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Aircraft Laser Strikes Drop, Second Year In a Row
Pilots reported 10,994 laser strikes in 2025, a 14 percent decrease from the year before, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Shining a laser at an aircraft poses a serious safety ...
Everest Sells Another Retail Commercial Insurance Op: Canada Biz Going to Wawanesa
Everest Group, Ltd. ("Everest") announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian Retail Insurance operations, Everest Insurance Company of Canada ("Everest Canada"), to The ...
Alphabet’s Wing Starting Drone Delivery in San Francisco Bay Area
Alphabet-owned Wing plans to begin delivering packages by drone to homes in California's San Francisco Bay Area in the coming months, it said on Monday, extending its rollout to one of its earliest ...
New Lawsuit Blames Costa Rica Resort for Death of Former Yankees Baseball Player’s Son
A lawsuit filed Friday blames the owners and others associated with a resort in Costa Rica for the carbon dioxide-related death of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett M. Gardner's teenage son ...
Iran Threatens to Strike Gulf Power Plants After Trump Ultimatum
Iran will attack Israel's power plants and those supplying U.S. bases across the Gulf region if President Donald Trump carries out his threat to "obliterate" Iran's power ...
Hippo, Progressive Embark on Strategic Distribution Relationship
InsurTech Hippo announced that its homeowners insurance products have been added to Progressive's HomeQuote Explorer, available online and through Progressive in-house agents in eight states. Hippo ...
Berkshire Hathaway to Invest $1.8 Billion in Tokio Marine
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will invest 287.4 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., ramping up the U.S. conglomerate's exposure to the Japanese market. National Indemnity ...
Wild Weather Continues Across the U.S. This Weekend
Heat, fire, freezing conditions, and water will converge in the U.S. this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. A rare March heat wave continues with above-normal temperatures over much ...