5 02, 2026

People Moves: Ryan Specialty Names Stewart CEO of Newly Formed Canadian Unit

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Ryan Specialty, the international specialty insurance intermediary, announced the appointment of Stephen Stewart as chief executive officer of Ryan Specialty Canada Ltd., the newly formed Canadian operating and holding entity for Ryan Specialty’s underwriting management businesses in Canada. Stewart will …

6 02, 2026

CCC Intelligent Solutions Names Valdez Chief Product Officer

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CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. named Josh Valdez chief product officer. Valdez will be in charge of CCC Intelligent Solutions’s product design, strategy and delivery with a responsibility to scale artificial intelligence-driven technology Valdez is a product and technology executive with …

5 02, 2026

Lawyer for Prominent Texas Law Firm Among Victims ID’d in Maine Plane Crash

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Six people aboard a private business jet registered to the same address as a prominent Houston law firm were killed on Jan. 25 when the jet crashed on takeoff in Bangor, Maine. Local officials on Tuesday named four victims. The …

5 02, 2026

Patients of UCLA Doctor Shaken by Sex Abuse Conviction Overturn, What’s Next

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Two years after a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist was convicted of sex abuse and sentenced to 11 years in prison, an attorney working to prepare an appeal of the case stumbled across an astounding find for the …

5 02, 2026

Russian Captain Jailed Over Crew Member’s Death in US Tanker Crash

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The captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker off Britain’s east coast last year was jailed for six years on Thursday for causing the death of a crew member through gross negligence. Russian national Vladimir Motin, …

5 02, 2026

Trial of Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Charged in $60M Ohio Bribery Scheme Begins

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The $4.3 million payment that Ohio-based FirstEnergy made to veteran lawyer and lobbyist Sam Randazzo in 2019, shortly before he was appointed as the state’s top utility regulator, is at the center of the latest criminal trial to get underway …

5 02, 2026

Forever Chemicals Quietly Contaminate Drinking Water Wells

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Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used family of harmful chemicals called PFAS. They mailed an offer …

6 02, 2026

Canada Scrapping National EV Sales Mandate

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday his government was scrapping a national electric vehicle mandate, marking another retreat from climate measures after previously dropping both an emissions cap on the oil and gas sector and regulations for clean …

5 02, 2026

Aon Agrees to $15 Million Settlement With Pennsylvania Teachers

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A unit of Aon Plc agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that calculation errors and faulty investment advice caused Pennsylvania public school teachers to make millions of dollars in extra contributions to their pension fund. The firm’s Aon Investments …

6 02, 2026

Uber Jury Awards $8.5 Million Damages in Sexual Assault Case

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Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of …