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California’s Deal with VW in Diesel Cheating Scandal OK’d by Judge
Sep 6 2016 // Volkswagen AG’s agreement with California to resolve unfair competition claims tied to the company’s emissions-cheating scandal won final approval from the federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits in the...
Two Johnson & Johnson Talc Cancer Lawsuits Dismissed by New Jersey Judge
Sep 6 2016 // Johnson & Johnson persuaded a New Jersey judge to throw out two women’s lawsuits blaming the health-care company’s talcum powder for their ovarian cancer. The ruling may help J&J fend off more than...
Judge Nixes Users’ Privacy Class Action Against Facebook
Sep 6 2016 // Facebook Inc. defeated a bid for a group lawsuit claiming the company illegally gave its users’ personal information to advertisers, with a judge ruling the plaintiffs didn’t have enough in common to pursue a...
NAIC Re-Accredits Alabama Department of Insurance for 5-Year Term
Sep 6 2016 // The Alabama Department of Insurance (ALDOI) announced Aug. 31 that it has been re-accredited by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for a 5-year term. The ALDOI received its first NAIC accreditation...
Cyber Insurance in the Wake of PF Chang’s vs Chubb
Sep 6 2016 // Rebuilding Cyber Insurance in the Wake of P.F. Chang’s vs Chubb Ltd. If the cyber insurance landscape seems like a confusing mess, you are not alone. In fact, the recent case of P.F. Changs v. Federal Insurance Co....
Trucking Through Cost, Talent, & Regulatory Roadblocks
Sep 6 2016 // It’s been a rough ride, full of twists, turns and a few roadblocks for truckers and their insurance specialists. Truckers today face a number of obstacles that have raised the cost of doing business, including tough...
Bill Adding Ridesharing Restrictions in Honolulu Becomes Law
Sep 6 2016 // Kirk Caldwell is allowing a bill placing stricter regulations on ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to become law. Caldwell returned the bill to the City Council and cited logistical concerns in allowing it to...
California’s Jones Appoints Allen Deputy Commissioner for Rate Regulation
Sep 2 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has appointed Ken Allen as deputy commissioner of the rate regulation branch for the California Department of Insurance. Allen will fill the vacancy left by Joel Laucher, who...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Over 2013 Shooting at Pennsylvania Town Building
Sep 2 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed three lawsuits filed against township officials in connection with a 2013 shooting at a municipal building in Pennsylvania that left three people dead and several others injured. The...
New York State Court Rules Strip Club Owes Unemployment Insurance to Dancers
Sep 1 2016 // A midlevel state court has ruled that a suburban Syracuse, N.Y., strip club’s dancers are employees, and the company owes unemployment insurance payments on their behalf. The four Appellate Division justices have...
Commentary: It is a Catastrophe that No One Listens to the Experts on Florida
Sep 1 2016 // “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.” Although the author is unknown, this comment is often attributed to Mark Twain or Thomas...
Judge Finds $28M Uber Offer to Settle Rider Fee Class Action Unfair
Sep 1 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. was dealt a second rejection of a legal settlement, this time in a case over claims the company misled riders when it charged them a $1 “safe rides fee” that earned the company almost...
New Jersey High Court Rules in Favor of CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Faulty Workmanship
Aug 31 2016 // New Jersey has joined several other U.S. states in deciding that if a subcontractor’s defective work damages parts of a general contractor’s project, the damages are covered under the general contractor’s...
Judge Denies Another Trump Bid to Block Fraud Lawsuit Against University
Aug 31 2016 // Donald J. Trump and his now-defunct real-estate university lost another legal attempt to block former students from suing as a group in a California case accusing the Republican presidential candidate of fraud. Trump...
Hospital Surgery Rates for Workers’ Compensation Vary Widely
Aug 30 2016 // Hospital rates for outpatient surgery paid by workers’ compensation vary significantly across states with states with fixed fee schedules having lower surgery costs for injured workers. Workers compensation costs for...
NAIC San Diego: Self-Driving Cars and Regulatory Renewal
Aug 30 2016 // Insurance regulators are a diverse bunch. Some are elected, while others are appointed. Some are Republicans, while others are Democrats. At the triennial meeting of the National Association Insurance Commissioners in San...
Asian Regulatory Changes Could Hike Demand for Local Reinsurance: Fitch
Aug 30 2016 // Various regulatory initiatives in Asian markets could lead to greater demand for local reinsurance capacity as direct insurers rethink risk management strategies and appetite, according to a report published by Fitch...
Arkansas Judge: Hospital Can’t Be Blamed in Suit Over Woman’s Medical Records
Aug 29 2016 // An Arkansas judge has ruled the hospital where a TV anchor died can’t be blamed for the wrongdoing of two former hospital workers who illegally looked at her medical records after she was hospitalized. The Arkansas...
Judge Grants Uber’s Request to Put New York Price Fixing, Arbitration Lawsuit on Hold
Aug 29 2016 // A federal judge on Friday granted a request by Uber Technologies Inc. and its chief executive officer to put a passenger’s price-fixing lawsuit against them on hold, while they appeal his refusal to let them...
Would-Be Drone Pilots Flock to Take First U.S. Licensing Test
Aug 29 2016 // Thousands of would-be drone pilots are racing to get licensed under new U.S. regulations that have opened an aerial stampede. More than 3,300 have signed up to take the test on Monday, the first day it’s available,...
