The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced this month it is introducing a new margin coverage option as a crop insurance endorsement for corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans and spring wheat in select states for …
USDA Margin Coverage Option for Row Crops Available in Select States Read More »
The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States. The Education Department on Tuesday opened an investigation into the university’s foreign funding, …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it would cut funding for a national network of centers that have supported thousands of small- and mid-sized farm and food businesses. The cuts are another hit to farmers from President Donald …
US Farm Agency Ends Program to Support Small Businesses Read More »
Leaders at one of the largest national insurance defense firms believe they have identified the causes of nuclear verdicts—and developed a comprehensive litigation strategy that negates them. A new book about that strategy and the data behind it will be …
New Book Proposes Four-Prong Legal Strategy to Negate Nuclear Verdicts Read More »
The European Central Bank’s next stress test will ask lenders to come up with hypothetical situations in which risks like trade disruptions or wars could hit their financial strength. The exam next year will “assess which firm-specific geopolitical risk scenarios …
ECB Stress Test to Ask Banks Which Geopolitical Risks Would Hurt Read More »
Helvetia Holding AG and Baloise Holding AG hired strategy consultant McKinsey for advice on Europe’s biggest insurance deal this year, according to people familiar with the matter. McKinsey is set to earn tens of millions of Swiss francs from the …
Helvetia, Baloise Said To Tap McKinsey For Merger Help Read More »
Strategic partnerships between re/insurers and alternative investment managers, the use of offshore platforms, and a fourth consecutive record year of annuity sales led to continued reinsurance growth in the U.S. in 2024. Fitch Ratings expects the prevalence of offshore reinsurance …
Viewpoint: US Life Reinsurance Driven by Insurers Seeking Growth, Capital Optimization Read More »
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — When an emergency happens in Collier County, Florida, the 911 calls go to one of the most high-tech communications centers in the U.S., where callers can send text and video from the scene to dispatchers. Moving …
Florida County Leads With High-Tech 911 Emergency Response System Read More »
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most recent review of the facility. Five men and four women …
Massachusetts Assisted Living Home Had Been Cited for Late Safety Reports Read More »
A former Alabama police officer charged with murder for shooting an armed Black man in the man’s front yard during a dispute with a tow-truck driver shouldn’t be granted immunity before going to trial, the state’s attorney general says. In …
Alabama AG Urges No Pre-Trial Immunity for Ex-Officer Charged With Shooting Armed Man Read More »
