The prospect of the world’s strongest ever El Niño cycle has a growing number of money managers racing to prepare their portfolios for the disruption they say is coming. The climate phenomenon associated with warming across the equatorial Pacific Ocean …
Tesla is aiming to start selling its Cybercab robotaxis to the public by the end of this year, its engineering chief said on Wednesday, even as the US auto safety agency probes the vehicles that come without manual controls which …
A rush to update websites and protect against vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language continued into its second day, with researchers warning that hackers have attempted to exploit the weaknesses. Disruption caused by the security issues began Wednesday after …
The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Frankfort, Illinois-based utility construction company for repeatedly exposing employees to excavation safety hazards after federal investigators observed employees working in an unprotected trench. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied a request for federal aid to individuals needing help after the July 2026 floods in Texas, which swamped homes in Uvalde and damaged properties across Kerr County — in some cases for a …
The battle over Chicago’s food delivery robots has reached the courts, with two customers accusing the companies behind them of collecting their biometric data without consent. The men filed separate class-action lawsuits in Cook County court Oct. 9 against Coco …
New claims handling rules in Washington require insurers to follow updated rules that establish deadlines for responding to policyholders, conducting investigations, issuing denials and making payments. The rules, which took effect Oct. 18, require insurers to notify policyholders within 30 …
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a four-part series on the erosion of integrity in property claims. Part I measures the decline. Part II documents the misconduct driving it. Part III will trace the causes to a broader …
In the long-simmering clash between property insurers and public adjusters, the adjusters now have Florida’s chief law enforcement officer on their side, after state Attorney General James Uthmeier announced his office will investigate anti-public adjuster endorsements in some Florida insurance …
A number of major insurance carriers are lowering personal auto and homeowners insurance rates in Connecticut, according to a review of recent rate filings by the state’s insurance department . The Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) identified 19 personal auto insurance …