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The Hartford To Stop Insuring Coal Mining, Oil Extraction Operations
The Hartford, an insurer that has been previously recognized for its commitment to environmental stewardship, announced that it will take further steps in the effort by refusing to insure—or invest ...
Balance Sheets at Risk? What’s Next for Workers Comp Insurers
Although workers compensation results remain strong—and the line continues to outperform all other commercial insurance lines—worries about continued soft pricing and loss reserve levels for ...
Growing Evidence of Vitamin E Acetate Link to Vaping Ills
Most patients stricken in a wave of vaping-related injuries had vitamin E acetate in their lungs, U.S. health officials found, reinforcing a suspected link between the compound and an outbreak that ...
AP Feature: 2019 Problems With PG&E Not the First
The state senators grilling the CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. were upset—like millions of other Californians, some spent days in the dark when the nation's largest utility shut off power ...
NIST Study Finds Race Bias In AI Face Scanning Tech
Many facial recognition systems misidentify people of color more often than white people, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday that is likely to increase skepticism of technology ...
Lloyd’s Agrees to More Reg Checks on Harassment Whistleblower Process
The Bank of England has stepped up its monitoring of Lloyd's of London's whistleblowing systems, the central bank said on Monday, after reports this year about sexual harassment and bullying at the ...
Berkshire Names Investment Manager Combs GEICO CEO; Roberts Retiring
After just about a year-and-a-half in the role of chief executive officer, Bill Roberts is retiring at GEICO's president and CEO, to be succeeded by Todd Combs, one of Berkshire Hathaway's investment ...
Trump Signs Spending Bills with Flood, Terror Insurance Renewals Into Law
President Trump signed two government funding measures into law last week that included two provisions of interest to the property/casualty insurers: a reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance ...