The Trump administration on Thursday launched an effort to speed development of power plants and transmission lines as artificial intelligence boosts demand, even as it orders fossil fuel plants set to shut for good to keep operating. The Department of …

XPT Specialty added Rachel Gary to its Pacific Northwest team in its Seattle, Washington office. Gary has more than two decades of insurance industry experience, previously serving a decade-long tenure at Hull & Company, where she progressed from underwriting associate …

A federal judge has granted an injunction against the Vermont judiciary in a legal action brought by news outlets aimed at curbing delays when seeking newly filed civil lawsuits. The ruling issued this month by Judge Christina Reiss is the …

ACE American Insurance Co. is suing to recover $500,000 it paid in ransomware damages to a staffing company, claiming cloud computing and cybersecurity firms contracted by its policyholder should instead be held responsible due to their alleged negligence. The insurer …

Via Transportation Inc., the public transit software maker that went public last Friday, will partner with Waymo to launch autonomous shared rides in Arizona this fall. The program will start in Chandler, whose existing Flex service lets the public book …

A copyright infringement lawsuit former Congressman George Santos filed against talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and ABC was properly dismissed by a lower court judge, an appeals court said Monday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected …

A Clark County, Washington excavating company was fined $140,500 for knowingly putting workers in danger after a Washington Labor & Industries inspector witnessed employees pulling co-workers out of a 12-foot-deep trench where they were installing a new sewer line. According …

The US Justice Department accused a British teenager on Thursday of engaging in a yearslong spree of cyberattacks that targeted 47 American organizations and netted more than $100 million in ransom payments. Thalha Jubair, 19, from London, participated in a …

Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana could soon see a reduction in flood insurance premiums, after the parish improved its class rating for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Jefferson Parish’s Community Rating System (CRS) will improve from a Class 5 …

One of the nation’s first doctors accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found to have not violated the law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says, nearly a year after the state sued the …

An auto parts manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Michigan, violated federal law when it refused to allow an older, female worker with a disability to re-enter its apprenticeship program, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a …

A Belleville, Illinois man appeared in federal court to admit to an arson charge for setting a fire in a Lebanon gas station bathroom. Carlos A. Rodriguez, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of arson of real property used in …

Wall Street’s top regulator will on Wednesday consider a policy change that could allow companies going public to force shareholders to resolve disputes in private arbitration rather than through court litigation, in a major shift that could weaken investor rights. …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and DUAL Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Taps AXA XL’s Martins as Head of Executive Assurance, France Arch Insurance announced the appointment of …

Marsh McLennan lost 358 employees in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and in Washington today Michelle Sartain, who has worked at Marsh for more than 28 years, encouraged lawmakers to reauthorize the Terrorism …

An Alabama worker died from blunt force trauma after he he was performing maintenance inside an industrial concrete mixer, a coronor has determined. The investigation is continuing into the death of Edgar Earl Davis IV, age 29, who was pronounced …

UK Intermediary Specialist Risk Group Buys Broker Champion Insurance Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced it has acquired Champion Insurance Group and its specialist subsidiaries Champion Professional Risks and Champion Health & Benefits. Financial details of the …

Two boys were turned in by their mothers Monday to face charges for allegedly causing $50,000 worth of vandalism damage to a central Florida elementary school’s media center, investigators said. The 12- and 13-year-old boys broke into Friendship Elementary School …

Homeowners insurance rates are rising at a pace not seen in more than a decade, so more customers are asking why they should stay loyal if they perceive their insurer isn’t reciprocating. According to a recent survey from J.D. Power, …

The effects of climate change are intensifying but businesses globally are struggling to make transition plans that they can implement in the real world, according to a report released Wednesday by the London School of Economics and Political Science. The …