11 09, 2026

People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Adds New West Coast Associate Managing Directors

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Burns & Wilcox, headquartered in Famington Hills, Michigan, hired Winston Rendall and Sandra Shambaugh as associate managing directors for the West region. Rendall comes to Burns & Wilcox with 10 years of experience. Most recently, he was vice president of …

11 09, 2026

Florida Posts New Workers’ Comp Rules on Physician Dispensing, Immigration Forms

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The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted finalized rule changes in keeping with a recent court decision on physician dispensing of medication, along with new rules requiring the latest federal immigration status forms for workers. Six months after a …

11 09, 2026

Lawmakers Call for New AI Rules After Anthropic Researchers’ Safety Warnings

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U.S. lawmakers this week called for new rules to govern AI, after an Anthropic researcher went public with his concerns about the technology escaping human control. The reaction was broader than after previous statements from OpenAI and Anthropic staffers about …

11 09, 2026

Powerful El Niño Nears Record Strength, US Forecasters Say

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The powerful El Niño that’s already disrupting global weather patterns has a 75% chance of becoming “a historic event,” surpassing all records dating back to 1950, the US Climate Prediction Center said. El Niño will likely keep getting stronger through …

10 09, 2026

Connecticut Towns Installing License Plate Reading Cameras on School Buses

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City and town leaders across Connecticut have been fielding growing pushback from residents over automated license plate readers, which opponents say raise a range of concerns about privacy. But as many state and local leaders have called for a pause …

10 09, 2026

Viewpoint: After 3 Years of Retreat, Insurance Capacity Is Returning to California

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For the first time in three years, capacity is returning to the California homeowners insurance market. The clearest evidence is in the residual market. In the second quarter, the California FAIR Plan added roughly 12,000 residential policies, the fifth consecutive …

10 09, 2026

Connecticut Insurance Department Relocates to Trumbull Street Building

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The Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) has completed its relocation to Trumbull Street in Hartford. The agency became operational from its new office space effective September 8, 2026. The insurance department’s office location is now: Connecticut Insurance Department, 280 Trumbull Street, …

10 09, 2026

The Big Data/AI ‘Revolution’ Is Driving up Verdicts, Settlements as Plaintiffs Buy In

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Nick Kosiavelon, an insurance defense attorney in Massachusetts, tells the story about some plaintiffs’ lawyers he faced off against in a recent brain-injury lawsuit. He said within an hour of seeing the list of potential jurors in the jury pool, …

10 09, 2026

Stellantis to Recall Over 200,000 Jeep Vehicles Over Tire-Pressure Monitor

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Chrysler parent Stellantis is recalling 201,976 Jeep vehicles in the U.S. due to a software error that may cause the tire pressure monitoring system to fail to detect low tire pressure or illuminate the warning light, the U.S. National Highway …

10 09, 2026

UK Airlines Say They’re Left On the Hook for ATC Outage Cost

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UK airlines said they’ll have to foot the bill for the travel chaos caused by a technical glitch at the country’s air-traffic control provider and led to thousands of canceled flights this week. The financial fallout from the fault at …