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New Sensors Tracking Earthquakes Across Texas
Nov 29 2017 // Note: This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. Three years ago, a series of quakes rattled North Texas — and some residents’ nerves. Larry Walden, a Parker County commissioner, remembers a public...
Oklahoma Sees Increase in Number of Volunteer Firefighters
Nov 28 2017 // Almost 200 new volunteer firefighters have joined rural fire departments in Oklahoma two years after successful legislation eliminated the age limit for new volunteers, according to state lawmakers. House Bill 2005,...
Trump Wants NAFTA to Limit Liability of Internet Firms Including Google, Facebook
Nov 27 2017 // The Trump administration is pushing to add legal protections in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that would limit the liability of internet giants such as Google and Facebook, marking the latest in a...
Factbox: Growing List of Insurers Decide on Post-Brexit EU Headquarters
Nov 21 2017 // Sompo International Holdings, a Bermuda-based unit of Japanese insurer Sompo, said it will set up a subsidiary in Luxembourg, in case Britain does not have access to the single market after Brexit. Below are...
California Lawmakers May Limit Liability of Autonomous Carmakers
Nov 21 2017 // California regulators are embracing a General Motors recommendation that would help makers of self-driving cars avoid paying for accidents and other trouble, raising concerns that the proposal will put an unfair burden on...
Conservatives Now Want to Abolish Board They Hoped Would Curtail Patent Suits
Nov 21 2017 // In August, a dozen inventors gathered around a fire pit outside the headquarters of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, and set alight patents they said had been rendered worthless by an...
RMS Comments: What’s Next If Flood Insurance Reform Passes? If It Fails?
Nov 20 2017 // Last week, the House of Representatives voted 237-189 to pass the 21st Century Flood Reform Act (H.R. 2874) – a package of seven bills that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until 2022 and...
The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong
Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
Auto Insurance Reform Bill Goes Down in Michigan House
Nov 20 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country. After...
Key Metrics of New York Workers’ Comp System Tracked in New WCRI Study
Nov 20 2017 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released a tool for policymakers and system stakeholders to track New York workers’ compensation system performance. Originally established to monitor the system...
UK’s IUA Publishes Good Practice Guide for Delegated Authorities
Nov 17 2017 // A guide to good practice for delegated authority arrangements in the London company market has been published by the International Underwriting Association, the group that represents non-Lloyd’s international and...
China Tightens Rules on $15 Trillion Asset Management Sector to Cut Systemic Risks
Nov 17 2017 // China’s central bank on Friday issued sweeping guidelines to tighten rules on asset management business, the latest step by Beijing to fend off systemic risks in the country’s rampantly growing shadow banking...
How To Stop the Next Harvey Weinstein: Viewpoint
Nov 17 2017 // In the 26 years since the Anita Hill hearings focused national attention on the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, significant progress has been made. Most employers take seriously allegations of sexual and...
House Passes Tax Cut Package; Debate Moves to Senate
Nov 17 2017 // Congressional Republicans took an important step on Thursday toward the biggest U.S. tax-code overhaul since the 1980s as the House of Representatives approved a broad package of tax cuts sought by senior lawmakers and...
Trade Groups Push for National Labeling Law to Override States’ Requirements
Nov 16 2017 // The Grocery Manufacturers Association and dozens of other trade groups are pushing for a federal law that could override state ingredient-disclosure rules and warning labels, including California’s landmark...
JPMorgan Warns of Market Disruption If Clearing Houses Cut-Off by Brexit
Nov 15 2017 // Financial markets face Brexit day upheaval if clearing houses in Britain are abruptly cut off from continental customers, a senior JPMorgan bank official said on Wednesday. Sally Dewar, international head of regulatory...
Judge Sanctions Kansas Pizza Restaurant for Gender Discrimination in Job Offerings
Nov 14 2017 // Two teenagers whose firing from a Kansas pizza restaurant prompted a national discussion on pay inequality should receive back pay and the corporation that owned the restaurant must implement policies to ensure it follows...
Global Regulators Expected to Drop ‘Too Big to Fail’ Test for Insurers
Nov 14 2017 // Global financial regulators have decided to ditch a “too big to fail” gauge for assessing the riskiness of insurers, according to a source briefed on the matter, in a big win for companies such as American...
Defense Bill Would Revive Civilian Drone Registration Requirement
Nov 13 2017 // The government’s registration system for owners of civilian drones would be restored in a defense policy bill agreed to by House and Senate negotiators. The measure boosting aviation regulators’ ability to...
Special Reuters Report: The Path to Monsanto’s Weed-Killer Crisis
Nov 9 2017 // In early 2016, agribusiness giant Monsanto faced a decision that would prove pivotal in what since has become a sprawling herbicide crisis, with millions of acres of crops damaged. Monsanto had readied new genetically...
