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22 01, 2025

EU Is Set to Shrink ESG Reporting Rules Amid French Demands

By | January 22nd, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on EU Is Set to Shrink ESG Reporting Rules Amid French Demands

The European Union is set to scale back its highly contested ESG reporting requirements, as France prepares to unveil a formal proposal seeking to limit the scope of the regulatory framework. The French government is readying a new set of …

27 01, 2025

Southern California Edison Asked by Investigators to Preserve Gear at LA’s Eaton Blaze

By | January 27th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Southern California Edison Asked by Investigators to Preserve Gear at LA’s Eaton Blaze

Fire investigators have asked Southern California Edison Co. to preserve its equipment near the site where the deadly Eaton fire began earlier this month. The Los Angeles County Fire Department, the lead agency investigating the blaze, asked the utility to …

22 01, 2025

Italy’s Reale Mutua Eyes €1 Billion Deals in Europe Expansion

By | January 22nd, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Italy’s Reale Mutua Eyes €1 Billion Deals in Europe Expansion

Italian insurer Societa Reale Mutua di Assicurazioni is looking to expand in Europe through acquisitions — and it’s ready to consider deals of up to €1 billion ($1 billion) to make it happen. “We’re aiming to develop our international presence …

22 01, 2025

People Moves: Allianz Commercial Names Region Heads of Property, Financial Lines; New Leadership Roles at Resilience

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Allianz Commercial Makes North American Leadership Promotions in Financial Lines and Property Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, made two promotions to its North American leadership in financial lines and property. Nancy Dorvil, head of property Canada, will succeed …

27 01, 2025

Merck’s $8 Billion Cancer Vaccine Faces First US Jury Trial

By | January 27th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Merck’s $8 Billion Cancer Vaccine Faces First US Jury Trial

Merck & Co. is facing its first jury trial over claims the company wrongfully marketed its lucrative Gardasil cancer vaccine as safe, the latest high-stakes litigation for the pharmaceutical giant. Lawyers for a Los Angeles woman will argue Monday that …

27 01, 2025

Kansas Cattle Farms Fined for Clean Water Act Violations

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Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), …

22 01, 2025

South Korea to Change Airport Design After Deadly Jeju Air Crash

By | January 22nd, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on South Korea to Change Airport Design After Deadly Jeju Air Crash

South Korea will extend runway safety areas and redesign infrastructure after the crash of a Jeju Air Co. flight last month that killed almost everyone on board, sparking criticism that the design of the airport might have exacerbated the accident. …

27 01, 2025

Data Centers and Large Users Strain Texas Power Grid

By | January 27th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Data Centers and Large Users Strain Texas Power Grid

The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion of data centers, driving up a surge in electricity demand in Texas and across the country. Texas’ main grid operator …

22 01, 2025

Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says

By | January 22nd, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says

The U.S. Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history.” Weeks after a U.S. Senate committee released a study and held a hearing on the affect of climate change …

31 01, 2025

World Insurance Associates Acquires Stern Insurance Group in Arizona

By | January 31st, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on World Insurance Associates Acquires Stern Insurance Group in Arizona

World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired the business of Stern Insurance Group in Scottsdale, Arizona. SIG was founded in 1987 by Daryl Stern. The firm specializes in counseling corporations in the areas of employee benefits and risk management services. They …