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Extreme heat could cost Germany up to $131 billion by 2030 and shave up to 3% off economic output if recent heat wave patterns persist, an analysis from Allianz Trade showed on Thursday. Germany faces losses of up to $131 …

Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, appointed John Kneeland as commercial lines manager and promoted Sherri Cole to assistant commercial lines manager. Both positions are effective June 1. Kneeland brings extensive insurance industry experience to Davis …

Insurance Australia Group Ltd. said it has agreed to a settlement of proceedings brought by Greensill Bank AG and its insolvency administrators. IAG said the settlement won’t have a material impact on its financial position, according to a statement on …

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston this week to payroll tax avoidance and workers’ compensation insurance fraud, prosecutors reported. According to the U.S. attorney’soffice, Henry Lam, of Lowell, used cash payments to employees to hide his …

A Google software engineer was charged with insider trading on Polymarket, where he allegedly made more than $1 million betting on one of last year’s most popular Internet searches. Michele Spagnuolo was charged in a complaint unsealed Wednesday in federal …

President Donald Trump filed a new version of his $10 billion libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its parent company News Corp. over an article about his alleged close ties to Jeffrey Epstein, after an earlier version of …

Michigan may be known as the Great Lakes state, but most of its residents have a river to thank for their hometown’s existence. “Just looking at settlement patterns in Michigan tells us a lot about how important our rivers are,” …

Ohio will pause incentives for future data center projects, following a directive from the governor to halt the tax credits while a committee studies the impact of the projects on the state’s economy. The pause is not a complete ban …

Tesla Inc. has just 42 vehicles operating as robotaxis in Texas almost a year after Elon Musk launched the service, a small fraction of the fleet commanded by rival Waymo. The official count was revealed for the first time in …

The Hartford has named Allan Ilias as head of Ocean Marine, U.S., and global practice leader, effective June 1. Ilias replaces Tony Plutino, who is retiring. He will report to Rick Ciullo, The Hartford’s head of Global Specialty U.S. Retail. …

Cyberattacks and inflation are tops among concerns for business leaders, according to a recent survey from The Hartford. The insurer’s 2026 Risk Monitor report is based on a survey of 500 U.S. midsize and large business. Results put both cyber …

Anthropic plans to widely release new artificial intelligence models in the coming weeks with cybersecurity capabilities comparable to Mythos, a technology the company previously said was too dangerous to make available to the general public. The company said Thursday that …

Temu, the Chinese e-commerce giant, was fined €200 million ($232 million) by the European Union for failing to stop sales of unsafe baby toys and chargers on the platform. The European Commission, which polices EU rules targeting tech firms, said …

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday it has opened a preliminary probe into 114,922 Rivian vehicles over an issue with the rear toe link. The issue relates to the company’s R1S and R1T electric vehicles. The …

Palm Beach can count on its billionaires to keep picking up the tab for schools, firefighters and parks if Florida slashes property taxes. Many other local governments will have a tougher time making up the difference. After more than a …

Florida, like most states, has seen more than a decade of annual decreases in workers’ compensation average rates. But costs may no longer be falling, thanks in part to higher wages and escalating medical payments, a new study from the …

Four Southern California drivers were arraigned in an alleged staged collision scheme tied to coordinated insurance fraud. The collisions reportedly endangered an innocent driver. The defendants are: Jhoiner Rodriguez Celis, 31, of Anaheim; Melissa Cervantes De La Torre, 30, of …

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the University of California for what it says is discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students at its University of California Los Angeles campus. The suit says the environment on the UCLA campus …

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday overturned a $59 million verdict that medical device maker Insulet won against Korean rival EOFlow for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to its insulin-pump technology. The Washington-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal …

Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on May 27 it had detected a cybersecurity incident involving a compromised account of an employee in April, leading to the leak of certain personal information of individuals, including names, addresses and government-issued identification numbers. …