its $150 million reinsurance retention, without providing a specific dollar estimate of ...