Insurance

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern …

Comcast’s Xfinity has started notifying customers of a data breach that may have revealed information of nearly 36 million people, . Xfinity, Comcast’s brand for broadband, video and phone services, said in a notice that a routine cybersecurity exercise on …

Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study that details how climate change and flooding are transforming where Americans …

National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Robert Alan Agency, a New York-based retail insurance agency. Established in 1980 by Bob Carlucci, the Robert Alan Agency is headquartered in New City, with additional locations in Montgomery, Liberty, …

A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $60-$70 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies in New York. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams reported that Bradley Pierre of Closter, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery …

While only three hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, rapidly intensifying hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans charted near the top of record lists in 2023. Each of the year’s major Atlantic hurricanes — Lee, Idalia …

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — An intense late-year storm barreled up the East Coast on Sunday with heavy rains and strong winds that shattered rainfall records, forced water rescues from flooded streets and washed out holiday celebrations. Authorities rescued dozens of …

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 4-month-old boy has survived after a tornado in Tennessee sucked him up from his family`s mobile home, which was demolished in the storm. Sydney Moore told WSMV-TV that when the tornado hit their home in …

Apple said on Monday it would pause sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the United States from this week, as it deals with a patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on …

The finance industry will be shielded from the full scope of the European Union’s most consequential piece of ESG legislation to date, as the bloc settles on a compromise to help it get the bill over the finish line. Under …