(Reuters) — The United States will boost security checks overseas for U.S.

A packaging firm will pay $1.7 million to conciliate a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability discrimination charge, the agency said.

Multiemployer pension plan funding levels declined slightly in the first six months of this year, hampered by poor investment returns, according to a report released Friday.

Humana Inc. on Friday recorded improved third-quarter profit reflecting gains in Medicare membership.

Jonathan Turnbull will step down as CEO of Lloyd’s of London broker RFIB Holdings Ltd. and will be replaced by Dennis Mahoney, a longtime London market executive, the brokerage announced Friday.

The average number of days away from work among injured employees in Texas has decreased over time, according to a new report by the Texas Department of Insurance’s Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group.

Willis Group Holdings P.L.C. sought to emphasize the advantages of its proposed merger with Towers Watson & Co. in the face of a Thursday night split decision from proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

Median organic growth and profitability both fell for independent insurance agents and brokers in the third-quarter of the year, marking the slowest growth rate since 2011.

(Reuters) — German airline Lufthansa canceled hundreds of flights on Friday after cabin crew union UFO announced a walkout on flights from Frankfurt and Duesseldorf that could start the longest ever strike action at the carrier.