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Starbucks Settles Florida Lawsuit Claiming Diversity Policies Were Illegal
Starbucks agreed on Thursday to settle a discrimination lawsuit by the state of Florida, pledging not to adopt race- or sex-based quotas or preferences in hiring, promotion and pay decisions. ...
Driver Arrested in Bus Collision That Occurred Before Deadly LA News Copter Crash
A motorist was arrested on murder charges after authorities say she slammed her SUV into a city bus in Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring six others in a prelude to a second deadly ...
AIG’s Hancock to Retire as Head of General Insurance
Jon Hancock, CEO of General Insurance at American International Group (AIG), will retire at the end of the year. The announcement is the newest change for AIG's C-suite, which experienced several ...
Senate Committee Sends TRIA Reauthorization to the Floor
Federal legislation to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act will head to the full Senate after unanimously getting a nod from the Senate Banking Committee. The committee on Sept. 17 voted 24-0 to ...
FDA Declares Cyclospora Outbreak Over
The Cyclospora outbreak that impacted people in more than 21 states has been declared over by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, according to an update on its website dated September 11, 2026. ...
UK Insurers Urge Bank of England to Rethink ‘Dynamic’ Stress Test
Britain's insurance industry is urging the Bank of England's regulatory arm to rethink its live crisis simulation, citing heavy reporting demands and unrealistic scenarios in a stress test that ...
Satellites Show Earth Lost More Than 12T Tons of Ice in 47 Years
About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across ...
Insurance Companies Join Letter to Push TPLF Disclosure in Federal Courts
Insurance executives and counsels joined in with those from more than 200 companies that submitted a letter to a federal court rules committee urging the development of a third-party litigation ...