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Update on Legal Status of Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, ...
Everest Re CEO Andrade Wins Vote of Confidence and Contract Extension
Everest Re Group President and CEO Juan Andrade just got a big vote of confidence from his company's board of directors. Andrade's contract at the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer has been ...
Canada’s Co-operators General, Sovereign General Earn AM Best Ratings Upgrades
Ratings agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to "a" (Excellent) from "a-" (Excellent) of Co-operators ...
Offshore Wind Project Spurs Legal Challenge From Oil Lobby and U.S. Fishing Industry
Members of the U.S. commercial fishing industry are teaming up with an oil industry-backed lobbying group to fight offshore wind energy development on the East Coast, according to documents reviewed ...
Judge Overturns $4.5B Settlement Protecting Sackler Family From Opioid Lawsuits
A federal judge overturned a roughly $4.5 billion settlement that legally shielded members of the Sackler family who stand accused of helping fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic, a decision that threatened ...
Zurich Will Acquire AlphaChat, an Estonia-Based Conversational AI Company
Zurich Insurance Group agreed to acquire Estonia-based company AlphaChat, which provides conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology for customer service automation, to further enhance the ...
Biden’s Nominee for Auto Safety Regulator Promises to Confront Jump in Traffic Deaths
President Joe Biden's nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator will vow to address the massive increase in U.S. road deaths, according to congressional testimony seen by Reuters. Steven ...
Former CoverHound CEO Moore Joins Olive.com as a Lead Advisor
InsurTech InsurTech entrepreneur Keith Moore has a new gig: Executive Advisor to olive.com, a digital vehicle protection plan platform. More was chairman and CEO of CoverHound a digital ...