Six former players on the women’s basketball team at the University of Pittsburgh have sued coach Tory Verdi and the school over what they call abusive coaching methods and say their efforts to seek help were ignored. “These players aren’t …
More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to remove a network of covert license plate readers deployed across Southern California that the groups believe feed data into a controversial U.S. Border Patrol …
IICF Northeast Announces Gavlick of Jencap Group as Board Chair The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities through grants and volunteer service, named Sarah Gavlick, executive vice president, Carrier Relations and Client Distribution at …
Legislation to make wildfire risk scores more transparent passed out of the Washington state Senate on nearly unanimously. Senate Bill 5928, which passed 48-1, is being pushed by Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Judy Warnick …
With tile roofs popular across Florida, and with questionable claims about roof damage raising concerns in insurance and engineering circles, two Florida consulting engineers have offered this guide to aid engineers, attorneys, adjusters and property owners in examining wind damage …
Aon announced the appointment of Joe Peiser as CEO of Risk Capital. Peiser first joined Aon in 2021 as commercial risk leader for North America before being appointed to Global CEO of Commercial Risk in 2023. In his new Risk …
Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing, according to two people familiar with the matter. …
US President Donald Trump is shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency more quickly and aggressively than ever before, culminating in this week’s move to rescind the crucial “endangerment finding” underpinning key regulations of planet-warming pollution. And unlike Trump’s first term, the …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel Insurance and Tokio Marine Kiln. A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Int’l Taps AXIS’ Howell as Senior War and Terrorism Underwriter Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within …
A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday. Camille Benson, 33, of Texas, has been charged with attempted mayhem. Her bond is set at $100,000. Harrison County …