U.S. President Donald Trump plans to formalize on Thursday a move to overturn the Obama-era legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules, which will lead to the repeal of vehicle emissions rules, the White House said on Tuesday. White House …
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A Virginia public school employee must proceed with his workers’ compensation claim appeal without the evidence of a video he believes shows how and when he was injured at work. His employer, the Newport News Public Schools, erased the video …
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The state of Maryland made progress in 2025 toward safer roads, with traffic fatalities falling by approximately 18% statewide, according to preliminary data. Motor vehicle crash deaths declined from 582 in 2024 to 480 in 2025, marking the first time …
Maryland Traffic Fatalities Declined 18% in 2025 Read More »
Hinterland Insurance appointed Evan Krozy as the company’s chief underwriting officer and Kristine Harding as executive vice president, commercial package and property, reporting to Krozy. Krozy has more than 25 years of insurance experience, including commercial lines underwriting, specialty lines, …
Fourth quarter 2025 underwriting income in American International Group’s (AIG) General Insurance segment increased 48% compared with the prior year, to $670 million. The unit, which includes North America commercial, International commercial, and global personal—recorded $125 million in catastrophe-related charges …
AIG Underwriting Income Up 48% in Q4 on North America Commercial Read More »
The EPA has identified the chemical compound spilled in Garnett, Kansas, on Dec. 31, 2025. Recent laboratory analysis corroborates EPA’s preliminary field screening results with a “high level of confidence” that the corrosive substance was sodium aluminate, the agency said. …
EPA Identifies Spilled Chemical Compound That Affected 260 Cars in Kansas Read More »
A Texas judge’s move to strike down a state law blacklisting “woke” financial firms, including BlackRock and HSBC, that used environmental, social or governance factors in investment decisions will likely drive a broader push to repeal so-called “anti-ESG” laws in …
Rejection of Texas Law Blacklisting ‘Woke’ Firms Could Challenge Other Anti-ESG Laws Read More »
Liberty Mutual Group Inc.’s asset-management arm agreed to back Ara Partners’ infrastructure and energy strategies, in the latest partnership between an insurer and an alternative investment firm. The collaboration includes an anchor commitment to Ara’s new energy fund as well …
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South Carolina’s Safe Home Mitigation Program today, Feb. 10, began accepting applications for a new round of funding for resiliency grants. The program, which provides up to $6,000 in matching grants and up to $7,500 in non-matching grants, received additional …
SC Wind Mitigation Grant Program Now Open for New Applications Read More »
President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of a new bridge that connects Michigan and Ontario until the US was given compensation and ownership of half of it, saying he’d start negotiations immediately. “I will not allow this bridge …
Trump Threatens to Block Detroit-Canada Bridge in New Row Read More »
