Google Defends Employment Practices After U.S. Alleges Gender Pay Gap April 10, 2017 Government investigators looking into how Google pays its employees have accused the tech giant of shortchanging women doing similar work...
5 Pending Supreme Court Cases New Justice Gorsuch Could Influence April 10, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who was confirmed by the Senate to the lifetime...
State Insurance Regulators Weigh Consumer Protections for Data Collection, Use April 10, 2017 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP The incorporation of big data from Internet-based sources is a defining feature of underwriting and rating in today’s property/casualty insurance...
Watchdog Group Wants California to Look into Claims in ProPublica Report April 7, 2017 Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, is asking the state’s insurance commissioner to open an investigation into the alleged redlining...
IIABCal Gains 25 New Member Agencies April 7, 2017 Twenty-five new member agencies joined the membership ranks of IIABCal in the first quarter of 2017. “Bringing in new agencies...
Weather Service: 17 Twisters in Louisiana Outbreak April 7, 2017 The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least 17 tornadoes struck Louisiana during a severe weather outbreak that began...
St. Louis’ Boiler Standards Questioned After Blast April 7, 2017 Safety experts are questioning St. Louis’ boiler safety standards, following a deadly explosion that killed three people and injured four...
Texas School Bus Crash Sends 23 Children, 1 Adult to Hospitals April 7, 2017 Twenty-four people — 23 of them fourth-graders — were sent to Southeast Texas hospitals after an accident involving their school...
Baylor Scandal Inspires a Slew of Texas Campus Sex Assault Bills April 7, 2017 By Jim Vertuno Texas lawmakers are pushing for tougher sexual assault reporting requirements on college campuses in response to the ongoing investigations into...
ProPublica, Consumer Reports Hit Back, Cite ‘Errors’ in Industry Criticism of Their Auto Insurance Report April 7, 2017 ProPublica and Consumer Reports have issued a response to the opinion column by Insurance Information Institute’s James Lynch criticizing their...