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Texas Energy Company to Pay $260K to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit A Texas energy company will pay a $265,000 fine to settle charges that it subjected Black and Hispanic field mechanics to harassment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced last week that Liberty Energy, Inc. doing business as Liberty …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 7:00 AM |
Oklahoma Judge Blocks State’s Anti-ESG Law A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems from investing with companies that limit investment in the oil and gas industry. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila Stinson on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction blocking …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 6:00 AM |
Markets/Coverages: FM Global Names Leadership for New Renewable Energy Unit Commercial property insurer FM Global announced the launch of a renewable energy unit to help clients in the transition to alternative energy through research and innovation, and to support the overall advancement of the renewable energy industry. FM Global’s Renewable …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:37 AM |
Reserve Strengthening for Casualty Lines Not Over: Moody’s If personal auto insurance loss reserves are developing adversely, can commercial general liability be far behind? That’s the gist of one of the questions that analysts from Moody’s Investors Service asked—and answered—in a new report on the U.S. property/casualty insurance …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:28 AM |
US Financial Regulators Restart Work on Long-Delayed Dodd-Frank Compensation Rules A trio of U.S. financial regulators have resumed work on a long-delayed rule-writing project to make executive compensation plans at financial firms more sensitive to risk. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:22 AM |
EU Commission Eyeing Exemptions for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban, Letter Shows The European Commission is planning to allow exemptions from a proposed ban on substances known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” to protect key industries, a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed. In the letter to some EU lawmakers in …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:17 AM |
Jury Awards $9M to Player Who Sued US Tennis Association Over Sexual Abuse by Coach A tennis player was awarded $9 million in damages by a jury in federal court in Florida after accusing the U.S. Tennis Association of failing to protect her from a coach she said sexually abused her at one of its …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:13 AM |
Range Rover Buyers Offered Insurance Cash After String of Thefts Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc is offering to pay part of customers’ insurance costs for new Range Rovers after a string of thefts caused premiums to soar and left some unable to get cover. The British carmaker will provide £150 …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:10 AM |
Brazilian Floods Are Inflicting Billions in Economic Devastation The floods and severe rainfall that ravaged Southern Brazil are hurting the nation’s powerhouse agricultural sector, with industries from auto manufacturing to banking and insurance also bracing for disruption. Heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, left …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:05 AM |
The World’s Biggest Carbon Removal Plant Comes Online in Iceland Amid the steam rising around Iceland’s Hellisheioi station sits a newly built warehouse surrounded by giant fans run by carbon removal startup Climeworks. Dubbed Mammoth, the project is now the world’s biggest plant to suck carbon dioxide from the air. …
POSTED MAY 09, 2024 5:05 AM |
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