Insurers Refuse to Pick Up Bill for Billions in Opioid Claims March 8, 2022 By Jef Feeley A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due for the U.S. opioid epidemic and insurers for some of the largest drug makers,...
J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits March 8, 2022 By Jef Feeley More than 50 years ago, nearly a dozen men incarcerated outside of Philadelphia enrolled in an experiment funded by Johnson...
Hub Acquires Pacific Northwest Insurance in Washington March 8, 2022 Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Pacific Northwest Insurance Inc. in Kirkland, Washington. Robert James, principal of PNI, and...
Climate Experts Say Much of Northwest May Stay Drought-Stricken March 8, 2022 Climate experts from Oregon, Washington and Idaho say most of the Northwest remains locked in drought and that the region...
Wall Street Regulator to Propose Climate Risk Rule As Early As March 16, Say Sources March 8, 2022 By Katanga Johnson and Jarrett Renshaw The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to propose its landmark climate risk rule as early as Wednesday, March...
Maine Ski Lift Accident Could Have Been Worse March 8, 2022 By David Sharp A ski lift accident that sent a gondola falling to the ground at Sunday River Resort in western Maine could...
Russian invasion leads to its insurance market isolation March 8, 2022 By Jerry Theodorou Any major event or upheaval that affects the economy, the environment, technology, health or law somehow touches insurance. War is...
U.S. Broker Brown & Brown Agrees to Acquire UK’s Global Risk Partners Ltd. March 8, 2022 U.S. broker Brown & Brown Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Global Risk Partners (GRP) from its private...
4th Circuit Affirms Decision Rejecting Art Studio’s COVID-19 Claim March 8, 2022 By Jim Sams Another federal appellate court ruled Monday that a business interruption caused by COVID-19 does not amount to a physical damage...
Zywave Agrees to $11 Million Fund to Settle ITC Data Breach Lawsuit March 8, 2022 Insurance technology provider Zywave has agreed to offer an $11 million fund to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a...