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The OSHA regulation requiring employees at large businesses to get Covid vaccine was thrown out, but justices allowed the healthcare worker mandate to stand.

Justices appear to lean toward overturning OSHA rule requiring jabs for 100 workers or more; medical mandate also in play.

The Hartford-based carrier is the latest to rejigger its policies in response to the rapidly evolving pandemic.

Staff who have not provided proof of vaccination will be terminated “for cause” and ineligible for future employment with the carrier.

Employees have expressed frustration that accommodations on religious grounds have been denied.

A company spokesperson confirmed the January deadline, stating the decision was based on “science and research” and avoiding preventable loss.

Pricing and reserving are increasingly challenging in the absence of patterns to predict, executives warned.

One executive explained how the supply chain crunch and talent shortages were interrelated.

Citing increased work-from-home arrangements among its workers, Allstate announces the sale of its campus, which it has occupied since 1967.

“There's a pool of employees internally with diverse backgrounds, but for some reason, they get overlooked,” the CEO of Axis’s US division said on a panel at WSIA’s annual meeting.

Zurich will hire about 70 apprentices in at least nine cities where the carrier has offices, beginning in August 2022.

The firm showed optimism for the future, but are recent gains the new normal or a temporary positive blip?