Additional charges have been filed against a suburban Chicago man accused of posing as an Uber driver who picked up women outside bars and raping them. Musaab Afandi of Glenview appeared at a bond hearing Wednesday after DNA testing linked …
The city of Chicago is suing the credit reporting company Equifax over a data breach that exposed personal information of about 143 million people. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says the lawsuit accuses Equifax of violating Chicago’s consumer fraud ordinance and …
The Michigan Supreme Court is taking a swing at a golf cart dispute. The justices want to hear more about a golfer who was accidentally struck by a cart at Farmington Hills Golf Club in 2013. Ken Bertin and Doug …
Intact Financial Corp. said it has completed its acquisition of U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group from Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group. The purchase price was C$2.3 billion (US$1.7 billion). Toronto-based IFC said the deal makes it a leading provider …
Officials say a new state database will help paint a better picture of the opioid crisis in Nevada, as existing data shows opioid-related deaths dropped in 2016 even though hospitalizations and prescription rates rose. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that …
Two men have pleaded not guilty in connection with a fire that killed 36 people in an illegally converted Northern California warehouse. Derick Almena and Max Harris entered pleas Wednesday to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter each. Prosecutors say the …
Generali Deutschland has launched the next phase of its program to reorganize in Germany, which is one of Generali’s core markets. The program is designed to strengthen and streamline operations, while building the Generali Deutschland brand, said the company in …
The State Corporation Commission (SCC) in Virginia has appointed Scott A. White to serve as Virginia’s 14th Commissioner of Insurance in the 111-year history of the SCC’s regulation of the insurance industry. White assumes the post on Jan. 1, 2018, …
Boston Insurance Brokerage (BIB), a Boston, Mass.-based provider of commercial and high value personal insurance solutions, has announced the firm’s sales and support expansion by opening a regional office in Richmond, Va. Opening an office in Virginia will allow BIB …
Beazley, a specialist in data breach response insurance, has partnered with Generali Brazil to manage data breaches for Generali’s corporate and commercial cyber insurance customers. Beazley will coordinate the breach response for policyholders, including IT experts, legal services, identity monitoring, …
