Monthly Archives: <span>April 2021</span>

Top Investors to Call for Improved Working Conditions in Care Homes

LONDON — A group of investors managing a collective $3 trillion in assets will call on operators of nursing homes to improve pay and working standards for care workers, noting the “devastating outcomes” of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry. …

U.S. Court Slams Brakes on Trump-Era Hog Slaughter Line Speed Rule; Union Cheers

CHICAGO — The largest U.S. meatpacking union celebrated a victory in federal court on Wednesday that it said invalidated a Trump-era rule allowing hog slaughter plants to run without line speed limits. A lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of …

Crews Battling Black Hills Wildfires Gaining Control

NEMO, S.D. (AP) — Firefighters on Tuesday began to gain control of wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota that have forced the evacuation of more than 400 homes and closed the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Three separate wildfires …

Indonesia Finds Sriwijaya Air Jet’s Cockpit Voice Recorder

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in January, killing all 62 people on board, officials said Wednesday. Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi …

Claims People: E.A. Renfroe, Crawford & Co., Sedgwick

Renfroe Appoints New CEO E.A. Renfroe & Co. has appointed Gerrad Brigham, formerly chief executive officer of Eberl Claims Service, as president. Brigham worked for Eberl for 26 years, including ten years as the company’s chief executive, Renfroe said in …

Viewpoint: The Future of Commercial Insurance Is Connected Insight

Artificial intelligence adoption across the insurance industry is taking off. In its report, “The Dawn of the Age of AI in Insurance,” Genpact noted that insurers recognize the value and potential of AI, “with 87% of carriers investing more than …