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U.S. High Court Rejects Challenge to Workplace Safety Agency
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by an Ohio company to the power of the federal workplace safety regulator as the justices avoided another legal effort to pare back the ...
Cargo Theft Risk Rises During July 4th Holiday Week
An alert warning of an increased risk of cargo theft during the July 4th holiday week due to extended business closures was issued by CargoNet, a Verisk business that focuses on preventing cargo ...
Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Rule in Blow to Regulators
A divided U.S. Supreme Court threw out a decades-old legal doctrine that empowered federal regulators to interpret unclear laws, issuing a blockbuster ruling that will constrain environmental, ...
Increases in Comp, Auto Injury Medical Costs Continue: Report
Medical costs have risen 11 percent in workers comp and 5 percent in auto first-party over the past four years nationwide, despite slowing over the past two years, according to new data released by ...
AM Best: U.S. P/C Industry Suffered Second Straight Year of $20B+ Underwriting Losses in 2023
Unprofitable results in the U.S. private passenger auto and homeowners/farmowners market insurance segments led to a second straight year of net underwriting losses in the property/casualty industry ...
Proposed OSHA Rule Would Protect Workers From Extreme Heat
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a long-awaited proposal that would require many U.S. employers to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat. The proposed rule from the U.S. ...
Workers Sue Disney, Say They Were Wrongly Induced to Move to Florida
Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a fight ...
Triple-I: Legal Reforms Tamp Down Florida Home Insurance Rates in 2022, 2023
Home insurance premiums in Florida rose at a much lower rate than originally projected in 2022 (41 percent less) and 2023 (80 percent less), according to analysis by researchers at the Insurance ...