News
Helene, Other Storms Dumped 40 Trillion Gallons of Rain
More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it — an unheard of amount ...
U.S. East Coast Dockworkers Strike, Halting Half the Nation’s Ocean Shipping
Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping ...
Agent Satisfaction With Insurers Holds Strong Despite Market Challenges
Overall agent satisfaction with insurers of both personal lines and commercial lines has held strong despite a challenging underwriting environment, says a new J.D. Power ...
A Once-Quiet Florida County Is Now a Hurricane Magnet — and Forecasters Are Puzzled
For more than a century, Florida's Taylor County saw the fewest hurricane strikes of any place on the U.S. Gulf Coast. In the last year, that peace has been ...
U.S. Labor Board Accuses Apple of Imposing Illegal Workplace Rules
A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees' rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions by maintaining a series of unlawful workplace rules. The ...
Human Assistance Still Top Choice for Insurance Advice, While AI Interest Rises
While 88 percent of respondents prefer human assistance for insurance advice, interest in AI is rising as people look for simpler solutions, according to a survey released by UserTesting, an SaaS ...
Hawaii High Court Agrees to Weigh in on $4B Wildfire Settlement
Hawaii's Supreme Court will consider questions about issues that threaten to thwart a $4 billion settlement in last year's devastating Maui wildfires. A Maui judge last month agreed to ask the state ...
AI Being Used to Scam Small Business Owners, Says Nationwide Survey
Just when employees have learned to ignore scammy texts and emails from the boss, along comes the next generation of impersonation using artificial intelligence. Cybercriminals increasingly use ...