13 11, 2025

Mounting Oregon Wildfire Claims Threaten Ratings of Berkshire’s PacifiCorp

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A Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.-owned utility is at risk of losing its investment-grade credit rating as it expects to have to pay up more money for litigation brought by victims of 2020 wildfires in Oregon. PacifiCorp recently warned that it …

13 11, 2025

Meta Pledges $1 Billion to Build AI Data Center in Wisconsin

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Meta Platforms Inc. is spending more than $1 billion to build a data center in Wisconsin that will power artificial intelligence work, its latest investment in the infrastructure needed for the fast-moving AI race. The 700,000 square-foot data center will …

13 11, 2025

Five Reasons Why the US Escaped a Hurricane Landfall So Far This Year

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A weather forecasting organization is offering up five reasons why the U.S. wasn’t hit by a hurricane this season, despite forecasts that called for an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with numerous anticipated landfalls. It will be the first Atlantic …

13 11, 2025

Watchdog Group Demands OpenAI Withdraw AI Video App Sora Over Deepfakes

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The tech industry is moving fast and breaking things again — and this time it is humanity’s shared reality and control of our likeness before and after death — thanks to artificial intelligence image-generation platforms like OpenAI’s Sora 2. The …

13 11, 2025

Mounting Oregon Wildfire Claims Threaten Ratings of Berkshire’s PacifiCorp

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A Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.-owned utility is at risk of losing its investment-grade credit rating as it expects to have to pay up more money for litigation brought by victims of 2020 wildfires in Oregon. PacifiCorp recently warned that it …

13 11, 2025

Amazon Sued Over ‘Punitive’ Handling of Employee Absences

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Amazon.com was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action saying the retailer subjects thousands of warehouse employees with disabilities to a “punitive” policy governing workplace absences. Amazon, the largest private-sector U.S. employer behind Walmart, was accused of docking unpaid …

13 11, 2025

Delaware Supreme Court Revives Workers’ Compensation Insurer’s Subrogation Bid

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The Delaware Supreme Court has revived a workers’ compensation insurer’s claim for subrogation in a case where an employee injured while driving for her employer received payment from her employer’s uninsured motorist (UIM) insurer after receiving her workers’ compensation benefits. …

10 11, 2025

Wind Gusts Blow Snow Across Chicago as Airport Woes Persist

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Snow will be winding down across Chicago in a few hours, where the combination of the government shutdown and the weather has added to the more than 1,500 flights grounded nationwide. As of 6:30 a.m. local time, 367 flights were …

10 11, 2025

Risky Future AI Tools for MGAs ‘Demo Day’ on Nov. 12

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Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for MGAs” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demos give viewers a rapid-fire experience of AI technology tools designed exclusively for managing general agencies. The latest online event …

10 11, 2025

Typhoon Swinging Toward Taiwan After Ripping Philippines

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Typhoon Fung-Wong is forecast to swing toward Taiwan after the powerful storm struck the Philippines' northeast late on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and the suspension of government operations.