Employee Climate Group Claims Amazon Threatened Firings for Speaking Out January 2, 2020 By Matt Day A group of Amazon.com Inc. employees who pushed the company to combat climate change say Amazon has threatened to fire...
Group Continuing Effort to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Oklahoma January 2, 2020 A group seeking to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Oklahoma refiled their petition in late December after facing...
Argo and Shareholder Voce Lay Down Their Swords, Agree to 3 New Board Members January 2, 2020 By L.S. Howard Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, announced it has agreed with activist shareholder Voce Capital Management to change...
Refusing to Dismiss Lawsuit, Texas Judge Orders Alex Jones to Pay $100K in Sandy Hook Case January 2, 2020 By Paul J. Weber A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in legal fees and refused to dismiss a lawsuit...
3 Hurt in Explosion at South Dakota Petroleum Distributor January 2, 2020 Three people were hurt in an explosion at a South Dakota petroleum distributor on Dec. 30, the company’s co-owner said....
Investigators Cite Leadership Failures at Fire Scene in Illinois Firefighter’s Death January 2, 2020 Failures in leadership at the scene of a March house fire in southern Illinois contributed to the death of a...
Alaska Air Carrier Revises Estimate of Damage from Cyber Attack January 2, 2020 An Alaska air carrier that suffered a cyber attack has experienced more disruption than initially projected, according to a company...
Financial Tug-Of-War Emerges Over California Fire Victims’ Settlement January 2, 2020 By Daisy Nguyen A financial tug-of-war is emerging over the $13.5 billion that the nation’s largest utility has agreed to pay to victims...
Airbnb Insurance Leader Langone Becomes RIMS President for 2020 January 2, 2020 The risk management society, RIMS, announced that Laura Langone, head of Insurance Operations at Airbnb, Inc., will lead the association...
Allianz Buys U.K.’s LV General Insurance Group and Legal & General’s Non-Life Unit January 2, 2020 Allianz Holdings plc, the U.K. subsidiary of Allianz SE, has completed its planned acquisition of the remaining 51% of LV...