6 02, 2026

Louisiana Agency to Pay $1.2M Refund for Illegal Overcharging on Surety Premiums

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A Louisiana insurance agency has been ordered to pay $1.2 million in premium refunds for overcharging fraudulent fees on commercial surety bond policies. The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Alexander Ellsworth and his agency, Ellsworth Corporation, will pay a …

6 02, 2026

Danone Recalls More Infant Formula in Europe

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Danone is withdrawing batches of infant formula in Austria, Germany and France, the company and an Austrian government food agency said, expanding an industry recall sparked by contamination with the toxin cereulide. Cereulide, which can cause nausea and vomiting, has …

6 02, 2026

Verizon Wireless Sues T-Mobile, Alleges False Advertising

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Verizon Wireless sued T-Mobile on Wednesday, accusing its largest rival of false advertising and causing irreparable harm by promising consumers more than $1,000 of annual savings if they switch cellphone carriers. According to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, …

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 …

6 02, 2026

Tankers Speed Through Hormuz Chokepoint on US-Iran Tensions

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Some supertanker operators, nervous about rising US-Iran tensions and potential risks to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, are speeding their vessels through the chokepoint. Very Large Crude Carriers are traveling around the narrow, congested waterway — through which about …

4 02, 2026

People Moves: Hub International Names Baldrica Chief Sales Officer, US Employee Benefits; Bernards Hired as Alternative Risk Practice Leader

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Hub International Limited (HUB), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, named Andrea Baldrica as chief sales officer of U.S. Employee Benefits. Baldrica will be responsible for driving HUB’s national employee benefits sales strategy and comprehensive growth across its employee benefits services. Baldrica …

4 02, 2026

Elon Musk Loses Bid to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Over Twitter Stake

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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk’s bid to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that claimed he waited too long to disclose his purchases of Twitter shares in 2022. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, …

4 02, 2026

Beazley Agrees to Zurich’s Sweetened £8 Billion Takeover Bid

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Zurich Insurance Group AG has made a sweetened £8 billion ($11 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, an offer that’s won the tentative approval of the UK insurer’s board. The Swiss insurance giant’s revised cash proposal of 1,310 pence a …

4 02, 2026

China to Ban ‘Hidden’ Car Door Handles to Address Safety Fears

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China will ban ‘hidden’ car door handles from 2027, becoming the first country to phase out a design pioneered by Tesla and adopted by Chinese competitors including Xiaomi. The hidden handle design, which functions through a key fob or mobile …

4 02, 2026

Congo Fighting Drove Spike in Insurance Costs, Squeezing Miners, Insurer Says

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Political violence insurance premiums in Democratic Republic of Congo jumped as much as tenfold last year due to unrest in the east, boosting insurers but lifting costs for copper-cobalt miners, insurance executives told Reuters. Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebels overran eastern Congo’s …