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What Men and Women Think About Gender and Pay: AP-NORC poll
Most working women in the U.S. believe they are disadvantaged when it comes to earning competitive wages, but many men hold a different view, according to a new AP-NORC poll. Equal pay emerged as a ...
Vehicle Customization, Strong Used Car Market Create Headache for Auto Underwriters
The sheer number of vehicles with unique configurations, along with a volatile used car market, is disrupting accurate insurance valuation and cutting into insurer profits, according to a new report ...
U.S. Forecaster Expects ENSO‑Neutral to Continue, While El Nino Risk Builds
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions emerged last month, and there is an 80% chance they will continue from April to June as La Niña transitions toward El Niño, the U.S. ...
Avalanche Experts Question Guides’ Decisions on Deadly California Backcountry Trip
Two months after the deadliest avalanche in modern California history, an analysis by leading U.S. experts is questioning the decisions by the guides to lead such a large group through dangerous ...
Insurer Nationwide Operating Income Up 37% in 2025
Insurer Nationwide finished 2025 with net operating income up 37% compared with 2024, to $4.3 billion as total sales and premiums were up 7% to a record $73.2 billion. The Columbus, Ohio-based mutual ...
U.S. E&S Growth Slows Again; Declining Berkshire Volume Tops Leaders
A recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U.S. excess and surplus lines market slowed to 7.8% in 2025, marking the first single-digit growth rate ...
Berkshire-owned PacifiCorp Utility Ruling Win Could Reduce Oregon Wildfire Damages
An Oregon appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of PacifiCorp in litigation over a series of Oregon wildfires in 2020, saying a trial judge erred in letting the case against the Berkshire ...
NFL’s Race-based Hiring Rule Under Scrutiny After Florida AG Says it Violates Law
The NFL's Rooney Rule has long been a topic of conversation, even debate. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is among the most recent to weigh in. He sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger ...