Oil Spills and Near Misses: Growing Numbers of Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel March 23, 2023 By Jonathan Saul An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a collision near...
GM Must Face Class Actions Over Defective Transmissions March 23, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge in Detroit certified class actions for drivers in 26 U.S. states who accused General Motors Corp. of...
Supreme Court Chews on Jack Daniel’s Fight Against Parody Dog Toy March 23, 2023 By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday sniffed around for a way to resolve a dispute over a dog toy parodying...
Kentucky Governor Signs Bill: Guaranty Fund Won’t Pay Claims from Self-Insurers March 23, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Kentucky’s governor this week signed into law a bill that seeks to make one thing perfectly clear: The Kentucky Insurance...
New Heat Rules for Outdoor Workers in Washington Proposed March 23, 2023 Proponents of a new proposal this week to update Washington’s permanent heat rules say they will increase protections for agricultural,...
OSHA Probe of Teen Worker’s Fall Uncovers Other Wage, Child Labor, Safety Issues March 23, 2023 A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker – who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle,...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on Environmental Risks for Cannabis Operations March 23, 2023 By Don Jergler In cannabis, there are the apparent risks – product liability, property, and certainly cyber for medical marijuana operations. However, one...
Hershey Looks to ‘Eradicate’ Lead, Cadmium From Chocolate March 23, 2023 By Jessica DiNapoli Hershey Co. is looking to reduce “trace” amounts of lead and cadmium in its chocolate, chief financial officer Steve Voskiul...
Texas Governor Appoints Bolduc as Public Counsel for OPIC March 22, 2023 Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed David Bolduc as the Public Counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC)...
People Moves: Specialty MGA Nirvana Taps Sompo’s Mannsdorfer for European Underwriting; Verlingue Hires Hiscox’s Bethell as Head of Private Clients March 22, 2023 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at media, tech and cyber MGA, Nirvana, and the broker Verlingue. A...