Insurance

Reducing Employment Growth

One of the explanations for the “new normal” in employment growth is not deficient aggregate demand, but deficient labor force growth. The  NYT articl...

Jul 28, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

The Carbon Capture Boom Is Starting to Crack

Russia's Biggest Black Sea Oil Port Goes Quiet as Drone Threat Grows Felicity Bradstock is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City. She writes fo...

Jul 25, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

UCLA Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Pure Hydrogen Fuel

Russia's Biggest Black Sea Oil Port Goes Quiet as Drone Threat Grows Haley Zaremba is an energy journalist and researcher with more than a decade of p...

Jul 25, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

India Pulls Back From Iraqi Oil as Hormuz Turns Too Dangerous

US Crude Oil Inventories Build As Hormuz Shipping Headache Drags On What I Cover Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst wit...

Jul 21, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

U.S. Says China Has Slashed Iranian Oil Purchases by 40%

India Pulls Back From Iraqi Oil as Hormuz Turns Too Dangerous What I Cover Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst with more...

Jul 21, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

September Brent Breaks $90, RBOB Gasoline near Peak

Houthis have now said they intend to blockade Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea ports: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-launches-iran-strikes-ninth-d...

Jul 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

EPU Jumps

Figure 1: EPU (blue),  7 day centered moving average (red). Source: policyuncertainty.com and author’s calculations. The distinction between policy un...

Jul 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Jencap parent announces leadership appointments

Galway Specialty Wholesale, the parent company of wholesaler Jencap Group, on Tuesday announced a series of leadership appointments across the organiz...

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

$25 million lawsuit over paid leave as an accommodation dismissed

A federal court on Monday dismissed a Department of Homeland Security special agent’s disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, ruling that p...

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Dual Group launches global transactional risk facility

Dual Group, the underwriting arm of London-based Howden, on Tuesday launched a global transactional risk facility, led by Liberty Specialty Markets, p...

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Munich Re Specialty launches miner rescue coverage

Munich Re Specialty has launched a Lloyd’s of London market consortium for miner rescue insurance.

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Aon unveils programming interface

Aon said Tuesday that it has launched a new application programming interface, or API, integration linking its Aon Broker Copilot with Swiss Re Corpor...

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Missed e-filing deadline dooms worker’s retaliation suit

A Texas appeals court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a certified nursing assistant’s workers compensation retaliation and negligence claims becau...

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Lawsuit follows cargo ship attack in Hormuz conflict

Lawsuit follows cargo ship attack in Hormuz conflict Jul 14, 2026 Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in Mar...

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Catastrophe rates fall up to 20% at mid-year renewals: Gallagher Re

Catastrophe rates fall up to 20% at mid-year renewals: Gallagher Re by Nils Wright Jul 14, 2026 Catastrophe loss-free rates fell by 10% to 20% at the...

Jul 14, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Injured worker’s safety lapse not proven willful misconduct, comp board says

A Tennessee workers compensation appeals board upheld medical benefits and attorney fees for a temporary worker who was seriously injured after going...

Jul 10, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Calif. employers anticipate comprehensive reforms in 2027

Employers are preparing for negotiations next year over permanent disability benefits and workers compensation reforms, the chief lobbyist for the Cal...

Jul 10, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

EU greenlights Zurich’s $10.8B Beazley acquisition

EU greenlights Zurich’s $10.8B Beazley acquisition Jul 10, 2026 The European Commission has approved Switzerland-based Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.’s 8...

Jul 10, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Intact’s cat losses 150% more than projected in Q2

Intact’s cat losses 150% more than projected in Q2 Jul 10, 2026 Canada-based Intact Financial Corporation reported that it had incurred $416 million i...

Jul 10, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

New measures aim to woo foreign reinsurers to China

New measures aim to woo foreign reinsurers to China Jul 10, 2026 Chinese regulators have announced measures to accelerate the development of the Shang...

Jul 10, 2026 • 5 min read