U.S. Supreme Court Again Nixes Bayer Challenge to Weedkiller Suits June 27, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes...
NYC, Miami, Tampa, New Orleans Tops Among Storm-Surge Exposed Cities June 27, 2022 New York, Miami, Tampa, and New Orleans are the metro areas with the most single-family homes at risk of heavy...
SMBs Are Struggling to Get Cyber Insurance: Here’s How to Stay Protected June 27, 2022 By Asaf Lifshitz, Caitlin A. Smith and Pavel A. (Pasha) Sternberg For the first time ever, cyber insurance is facing a hard market. Since the product line’s inception about twenty years...
Wall Street Banks Quietly Test Cyber Defenses at Treasury’s Direction June 27, 2022 By Christopher Condon and Craig Torres With global tensions rising over Ukraine, the cutthroat competitiveness of the US financial sector is yielding to partnership over the...
Legal Clashes Await U.S. Companies Covering Workers’ Abortion Costs June 27, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A growing number of large U.S. companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must leave their...
Cyber Insurtechs and Insurers ‘In This Together,’ Not in Competition June 24, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Insurtechs and insurance companies are “breaking down the wall” that stood between them as competitors in favor of working together...
Walgreens Reaches $105 Million Settlement With Shareholders June 24, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to pay $105 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit accusing it of misleading shareholders...
Marijuana Banking Overhaul Removed from China Competition Bill June 24, 2022 Lawmakers have dropped language aimed at making banking services easier for state-authorized marijuana businesses from a bill on US innovation...
People Moves: MMC Names Jones, Hageman to Senior Posts; Lockton Welcomes Marsh’s Millett for Innovation; Applied Financial Builds Cyber Risk Team June 24, 2022 Marsh McLennan Creates New Senior Leadership Positions Marsh McLennan announced the appointment of John Jones as chief marketing and communications...
Hackers Steal $100 Million by Exploiting Crypto’s Weak Link June 24, 2022 By Olga Kharif Hackers looted about $100 million from a so-called cryptocurrency bridge, again exposing a key vulnerability in the digital-asset ecosystem. Blockchain...