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Texas is backing a proposed Permian Basin power plant fueled by natural gas with a $1.1 billion low-interest loan, the largest such project under a state program aimed to shore up supplies after widespread blackouts in 2021. Competitive Power Ventures …

Days after thieves took just minutes to steal eight pieces of the French crown jewels from the Louvre, a former bank robber says he warned a museum official of glaring weaknesses — including jewel cases by streetside windows that were …

Third quarter net income for The Hanover Insurance Group grew to $178.7 million compared to $102.1 million during the same period a year ago. The Worcester, Massachusetts-based insurer’s Q3 combined ratio improved to 91.1 from 95.5 a year ago during …

NFP, an Aon company headquartered in New York City, appointed Andrew Keefe as senior vice president, Northeast broking leader. Based in Albany, New York, Keefe has nearly two decades of experience in the commercial insurance industry. He has been with …

Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset about gun violence think they’ve found a way to penetrate that legal shield. Since 2021, 10 states …

The FBI last month searched the offices of a California real estate investment firm Continuum Analytics, which is linked to bad loans recently disclosed by Zions and Western Alliance, according to legal correspondence seen by Reuters. Continuum Analytics is an …

A federal judge in Mississippi has admitted that his staff used artificial intelligence to draft a flawed court order, after months of speculation and an inquiry from a U.S. senator. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate sent a letter on …

Convex Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced a new, long-term ownership structure led by private equity firm Onex Corp., with American International Group becoming a minority equity investor. Onex will acquire a 63% equity stake in Convex …

Monkeys being transported on a Mississippi highway escaped captivity Tuesday after the truck carrying them overturned, according to law enforcement. All but one of the escaped monkeys were killed, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said in a post on Facebook, …

Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC (DTFS), the captive finance partner of Daimler Truck North America LLC, and GEICO announced the launch of Connected Insurance, a new data-driven insurance program designed to help Freightliner and Western Star owner-operators and small …

Microsoft said late on Wednesday it had resolved an outage of its Azure cloud platform that had impacted the tech giant’s suite of productivity software, and a range of industries worldwide. “While error rates and latency are back to pre-incident …

The maker of celebrity video platform Cameo sued OpenAI in a California federal court on Tuesday, arguing that the new “Cameo” feature of OpenAI’s Sora video generation app violates its trademark rights. Cameo said in the complaint that OpenAI’s Cameo, …

A former director at a US military contractor that sells computer vulnerabilities pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing and reselling $35 million in trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker whose clients include the Russian government. Peter Williams, 39, worked …

Insurer litigation expenses declined slightly between 2023 and 2024 and potentially benefitted from state legal reforms to address increasing litigation costs, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) said in a new report. Citing S&P Global Data, …

A ship with 23 containers of radioactive zinc dust is stuck off the coast in the Philippines, unable to unload because there’s no site that has agreed to entomb the offending material, according to a top official. Port authorities aren’t …

After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning and early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit as a Category 5 storm …

The devastation from Hurricane Melissa came into focus after the record-setting storm moved past Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with at least 33 deaths and almost $8 billion of damage in its wake. Across the Caribbean, the storm’s powerful winds have …

EverPeak Insurance announced the launch of its workers’ compensation solution in Arkansas. “Arkansas is powered by its small business community, and we recognize the critical need for accessible, reliable, and high-quality workers’ compensation coverage right here in the state,” said …

Independent adjusters’ claims that some Florida insurance companies had tampered with their damage estimates continue to trickle through courthouses and state agencies, with final resolutions far from certain or still months or years in the future. The latest developments include: …

Predictions marketplace Kalshi Inc. sued New York’s gaming commission, saying the state agency is overstepping its authority by attempting to regulate sports-betting operations that fall exclusively under federal jurisdiction. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan US District Court, Kalshi …