Full content: The US Federal Trade Commission is examining the nature of Microsoft Corp.’s investment in OpenAI Inc. and whether it may violate antitrust laws, according to a person familiar with the matter. The inquiries are preliminary and the agency hasn’t opened …

Full content: NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal appeals court has largely sided with two white Louisiana sheriff`s deputies in a lawsuit filed by a Black woman, rejecting her claims that they used excessive force against her as they investigated an allegation …

Full content: Howden, the global insurance group, today announces the launch of one of the first dedicated European cyber and technology errors & omissions line slips for primary business. The product is led by Canopius and IQUW with support from three other …

Full content: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of the largest labor organizations in the United States petitioned the federal government on Thursday to wrest workplace safety oversight from South Carolina regulators accused of failing to protect service employees. South Carolina is one …

Full content: The judge presiding over the Boys Scouts of America’s bankruptcy has rejected a $21 million fee request from attorneys hired by law firms representing survivors of child sexual abuse. A group of personal injury firms called the Coalition of Abused …

Full content: U.S. property/casualty underwriting results deteriorated during the first nine months of 2023 to a loss of $32.2 billion. The result, highlighted in short financial review from AM Best, is $7.6 billion than the same period a year ago. The blame, …

Full content: It’s the cusp of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but in many places from the US to Japan, it feels more like spring — and forecasters say that’s a sign of what to expect over the next couple of months, …

Full content: Pennsylvania-based Patriot Growth Insurance Services reports it has acquired Blueprint Benefit Advisors of Hamden, Connecticut. Blueprint provides employee benefits, human resource support, benefits technology, and compliance services. This deal expands Patriot’s footprint in the New England region, which currently consists …

Full content: Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp said it will pay $299 million to settle claims over wildfires that burned homes in southwest Oregon, averting another jury trial in litigation that has already exposed the utility to billions in damages. The accord, …

Full content: The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence. Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care workers are increasingly …

Full content: Talks over a multibillion-dollar settlement for a 2015 mining disaster at an iron ore venture of Vale SA and BHP Group have been suspended by a Brazilian court until early 2024 after the companies and authorities in the country failed …

Full content: Verisk, headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., named Rob Newbold president of Extreme Event Solutions. Current President Bill Churney will retire effective December 31. Newbold joined Verisk in 2002 as a risk consultant and most recently served as executive vice president …

Full content: The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has released the maximum weekly wage benefit for 2024 and it’s the largest two-year jump in wages in more than four decades. Florida law sets the maximum indemnity benefit for injured workers at 100% …

Full content: Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, CBIZ Borden-Perlman Insurance Agency, Inc., in a tort action in which Republic, as another insurer of B-P, bore the litigation and settlement costs, a federal …