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Air-Powered Elbow Exoskeleton Reduces Fatigue, Injuries
Engineers at the University of Texas at Arlington have developed a soft robotic exoskeleton that promises to help workers in jobs that require hours of lifting and repetitive motion by reducing the ...
Berkshire-owned Utility Urges Oregon Appeals Court to Limit Wildfire Damages
PacifiCorp on Wednesday urged an Oregon appeals court to overturn rulings that expose the Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility to $52 billion in potential wildfire liabilities. The Portland, Oregon-based ...
Unregulated Trucking Schools Continue to Operate in California With Little Oversight: Report
When commercial truck drivers are speeding down California's highways and interstates with thousands of pounds of cargo in tow, a single mistake can be catastrophic. Yet California fails to regulate ...
After Falling 6% in 2025, Average Auto Insurance Cost Will Stabilize in 2026, Says Insurify
Consumers of auto insurance in the U.S. received a respite overall from several years of premium increases, but don't tell that to drivers in some states and don't look for it to continue. According ...
New Association Wants Florida to Become a Major Domicile for Captives
It's probably too late for 2026 legislative session, but by this time next year, a newly formed Florida group hopes it will be well on its way toward a new set of laws that will help Florida become a ...
Q4 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4%, in 6th Quarterly Decline: Marsh
Global commercial insurance rates declined by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of rate decreases, after seven years of increases, according to the Global ...
Insurance Groundhogs Warming Up to Market Changes
Spring is not around the corner. It's more than a month away, Punxsutawney Phil predicted on Monday. But what is going to happen to conditions in the property/casualty insurance market? What lines ...
What Analysts Are Saying About the 2026 P/C Insurance Market
Following in the footsteps of groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, analysts from Fitch Ratings and Morningstar DBRS weighed in with these P/C insurance market forecasts in the past week: "Fitch Ratings ...