Uber Hires Ex-Regulator for Safety Advice; Website Says Software Flaw Caused Accident May 9, 2018 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said it has retained a former top U.S. transportation official to advise it on safety...
With Just Weeks to Go for GDPR, Europe’s Regulators Say They’re Underfunded, Unprepared May 9, 2018 By Mathieu Rosemain, Julia Fioretti and Douglas Busvine FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS/PARIS— Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the...
Gallagher Acquires UK Regional Commercial Broker Risk Services (NW) May 9, 2018 Insurance broker Gallagher reports it has acquired regional commercial insurance broker Risk Services (NW) Ltd., based in Chester. Terms of...
Want Flood? Let the Market Make it Happen. May 9, 2018 By Patrick Wraight I spent a day last week in a conference that was focused on some specific risks that make up a...
Oil Companies Ask Judge to Kill NYC’s Global Warming Lawsuit May 9, 2018 By Bob Van Voris Five of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold...
USI Closes Acquisition of New York’s Key Insurance & Benefits Services May 9, 2018 USI Insurance Services (USI) announced the closing of its acquisition of Key Insurance & Benefits Services Inc., formerly part of...
Cuomo Says Plan for NYC Drug Injection Sites Will Be Reviewed May 9, 2018 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a proposal to open supervised injection sites for illegal drug users in an effort...
Insurance Journal Blog Seeks Input to Feature ‘Flipsides’ of Insurance Industry May 9, 2018 By Newswire Insurance Journal has launched a blog titled “Insurance Flipsides” to highlight stories that don’t often get told about the insurance...
China’s Anbang Insurance Eyes Divestment Strategy May 9, 2018 Anbang Insurance Group Co., the once-acquisitive Chinese insurer that’s operating under government control, said it is in the process of...
Chubb Names Williams Executive VP, Manufacturing Industry Practice Leader May 9, 2018 Mike Williams is returning to Chubb to serve as as executive vice president and Manufacturing Industry practice leader. In this...