McDonald’s Black Franchisees File New Discrimination Lawsuit October 30, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel McDonald’s Corp. was hit on Thursday with a potentially multi-billion-dollar lawsuit by Black franchise owners who accused the fast-food giant...
Reinsurers’ Investment Strategies Offer Buffer for Low Interest Rates, Pandemic: S&P October 30, 2020 By L.S. Howard A decade of low interest rates and tough underwriting conditions has led reinsurers to cautiously invest in riskier and more...
NTSB Investigating Tennessee Bus Crash that Killed Child, Driver October 30, 2020 Federal and state authorities on Wednesday investigated a crash between a school bus carrying 24 children and a utility vehicle...
Florida Property Insurance Market Inches Closer to Crisis – Part 2 October 30, 2020 By Amy O'Connor The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is monitoring the state’s property insurance situation that is seen as in a crisis...
Louisiana Issues Insurer Data Call for Hurricane Delta Damage Claims October 30, 2020 Property/casualty insurance companies in Louisiana, including those that write private and/or excess flood coverage, as well as surplus lines insurers,...
Nexus Specialty Adds Schneider, Fayette in Chicago October 30, 2020 Nexus Specialty has hired Katie Schneider as assistant vice president, Management & Professional Liability, in the group’s Chicago, Ill., office....
South Dakota School District to Pay $50K to Settle Suit with Former Employee October 30, 2020 The Douglas School District in Box Elder, S.D., will pay a former district employee $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed...
Illinois Staffing Firm to Pay $25K to Settle Federal Sex Discrimination Suit October 30, 2020 An Illinois-based staffing agency will pay $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it refused to hire qualified females as...
The Coronavirus Pandemic and The Great Workplace Debate: Viewpoint October 30, 2020 By John Kemp, Reuters Columnist Decisions on where and how to work are embodied in trillions of dollars of investment worldwide, including the siting of...
Republicans Eye ‘Jackhammer’ to Reform Tech Liability While Democrats Grab ‘Scalpel’ October 30, 2020 By Nandita Bose Big Tech’s decisions to block some posts and videos while letting other content viewed as inflammatory proliferate have drawn the...