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The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday overturned a federal appeals court ruling that dismissed a National Rifle Association suit accusing former New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo of violating the First Amendment in connection with her investigation into the gun advocacy group’s relationship with insurers and a broker.

Munich Re Specialty Insurance, a unit of Munich Reinsurance Co., Thursday named former American International Group Inc. claims leader Peter Macdonald chief claims officer.

A worker who ended up requiring a double leg amputation after being struck by a vehicle while trying to tend to another car accident victim during an on-the-clock trip should have been entitled to workers compensation benefits, a West Virginia appellate court ruled Wednesday.

While Purina’s slogan says, “Every pet deserves the best life,” residents in a neighborhood north of Denver say a pet food plant operated by Nestle Purina Petcare Co. robs them of theirs.

CFC Group Ltd. Thursday said it has named former Coalition Inc. executive Kelly McGuinness to the newly created role of cyber, tech and professional liability development leader at CFC Canada.

Property catastrophe reinsurance rates will fall 5% on average on a risk-adjusted basis at the key June 1 renewal date, reinsurance broker Howden Re said on Thursday, after “notable” rate rises in 2022 and 2023.

Matthew Herron, lead safety engineer in the mechanical engineering division for the Southwest Research Institute and the American Society of Safety Professionals’ Safety Professional of the Year, discusses the use of artificial intelligence in workplace safety.

A sole proprietor contractor serving as both employee and employer who was injured on the job wasn’t entitled to workers compensation because he failed to timely notify his insurer of the workplace injury, a Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Wednesday.

Hyperexponential Ltd. Wednesday named former Sompo International Holdings Ltd. executive Risa Ryan as head of U.S. property/casualty.

Authentic Insurance Services Inc. said Wednesday it has raised $11 million in a Series A financing round led by FirstMark Capital LLC, a New York-based venture capital firm.

Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc. Wednesday said it has raised the limits and expanded coverage terms for its Smart Cyber Insurance product, which covers primary and excess policies.

The combined ratio for the U.S. workers compensation market worsened slightly in 2023 even as premiums increased year over year, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis released Tuesday.

A Pennsylvania hospital was within its right to terminate the employment of a nurse who refused to get an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on May 20 published a sweeping revision of its Hazard Communication Standard, mostly to better align it with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and to clarify issues left unresolved by the last set of revisions in 2012.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that it cited tool manufacturer Stanley Black + Decker after a maintenance electrician suffered severe burns during an electrical arc blast at a company facility.