Industry News
The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a building contractor and a staffing company for safety violations after a worker suffered fatal injuries while operating a mini-excavator beneath an elementary school in Converse, Texas. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health …
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An upstate New York man has been accused of receiving more than 27,000 payments totaling more than $1.3 million from approximately 107 different class action lawsuit settlements between January 2022 and December 2025. According to court documents, the man admitted …
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The U.S. property/casualty industry posted its best underwriting profit and combined ratio in a decade in 2025, building upon the $1 trillion of total direct premiums written logged the prior year for the first time. According to a new report …
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Newswise — When a powerful EF-4 tornado tore through Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24, 2023, social media became a critical tool for sharing weather warnings, damage reports and recovery information. But a new study from University of Nebraska–Lincoln media …
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A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent …
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Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against the tech company, accusing it of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who took medical leave in selecting people for mass layoffs. The lawsuit, filed …
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CCC Intelligent Solutions, a provider of software and AI-powered workflow tools, is exploring a sale of the company, according to three people familiar with the matter. The Chicago-based company has hired Morgan Stanley to advise on a sale process and …
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Newswise— Imagine a paint that changes color depending on how hard its surface is hit. It could be used on football helmets to monitor concussion-level impacts, to record the handling history of shipped packages, or placed on insoles to analyze …
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Employees who were killed and injured when a powerful tornado struck a Kentucky candle factory in 2021 are not necessarily limited to the workers’ compensation exclusive remedy, a Kentucky appeals court said in a decision that could have far-reaching impact …
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President Donald Trump reinstated the US blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% reimbursement for all other cargo shipped through the waterway. Trump’s announcement Monday, in which he asserted the US would become the …
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