by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 20, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
California regulators on Tuesday approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 11, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Health, Policy
The law is designed to make it easier for authorities to provide care to people with untreated mental illness or addictions to alcohol and drugs, many of whom are homeless. Local government said their hands are tied if a person refuses to receive help under existing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 23, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance, Risk Management
The continued retreat of larger insurance carriers from the California residential property insurance market signals ongoing regulatory constraints, rising cost inflation, and higher catastrophe losses, credit rating agency Fitch said in a note earlier this year...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 31, 2023 | International News, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Elon Musk Illston ruled that the federal law banning workplace age bias allows plaintiffs to bring so-called “disparate impact” claims in a class action, an issue that has divided courts. A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance, Risk Management
State regulations ask wildfire insurers to set rates for annual catastrophic coverage as a fraction of damages accrued over 20 years — without mention of models that can capture the accelerated rate of land use change and development, weather and wind trends or the...