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

Investing

Why Kyrgyz Citizens Are Turning Against China's Growing Footprint

India Pulls Back From Iraqi Oil as Hormuz Turns Too Dangerous RFE/RL journalists report the news in 21 countries where a free press is banned by the g...

Jul 21, 2026 • 5 min read

Markets

Noise?

The timing seems off to me, as on apparent new news within the last hour (as of 4pm CT)… Inefficient market? These markets are small enough ($6 millio...

Jul 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

U.S. Scientists Tap Seawater to Break China's Rare Earth Monopoly

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption Haley Zaremba is an energy journalist and researcher with more than a decade of...

Jul 18, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

Still Gloomy: Consumers in the Michigan Survey

Continued rebound for sample June 23 to July 13 — which largely predates the resumed increase in gasoline prices. Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentim...

Jul 17, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

China Macro Indicators, As Reported

Catching up with the news overseas, China downside surprise: Goldman Sachs on the official statistics:  China’s real GDP growth slowed to a weaker-tha...

Jul 17, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

Colombia's New Government Prepares Fossil Fuel Comeback

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption Felicity Bradstock is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City. She writes f...

Jul 17, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for S...

Jul 17, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

New Jersey Bets Big on Small Nuclear Reactors

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption Haley Zaremba is an energy journalist and researcher with more than a decade of...

Jul 17, 2026 • 5 min read

Markets

BP, ConocoPhillips Partner In Iraq’s Giant Oilfield

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for S...

Jul 17, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

PPI and CPI, Again

On Monday, Justin Ho on Marketplace had a piece on producer prices. He covered several interesting questions, including the implications of a PPI risi...

Jul 15, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Simpson Thacher adds three partners to insurance team

New York-based Simpson Thacher and Bartlett added three partners to its insurance transactional and regulatory team.

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

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

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

FedEx worker loses bid for additional comp benefits

A Tennessee workers compensation appeals board upheld the denial of additional medical and temporary disability benefits to a Federal Express Corp. wo...

Jul 10, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Law school tells AI to take a seat as courts battle made-up law

Perhaps the legal profession has finally found an issue everyone can agree on: Artificial intelligence is useful, unavoidable and apparently in desper...

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