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Consumer Watchdog Facing Curbs, Scrutiny Following Trump Win
Bank executives and lawyers anticipate the incoming Trump administration to place significant limits on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), but the ...
What Is the Latest Science on Climate Change?
This year's U.N. climate summit — COP29 — is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures, adding pressure to negotiations aimed at curbing climate change. The ...
‘Make America Healthy Again’: RFK Jr. Wins Over Fans by Stoking Food Toxin Fear
"Make America Great Again" has long been a signature phrase at Donald Trump's rally speeches. Its recent offshoot, "Make America Healthy Again" or MAHA, is now spreading on social media as fitness ...
U.S. Safety Agency Investigates Whether Engines in 1.4M Hondas Might Fail
The U.S. government's highway safety agency is investigating complaints that engines can fail on as many as 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Deterioration Continues in U.S. Commercial Auto Insurance Segment After $5B Net Loss in 2023
After the U.S. commercial auto insurance segment sustained a $5 billion net loss in 2023, a new Best's Market Segment Report indicates further deterioration in the first half of 2024. Despite ...
2024 Expected to Be World’s Hottest Year on Record
This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead ...
Safeco to Take Personal Lines Renewal Business of Main Street America
Liberty Mutual's Safeco Insurance has agreed to take the personal lines business of Main Street America, marking the second time in two months that Safeco has stepped in to assume a personal lines ...
Envelop Risk Launches Underwriting Division, Naming Ex-Dale Underwriter Peters CEO
Envelop Risk, the reinsurance managing general agent and analytics specialist, announced the launch of Envelop Underwriting, which will encompass all existing cyber underwriting activities: Envelop ...