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French oil major TotalEnergies must disclose the climate risks linked to emissions from its oil and gas products and set out plans to mitigate them, a Paris court ruled on Thursday. The ruling is a partial victory for climate change …

The Trump administration on June 24 reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the …

Higginbotham, now ranked as the 16th-largest independent brokerage chain, has expanded into South Carolina with the acquisition of the well-known Turbeville Insurance Agency. Turbeville, founded in 1991 by William L. “Bill” Turbeville Jr., has 60 employees, with offices in Columbia, …

One person was killed and another injured in a fire at a mobile home in Woodstock, New Hampshire. According to officials, around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2026, members of the Woodstock Fire Department responded to Scenic View Drive after …

Orion180 Insurance has launched its FLEX homeowners insurance coverage in Colorado. FLEX Home Insurance is designed to give homeowners greater control over how they protect their property, allowing them to tailor coverage to fit their individual risk tolerance and budget. …

A Colorado grand jury indicted 11 defendants for taking part in an auto theft ring that reportedly targeted vehicles parked at municipal airports. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Denver District Attorney John Walsh announced the indictments this week on …

A Massachusetts construction firm owner fraudulently misclassified subcontractors as siding workers or painters when they were performing riskier roofing work in order to avoid paying higher workers’ compensation premiums, according to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office (AGO). Massachusetts officials said …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) now says data taken earlier this month from its information technology systems has been published online by the hackers responsible. In a short note posted midday June 25, NAIC said it was “actively …

A ship was hit by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday in the first reported attack since an interim US-Iran peace deal, marking a setback to efforts to restore traffic through the vital energy thoroughfare. Container …

O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC, doing business as O’Reilly Auto Parts, a national auto parts retailer operating more than 6,500 stores throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada, violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate a disabled employee …

Corpus Christi, the leading crude-export hub in the US, is no longer facing an imminent emergency after heavy rain and tropical storms replenished reservoirs that had been depleted by years of drought. The South Texas coastal city had projected it …

Specialist insurer CFC said it is responding to customer demand with updates to embed affirmative AI coverage within its portfolio. The rollout introduces clear, explicit AI-related language to eliminate ambiguity across seven key policies to ensure customers have certainty around …

Orlando Bravo was quick to see the disruptive potential of software, making a series of lucrative bets on the sector that turned him into a billionaire and transformed the buyout shop he leads, Thoma Bravo, into an industry powerhouse. Now, …

Florida-based King Risk Partners has continued its expansion in New England with the acquisition of Perry Insurance Agency of North Andover, Massachusetts. Perry Insurance Agency is an independent insurance agency that offers personal insurance, commercial insurance, and liability coverage options. …

The U.S. Supreme Court reined in thousands of lawsuits pursued in state courts accusing Bayer of failing to warn users that the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, handing a major legal victory on Thursday to the German …

Technology is moving extremely fast, and a recent Clyde & Co survey of global business leaders has found that associated risks are weighing heavily. According to the law firm’s latest Corporate Risk Radar, 86% of leaders—CEOs, CFOs, COOs, general counsel, …

A fire near downtown Los Angeles that has affected the health of nearby residents and caused businesses economic harm for more than a week was knocked down Wednesday night, fire officials said. A fire at a 491,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse …

London’s efforts to deal with rising temperatures come at a considerable financial cost that will require the city to turn to private investors for help, the mayor of the UK capital said. “This is an environmental crisis, but also it’s …

Florida-based Safepoint Holdings, parent company of Safepoint Insurance and Manatee Insurance Exchanged has filed to withdraw its initial public offering plans in the U.S., the Florida insurer said on Wednesday. The withdrawal comes even as the IPO market has picked …

Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off powerful aftershocks. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160 …