Maryland occupational safety regulators are finalizing a proposed standard that would establish minimum requirements for employers to protect workers from heat.

A crane oiler seriously injured by an electric shock is barred from suing a cell tower owner because the company was his “statutory employer,” the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

Cowbell, a Pleasanton, California-based provider of cyber insurance for small and mid-sized enterprises, said Friday that it closed a $60 million investment from Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $733 million, up 35% from the year-earlier period.

The insurance implications from last week’s CrowdStrike outage generated significant reader interest. Also of note: a jury award for USI in a poaching dispute with Lockton.