The Federal Reserve’s former top-ranking official overseeing climate risk says the U.S. economy faces a series of long-term, structural shocks as a result of increasingly extreme weather patterns. Kevin Stiroh, who left the Fed earlier this year after it wound …
A 2-year-old boy in south Georgia was attacked by two Rottweiler dogs and died at an unlicensed daycare center while the owner napped, according to police. Stacy Wheeler Cobb, the 48-year-old owner who held the daycare at her home in …
Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of human-caused climate change and people moving closer to wildlands, a new study found. A study in the journal Science looks …
The MJ Companies named Melinda Eckard vice president of employee benefits operations and client experience. Eckard will lead the strategic direction of employee benefit operations, enhance client experience and increase growth. Eckard will reside in the Phoenix, Arizona, market, and …
Microsoft Corp.’s data-center crunch will continue for longer than the company has previously outlined, underscoring the software giant’s struggles to keep up with cloud demand. Many of Microsoft’s US data center regions are experiencing shortages of physical space or servers, …
Employers and employees see safety issues and solutions differently, and open communication could be the easy solution. A recent report on employees’ safety perspectives found gaps in both issues and solutions when it comes to workplace safety. When comparing findings …
The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economic engine. Crews are working with dredges, trucks and …
Medical costs per claim have begun to rise following a period of relative stability post-pandemic, a new report shows. A Workers Compensation Research Institute report out this week shows medical payments per claim recently started increasing, fueled by an increase …
A new survey of corporate insurance buyers reveals widespread interest in buying insurance to cover Gen AI risks—and a willingness to pay up 10-20 percent more in organization-wide insurance premiums for the coverage. But the most willing buyers are those …
Global financial regulators have laid out plans for closer monitoring of artificial intelligence risks as banks and other parts of the financial industry ramp up the use of AI. Banks have been broadly optimistic that AI will make them more …