AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb+” (Fair) from “a-” (Excellent) of Prime Insurance Company based in Chicago, Illinois. Concurrently, AM Best has maintained the …
The music publishing branches of Sony Music and Warner Music have sued Anthropic in California federal court for allegedly misusing their copyrighted song compositions to train its Claude AI models. Sony and Warner said in the complaint, filed on Friday, …
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast as a potential system gathers strength in the Gulf of Mexico. The still-unnamed storm was 130 miles (209 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, with top …
American Airlines will pay $200,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to the EEOC’S lawsuit, American Airlines failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee …
Aon Plc is close to an agreement to acquire insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR for about $17 billion, including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal …
Kalshi Inc. has entered a partnership with The Weather Company to bolster the data it uses to settle contracts in rapidly growing weather and climate prediction markets. The prediction platform is seeking to establish market-implied probabilities as another source of …
For years, cyber insurance was treated as a niche product reserved for technology firms, financial institutions and e-commerce giants. When underwriters and claims teams assessed cyber exposure, the conversation centered on massive data breaches and enterprise-grade network overhauls. That framework …
Uber Technologies Inc. is rolling out a new safety feature that lets parents or guardians view a video livestream of their teenager’s ride. The feature uses the selfie camera on the driver’s phone and notifies an authorized guardian if a …
Carnival Cruise Line, long the subject of lawsuits accusing its crew members of unwanted sexual advances on passengers, has won a new trial in a case in which a Florida jury awarded $10.3 million to a young woman who said …
Some Illinois e-bike riders will need to carry insurance starting in 2027 under a law signed this week by Gov. JB Prtizker. The new law requires riders of e-bikes and e-motors capable of traveling over 28 mph to have a …