Bayer and BASF have won a new trial on $60 million in punitive damages they were ordered to pay a Missouri peach farmer who said dicamba, a herbicide they produced, drifted onto his orchard and harmed his crops. The 8th …

A former Southern California woman who, along with her doctor husband, billed insurers $44 million for unnecessary cosmetic surgeries was sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Linda Morrow, 70, also was ordered to pay $14 million in restitution. She …

IMA Select in Colorado named Sandy Harvath president. Harvath has been with IMA Financial Group since 2003, most recently serving as the president of its Colorado market. She began her career at IMA as construction account manager and progressed to …

Favorable weather early Wednesday aided the fight against a wildfire in California’s Gold Country that has forced evacuations in two counties. The Electra Fire had burned 6.4 square miles of rural terrain but it was now 40% contained without any …

Attorneys for multiple women suing Deshaun Watson over allegations of sexual misconduct are seeking the documents from the NFL’s investigation into the former Houston Texans quarterback. According to the motion filed Friday by the women’s attorneys, Tony Buzbee and Cornelia …

A federal workplace safety investigation into how an employee suffered serious injuries in January 2022 at a Temple, Texas manufacturing facility operated by Carpenter Co. – one of the nation’s largest cushion manufacturers – found the company had not installed …

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Western companies that China aims to “ransack” their intellectual property so it can eventually dominate key industries, escalating a dispute between the world’s two largest economies over hacking. The Asian nation’s spies were snooping on …

Vally Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Berry, Johnson Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of nearly 150 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, recently hired two new team members. Jessica Berry was hired as a data analyst for …

Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries announced that it acquired Cleveland, Ohio-based SelmanCo, a third-party administrator and broker offering life, supplemental health and related products and services to associations, credit unions, banks, employers and insurance companies. Dowling Hales acted as …

Hub International Limited acquired the assets of Compass Insurance Services, Inc. (Compass Insurance Services). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Kronenwetter, Wisconsin with seven additional locations, Compass Insurance Services is a full-service, independent insurance agency providing commercial …

A flash flood flowed through the streets of the town of Conconully in Washington’s remote Okanogan County, sending a foot of water and mud into 30 to 40 homes and businesses. County emergency managers said 1.7 inches of rain fell …

Cristiano Ronaldo is asking a judge to order a woman’s lawyer to pay more than $626,000 for losing a lawsuit to get the international soccer star to pay millions of dollars after claiming in 2018 that Ronaldo raped the woman …