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A New York judge on Monday upheld a Long Island county’s law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities. In a decision in a suit brought by a roller derby league, Judge …

Germany’s Continental AG has reached a deal with former managers that will see their insurance pay damages between 40 million and 50 million euros ($46.7 million-$58.3 million) in connection with the diesel scandal, reported the Handelsblatt newspaper on Tuesday. The …

Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, the workers’ compensation line continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as workers’ compensation prices are falling, according to a …

The U.S. government sued Southern California Edison to help restore National Forest System lands burned in the Saddleridge wildfire near Los Angeles in 2019. Tuesday’s lawsuit seeks damages for fire suppression costs and rehabilitation stemming from the Edison International-owned utility’s …

There are no $1 million giveaways to voters, cheesehead hats or even candidate debates. Elon Musk is nowhere to be found. Yet the stakes in the Pennsylvania election this fall are very much the same as they were in Wisconsin …

A lawmaker is calling on Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to resign in the wake of investigation that he allegedly used taxpayer dollars to take luxurious trips. The Fair Political Practices Commission is looking into a complaint into Lara following reports …

Ned Gaines was named commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance. Gaines, who has served as commissioner in an acting capacity since July 2, was named to the role by Department of Business and Industry Director Kristopher Sanchez. Gaines has …

NFP, an Aon company, added two new benefits leaders, Mark Carroll and Bill Schmidt, and their respective books of business. Carroll and Schmidt will each join as vice president, Benefits, in NFP’s Atlantic region. They are based in northern Virginia …

Hill Country Underwriters, a managing general underwriter (MGU) providing casualty insurance for artisan contractors, launches today with a General Liability and Inland Marine product for artisan trade contractors in Texas. The new offering, tailored for contractors in specialty construction trades, …

Nebraska officials missed a deadline this week granting licenses to marijuana growers as part of a voter-approved measure that legalized medical marijuana, offering the latest example of pushback in Republican-led states against efforts to legalize the drug. “How many times …

The Texas Stock Exchange last week crossed its latest hurdle toward becoming a direct competitor to the dominance of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. The announcement that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had approved the Dallas-based …

The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing next week on the proposed merger of a ProAssurance unit and FD Insurance – the latest of many financial moves for both companies in the last decade. ProAssurance Indemnity Co., …

Holmes Murphy, headquartered in Waukee, Iowa, hired Jordan Anderson as vice president and employee benefits sales leader in its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, office. Anderson will focus on helping Holmes Murphy deepen its client relationships, drive growth in the Sioux …

A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest trial alleging its talc products cause cancer. The family of Mae …

As a Boeing 757 aircraft prepared to land, an audio alert started blaring in the cockpit: “Traffic on runway! Traffic on runway!” Seconds later, the same warning popped up on the navigation display. It prompted the pilot to abort the …

A York, Pennsylvania construction supervisor pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme that defrauded construction workers of wages on University of Maryland projects, officials have reported. According to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, a judge in the Circuit Court …

A Georgia man has been indicted on manslaughter charges in Alabama after an April boat wreck during a professional fishing tournament killed three people and injured two others. Flint Andrew Davis, 22, was indicted Thursday in Cullman County on three …

All six people hospitalized after a coastal North Carolina shooting last weekend that left three dead at a waterfront bar have been released, officials announced Friday. Southport officials initially said five people were wounded in the rifle attack on the …

The number and total aggregate amount of settlements in merger and acquisition (M&A)-related lawsuits in the Delaware Court of Chancery have increased substantially since 2019, with the total aggregate settlement amount exceeding $600 million in 2024, according to a report …

Specialist engineering and technology insurer, HSB, has launched a cyber insurance and incident response solution specifically designed for micro and small businesses in the UK and Ireland with revenues of up to £10 million (US$13.5 million). HSB CyberPro provides comprehensive …