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Vehicle Customization, Strong Used Car Market Create Headache for Auto Underwriters
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (567+ words) The sheer number of vehicles with unique configurations, along with a volatile used car market, is disrupting accurate insurance valuation and cutting into insurer profits, according to a new report by J. D. Power. The March Insurance Intelligence Report found that vehicle…...
What Men and Women Think About Gender and Pay: AP-NORC poll
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (944+ words) Most working women in the U. S. believe they are disadvantaged when it comes to earning competitive wages, but many men hold a different view, according to a new AP-NORC poll. Equal pay emerged as a major source of concern for working…...
Avalanche Experts Question Guides' Decisions on Deadly California Backcountry Trip
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (740+ words) Two months after the deadliest avalanche in modern California history, an analysis by leading U. S. experts is questioning the decisions by the guides to lead such a large group through dangerous terrain amid avalanche warnings. "Exposing only one person at a…...
U. S. E&S Growth Slows Again; Declining Berkshire Volume Tops Leaders
1+ day, 5+ min ago (412+ words) A recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U. S. excess and surplus lines market slowed to 7. 8% in 2025, marking the first single-digit growth rate recorded since 2017. Previous reports from S&P GMI showed…...
NFL's Race-based Hiring Rule Under Scrutiny After Florida AG Says it Violates Law
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (707+ words) The NFL's Rooney Rule has long been a topic of conversation, even debate. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is among the most recent to weigh in. He sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell threatening possible enforcement actions if…...
Berkshire-owned Pacifi Corp Utility Ruling Win Could Reduce Oregon Wildfire Damages
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (171+ words) An Oregon appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of Pacifi Corp in litigation over a series of Oregon wildfires in 2020, saying a trial judge erred in letting the case against the Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility proceed as a class action....
Devastating Hawaii Kona Storms Cause Estimated $1 B in Losses
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (216+ words) Hawaii's multi-day storm event last month resulted in swaths of heavy rain totaling up to 25 inches in some areas, according to analysis by Marsh's Guy Carpenter. Subtropical weather systems, known as Kona lows, siphoned moisture from the tropics, fueling slow-moving…...
Stanley Tumbler Maker Prevails in Lawsuit Over Lead Scare
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (348+ words) A federal judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the maker of Stanley tumblers of concealing that the popular water bottles contained lead. In a decision on Friday, U. S. District Judge Tana Lin in Seattle said consumers did not demonstrate a…...
Police Chases Lead to 8 Deaths Across the U. S. in Less Than a Week
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (397+ words) A series of police pursuits has led to at least eight deaths around the country in less than a week amid ongoing calls from some law enforcement experts to curb risky high-speed car chases. In Texas, a man fleeing from…...
Traveling for Business? Don't Forget to Pack Your Emergency Preparedness Plan
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (759+ words) The biggest thing is that they have to be prepared ahead of time," Clement said. They can't just get on a plane. They have to be educated as to where they're traveling to have some kind of preparedness ahead of…...