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More Insurers Leave Climate Alliance
Three more insurance companies including Tokio Marine have left a United Nations-backed net-zero climate alliance, leaving the group with about half the number of members it counted two months ago as ...
Atlantic Hurricane Season Odds Dependent on El Nino Versus Hot Ocean Temps
Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is ...
Liberty Mutual Selling LatAm Businesses to Talanx for $1.5B
Liberty Mutual and Talanx Group announced that the retail international division of the Talanx agreed to acquire the Liberty Seguros personal and small commercial business in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, ...
We’re Done: State Farm Decides to Stop Taking New Calif. Homeowners Biz
The nation's biggest insurer, State Farm, announced late last week that its homeowners provider to the nation's most populous state will no longer accept new applications there. State Farm General ...
Louisiana Blueprint: How to Repair Florida’s Home Insurance Market
Florida's home insurance market has been in crisis for years, and recent tort reform aims to reduce claims costs by putting an end to frivolous lawsuits, a welcome development in a state where ...
Startup Founders Flustered Post-SVB, Stockpile Cash, Lay Off Workers
On the heels of the second largest bank failure in U.S. history, startup founders are managing communication through media professionals, laying off employees while ensuring they have enough cash and ...
FDA Approves Musk’s Neuralink for Study of Brain Implants in Humans
Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone after ...
EEOC Warns Employers to Check AI Workplace Monitoring Tools for Bias
The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven "bossware" tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity ...