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Wake up, Gen Z! (Literally.) While research shows that while you think it’s OK to show up five to 10 minutes late for work, your baby boomer boss is saying nope. Not even by one minute.

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday rejected the Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house enforcement of laws protecting investors against securities fraud, dealing a blow to the agency’s powers in a ruling that could reverberate through other federal regulators.

Commercial property/casualty insurers reported strong returns for the first quarter and are expected to remain profitable through 2024 and beyond, according to a report Thursday from Lockton Cos. LLC.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Thursday launched Liberty WorldWise, a program designed to help mid-size businesses in the U.S. better manage their multinational exposures.

A coverage dispute between insurers and a property owner over methyl-tertiary butyl ether contamination claims should proceed in New York state court where the insurers were first to file a lawsuit.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement that would have shielded its wealthy Sackler family owners from lawsuits over their role in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.

MSIG USA, a unit of Japanese insurer MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., said Thursday it has hired former Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. executives Dan Riordan, Richard Abizaid and Javier Gomez to lead its political risk and credit insurance business in the United States.

One80 Intermediaries on Thursday announced the launch of a workers compensation program underwritten through AmTrust Financial Services Inc. for maritime businesses operating on navigable waters of the U.S. and adjoining areas

Matt Zender, senior vice president, workers comp strategy, at AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., discusses changes to class codes in workers comp.

New vehicle sales in the U.S. are projected to fall this month from a year ago, hurt by the CDK cyberattack-led outage that has impacted dealers across the country, according to a joint report released Wednesday by industry consultants J.D. Power and GlobalData.

If you think that the drums and beats of many upbeat reggaetón songs sound alike, you are not alone: at least 160 artists, record companies and music labels are being sued for allegedly stealing the same reggae-meats-Latin-music beat from a company that says it owns the rights.

Physician charges per procedure performed increased by 11% in workers compensation claims from 2020 through 2022, outpacing the Bureau of Labor and Statistics Consumer Price Index of 7% during that time, according to a pricing report released Wednesday by Enlyte LLC.