21 01, 2025

World Insurance Associates Acquires Business Contractors Insurance in California

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World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of Business Contractors Insurance Services in Santee, California. BCIS was founded more than 15 years ago. The firm provides insurance services to individuals and businesses. World Insurance Associates is headquartered in Iselin, N.J., …

21 01, 2025

Southern Taiwan Hit by 6.4 Magnitude Quake, TSMC Evacuates Some Factories

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A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous, rural area of Taiwan’s south on Tuesday near the city of Chiayi, the island’s weather administration said, with reports of minor damage. Chipmaker TSMC said it had evacuated staff at its factories in …

21 01, 2025

Vanguard to Pay $106 Million Over Retirement Fund Violations

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Vanguard Group will pay more than $106 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it made misleading statements about capital gains distributions and tax consequences to retail investors who held popular target-date retirement funds in taxable accounts. …

20 01, 2025

Four Canadian Banks Quit Climate Group as Exodus Begun by Wall Street Picks Up

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Four of Canada’s biggest banks are leaving the industry’s top climate-finance alliance, joining Wall Street peers and extending an exodus that started in early December. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal and National Bank of Canada …

21 01, 2025

Rainbow Gets $8M Series A Funding to Expand Small Business Offerings

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Rainbow, a digitally enabled managing general underwriter based in San Francisco, California, announced raising $8 million in Series A funding led by Zigg Capital. The MGU says the financing, which closed in the fourth quarter of 2024, will accelerate plans …

21 01, 2025

NJ Officials Cleared of Wrongdoing in Menendez Corruption Case

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By David Voreacos Jan 17, 2025, 2:56 PM Word Count: 346 (Bloomberg) — The New Jersey attorney general’s office cleared state law enforcement officials of wrongdoing in a corruption case involving former US Senator Robert Menendez, who awaits sentencing after …

21 01, 2025

Automakers Seek Repeal of Biden’s High-Speed Braking Rule

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The largest U.S. auto trade group wants a federal court to block a Biden administration rule requiring carmakers to install automatic emergency braking systems on new vehicles that the industry argues is impractical. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation on Friday …

16 01, 2025

Toyota Unit Hino Motors Reaches $1.6B US Diesel Emissions Settlement

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Toyota Motor unit Hino Motors has agreed a $1.6 billion settlement with U.S. agencies and will plead guilty over excess diesel engine emissions in more than 105,000 U.S. vehicles, the company and U.S. government said on Wednesday. The Japanese truck …

16 01, 2025

USDA Documented Insects And Slime at Boar’s Head Plants, Records Show

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Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar’s Head deli meat plants, not just the factory that was shut down last year after a deadly outbreak of listeria poisoning, federal records show. Newly released reports from Boar’s Head plants in …

16 01, 2025

InsurTechs Highlight New Approaches to Wildfire Insurance

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While the Southern California fires that sparked in high-wind conditions last week inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses continue to creep higher. CoreLogic said in a Thursday briefing that the industry price tag of the Palisades and Eaton …