The Trump administration is working to develop new safety requirements governing how autonomous vehicles behave on the road in a bid to address mishaps that have marred the early track record of self-driving cars. Officials aim to finalize the new …
As high temperatures bake California and strong winds make it more susceptible to fire, voters in the state are being wooed by political candidates with divergent visions for how to protect homes from stepped-up climate risks. California has the nation’s …
Jonathan Korbecki was relaxing at home on the Thornapple River one rainy February night when the fire marshal knocked on his door, warning the nearby Labarge Dam may fail and send a wall of water his way. Hundreds of yards …
More than a dozen East Texas counties are working to create a groundwater conservation district that would prevent over-pumping water from the aquifer below their communities. On Tuesday, Gregg County Commissioners voted to approve a resolution adding the county to …
The North Carolina Supreme Court in 2024 famously bucked the trend on COVID-19 business-interruption coverage, finding that an insurer owed coverage to a restaurant that was forced to close during the pandemic. But that ruling is not enough to overturn …
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation concluded that a Houston utility construction company exposed employees to safety hazards after an excavation collapse hospitalized a worker. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation into Blazey Construction Services LLC …
More than 75 people have been rescued in Texas as floodwaters rise, while Canadian wildfire smoke is choking skies across the Midwest and Northeast, including New York, and heat continues to fuel wildfire risk in California. Torrential rain has flooded …
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Starbucks of defrauding shareholders by intentionally concealing declining sales in the United States and China, its largest markets. U.S. District Judge John Chun in Seattle said Starbucks’ “innocent explanation” that former Chief Executive …
CopperPoint Insurance Company elected Steve Gabbay to the CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company board of directors. Since 2009, Gabbay has been the chief operating officer of YAM Worldwide, which operates more than a dozen companies across a variety of industries. …
Canopius Group named Melanie M. Brown head of U.S. Claims. Brown will be joining August 3, and she will report to incoming Canopius Group Chief Claims Officer Steve Parry. She most recently served as head of complex and specialty claims …