Full content: Brit Group Holdings Ltd., the London-based specialty re/insurer, announced the launch of “BRIDGE,” a new cargo consortium. The consortium, which will be one of the largest consortiums in the cargo market, is now writing business and offers cargo line capacity …

Full content: In lawsuits filed recently in three counties, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost accuses three home-improvement contractors and a builder of outdoor structures of defrauding consumers of $564,000 combined. “Homeowners trust contractors or businesses with their hard-earned money,” Attorney General Dave …

Full content: Chevron Corp. is warning that California is careening toward an energy crisis because of the Iran war and that the company may quit refining oil in the state unless officials roll back taxes and regulations. California, the most populous US …

Full content: Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc., a grocery chain operating Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market stores, violated federal law when it fired an employee, who was also a nursing mother, for requesting an accommodation at her workstation to maintain her breast milk …

Full content: Bruce Swain has been named Crawford & Company’s president and CEO. The company’s board of directors appointed Swain to the top post after serving a stint as interim president and CEO since Jan. 1. Atlanta-based Crawford this year launched a …

Full content: The city of Baltimore sued Elon Musk’s xAI on Tuesday, claiming its Grok chatbot illegally generates nonconsensual sexually explicit images, including of children. Baltimore, with a population of about 568,000, is the largest city to sue xAI over “deepfakes” attributed …

Full content: Iran has started charging transit fees on some commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, another sign of Tehran’s control over the world’s most important maritime energy channel. Payments of as much as $2 million per voyage are being …

Full content: Iran-linked hackers have stepped up cyberattacks on Israel since the war began, wiping the data of over 50 small businesses and compromising dozens of security cameras, according to an Israeli official. Yossi Karadi, the director-general of the Israel National Cyber …

Full content: Crunchyroll, a subscription-based anime streaming service, is probing a data breach after hackers claimed to have stolen personal information of nearly 6.8 million people, BleepingComputer reported on Monday. “We are aware of recent claims and are currently working closely with …

Full content: A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms violated state law in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general, who accused the company of misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and of enabling child …

Full content: Six people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries after a floor collapsed at a wedding venue in Tamworth, New Hampshire, around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office said. The collapse happened …

Full content: A system designed to help air-traffic controllers monitor vehicles and airplanes on the ground failed to alert personnel at LaGuardia Airport before an Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck late Sunday evening, killing the two pilots. An …

Full content: The Lawyers for Civil Justice and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform are seeking a federal rule to require the disclosure of third-party litigation funding. Currently, the matter is handled in federal courts with mixed results. According …

Full content: Vortex Weather Insurance announced the formal launch of direct sales for its HailSafe parametric hail insurance product. Previously available only through third-party vendors, HailSafe can now be purchased directly from Vortex by brokers and weather‑exposed businesses, including open car lots, …