December 14, 2020
British insurer Aviva PLC is selling its Vietnamese business to Canadian insurer ManuLife Financial Corp, it said on Monday, as it pushes ahead with plans to pull out from its non-core markets. Aviva, under new boss Amanda Blanc, is looking …
December 14, 2020
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday that the state’s restaurants, bars, gyms and other businesses will be able to return to their previous capacity limits starting Monday, Dec. 14. “When we talk about COVID being a fast moving train, it …
December 14, 2020
Georgia is moving forward with plans to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities. The state Board of Education on Thursday approved hiring Research Triangle Institute for $980,000 to perform the tests using a federal …
December 14, 2020
A Jefferson County court erred when it ruled the city of Birmingham should have to pay benefits to relatives of a city worker who was shot to death while cutting grass, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled Friday. The …
December 14, 2020
A temporary order extending the area where South Carolina’s residual property insurance market provides insurance has been renewed for another two years. An order issued by South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer says the renewal of the 2007 expansion of …
December 14, 2020
Urged on by hospitals, doctors and patients, U.S. health officials are proposing changes to medical privacy rules that could ease information sharing in crisis situations. Trump administration officials at the Department of Health and Human Services say their proposal, released …
December 14, 2020
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. If there is one big problem in the insuring cannabis space – where issues include …
December 14, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s appeal in a securities fraud case that could redefine the ability of shareholders to pursue class actions against public companies whose stock prices fall. Goldman is appealing …
December 13, 2020
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed developments on federal funding, including pandemic relief, during a roughly half-hour phone call on Sunday and agreed to speak again on Monday, Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said on Twitter. In …
December 11, 2020
People with losses due to the California wildfires in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta, Siskiyou and Sonoma counties have just five days left to register for federal aid. These counties are included in federal …