The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted finalized rule changes in keeping with a recent court decision on physician dispensing of medication, along with new rules requiring the latest federal immigration status forms for workers. Six months after a …

Burns & Wilcox, headquartered in Famington Hills, Michigan, hired Winston Rendall and Sandra Shambaugh as associate managing directors for the West region. Rendall comes to Burns & Wilcox with 10 years of experience. Most recently, he was vice president of …

When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated …

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 shocked the nation and left nearly 3,000 dead. In today’s dollars, 9/11 caused $60 billion in insured losses. In the aftermath, the industry responded with state-filed requests to exclude terrorism coverage, which had …

Bank holding company Arrow Financial Corp. announced that Upstate Agency, LLC, a subsidiary of Arrow Bank National Association, has agreed to acquire Skene Valley Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency in Washington County in upstate New York. Founded in 2002, …

A Louisiana man has pled guilty in federal court to committing arson in connection with the malicious burning of St. John Chapel in Caldwell Parish in the early morning of March 27, 2026. Anthony Dillon Jr., 19, of Columbia, faces …

KingsCover Insurance Services, a specialty agency serving churches and ministries, has rebranded as Dominion First Insurance Services. The name change does not affect ownership, leadership, staffing, or client policies — the agency continues under the same team that built its …

Lely North America, Inc., an international agricultural technology company headquartered in Pella, Iowa, agreed to resolve a discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC’s charge investigation found that Lely violated …

Jencap Group announced that it has acquired Concorde General Agency (Concorde), a regional wholesaler specializing in personal lines, commercial lines, and farm and ranch insurance. Fargo, North Dakota-based Concorde will continue operating under its well-established brand as part of the …

New York officials are moving to require auto insurers to obtain prior approval before implementing any increases in private passenger insurance rates. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed a regulation amending the process for insurers …

Oregon employers will pay 92 cents per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation coverage on average in 2027, a rate that would be the second lowest on record. A proposal from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services calls …

When the cargo plane came to rest 1,300 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport, its nose sat flush with the ground, the tail — and the billboard-sized Amazon.com Inc. smile painted on it — jutting …

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001. The terrorist attacks …

A group of conservative investors is pressing companies to stop covering gender-transition surgery for minors in employee health plans, and Nike Inc. is their latest target. Inspire Investing, which oversees $5.4 billion, is leading an investor campaign that includes the …

When and why do clients prefer to use artificial intelligence rather than a human adviser? It’s a question attracting much attention as AI advisers flood the marketplace. A recent study from the MIT Sloan School of Management introduces a new …

Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints. The clandestine Russian operation, described to Reuters by …

Two litigation funders are backing rival law firms in a fight for control of a £36 billion ($48.8 billion) suit over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters. Law firm Pogust Goodhead brought the UK case against BHP Group Ltd and …

Ledger SAS, a maker of hardware devices used to store cryptocurrencies, is combining oversight of its internal technology systems and security under a single executive, as a rise in artificial intelligence-fueled crypto attacks pushes companies to rethink their defenses. Paris-based …

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could push small and medium-sized businesses out of global supply chains, increasing economic concentration and weakening the resilience of international trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said on Tuesday [Sept. 8]. …

UK airlines said they’ll have to foot the bill for the travel chaos caused by a technical glitch at the country’s air-traffic control provider and led to thousands of canceled flights this week. The financial fallout from the fault at …