3 12, 2024

Rising Sick Days Are Costing Europe Billions Every Year

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Norway, illness is becoming an increasingly trying problem. Workers take more sick days than anywhere else in Europe and absences are at the highest level in 15 years. As companies struggle with chronic shortages, critics blame an overly generous welfare …

17 01, 2025

Deere & Co. Accused of Forcing Farmers to Use Authorized Dealers for Equipment Repair

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Deere & Co. unfairly forces farmers to visit authorized dealers to repair their equipment, resulting in higher prices than if they could fix it themselves or get help from independent shops, the Federal Trade Commission claims in a federal lawsuit …

2 12, 2024

Outlook for U.S. Commercial Insurance Segment ‘Stable’ as Profits Stay Strong: AM Best

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AM Best is maintaining its stable market segment outlook on the U.S. commercial lines insurance sector for 2025, due partly to its persistently strong underwriting performance and improved investment returns, which have bolstered operating profitability. Reserve adequacy in the commercial …

17 01, 2025

Cleveland City Files Lawsuit to Prevent Browns’ Move to Suburban Dome

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Cleveland’s fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown and into a proposed dome in the suburbs has taken yet another legal turn. The city has filed a lawsuit to stop the NFL team from leaving Cleveland’s lakefront when …

2 12, 2024

Carolina Woman Charged with Using Mom’s Name to Get Policy, Filing Bogus Claim

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A North Carolina woman is set for a court appearance later this month after she was charged with filing a claim on her deceased mom’s house – for damage that occurred before the insurance policy was purchased. Cindy Ramzi Hanna, …

17 01, 2025

Wisconsin’s Rural Mutual and Badger Mutual Finalize Affiliation Agreement

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Rural Mutual Insurance Company and Badger Mutual Insurance Company, with a combined 227 years of providing farm, commercial, and personal policies, have finalized their affiliation agreement based on regulatory approval from the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) …

2 12, 2024

‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Is Unlikely Under Trump, Exxon Says

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Oil and gas producers in the US will not raise output significantly in the coming years despite calls from President-Elect Donald Trump to “drill, baby, drill,” said Exxon Mobil Corp.’s Upstream President Liam Mallon. “I think a radical change is …

17 01, 2025

Louisiana Citizens Ends Assessment on Property Policies Ahead of Schedule

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The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Louisiana Citizens) Board of Directors voted last week to end the 1.36% assessment it makes on all residential and commercial property insurance policies in the state in April of this year. The assessment, which …

2 12, 2024

Energy Department to Loan $7.5B for Electric Vehicle Battery Plants in Indiana

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The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it is planning to loan up to $7.54 billion to a joint venture of Chrysler parent Stellantis STLAM.MI and Samsung SDI 006400.KS to help build two electric vehicle lithium-ion battery plants in Indiana. The …

20 12, 2024

Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting

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With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said experts during a November webinar hosted by …