Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog into its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The Competition and …
Medical malpractice insurer EmPRO Insurance Co. has opened its first office in Massachusetts. The new Boston office marks EmPRO’s further expansion into the New England market, following prior entries into New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. To support its expansion, the …
In a victory for global agrochemical maker Bayer, Georgia has become the second state to shield pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits claiming that they failed to warn customers of potential dangers. The legislation signed Friday by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture restored on May 13 some climate change-related webpages that the agency had deleted since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, after being sued by farm and environmental groups, one of the groups said. The Trump administration has …
The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that “I will run right over you” while also suggesting policy …
The Trump administration dismissed three Democrats on the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission, a White House official confirmed Friday. The three Democratic commissioners said the firings were illegal. The CPSC issues product recalls to address safety concerns across a wide …
A Texas woman has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud which resulted in approximately $620,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced last week. Cora Chantail Custard, a 35-year-old who had resided in both Houston and San …
An Ohio high school lacrosse player died Thursday from injuries he suffered during a lacrosse game. The family of Dylan Veselic announced his death in a message posted to the Bay Village High School lacrosse team’s X account. Veselic, a …
A detailed timeline of the events surrounding the unprecedented day-long blackout that hit London’s Heathrow Airport has been set out by the National Energy System Operator, as scrutiny of grid security intensifies. Heathrow was plunged into chaos on March 21 …
The recovery of a superyacht that sank last year off the Sicilian coast was temporarily halted Saturday following the death of a specialist diver while working underwater, the company overseeing the operation said. U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter …