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Twitter CEO Agrees with Facebook CEO, Supports Regulation of Social Media Platforms
Apr 3 2019 // Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said rules like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation have had a positive impact on the technology industry, remarks that come days after Facebook Inc. CEO Mark...
New York Judge Dismisses Some of Levine’s Claims Against Met Opera
Apr 3 2019 // A New York judge last week dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed by former Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine against the company last year. Levine was the Met’s music or artistic director from 1976-2016,...
3 Major Automakers Partner to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Safety Standards, Testing
Apr 3 2019 // Three major automakers said on Wednesday they were forming a consortium to help draw up safety standards for self-driving cars that could eventually help create regulations in the United States. General Motors Co., Ford...
Purdue’s Sackler Family Asks Judge to Toss Massachusetts Opioid Case
Apr 3 2019 // Members of the Sackler family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have asked a judge to toss a lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general claiming they helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic, arguing it contains...
California Lawmaker Introduces Resilient Homes Initiative
Apr 2 2019 // A bill to that would enable the California Earthquake Authority to expand mitigation programs is making its way through state Legislature. State Sen. Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, this week released the...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says He Backs Regulation of Internet Content, Privacy
Apr 2 2019 // Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful and violent content, election integrity, privacy and data...
Government Relief Bypasses Farmers Who Lost Stored Crops in Floods
Apr 2 2019 // The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator an eyeful of the flood damage below, where yellow corn from ruptured metal silos spilled out into the muddy...
Big 4 Accounting Firms Should Separate Auditing, Consulting Work: UK Lawmakers
Apr 2 2019 // The “Big Four” accounting firms should be forced to legally separate their “cash cow” consulting work from their auditing businesses, a U.K. Parliament committee said...
Modernization on the Mind of Texas Insurance Commissioner
Apr 2 2019 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Note: This is the first of a three-part series resulting from a conversation with Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan. Becoming the chief insurance regulator of a large and populous...
Florida Looks to Add Insurance Requirements, Regulations for Cosmetic Surgery Clinics
Apr 1 2019 // Choeun Nuon traveled from her home in California to a Miami-area cosmetic surgery clinic to have a so-called Brazilian butt lift in February 2017. Instead of recovering after the procedure, the 32-year-old mother of two...
Montana Lawmakers Reject Recreational Marijuana
Apr 1 2019 // A state House committee has rejected a bill that would have legalized recreational marijuana use in Montana. The Independent Record reported that the House Taxation Committee voted 12-6 last week to table House Bill 770,...
U.S. Judge Finds No Liability for European Banks in Iran Terrorism Financing
Apr 1 2019 // A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to hold nine large European banks liable for allegedly providing banking services to Iran that enabled militants to conduct 55 attacks against U.S. armed forces in neighboring...
New Flood Insurance Rule from Bank Regulators a Win for Consumers, Agents and Brokers
Apr 1 2019 // If Implemented Wisely, Flood-Exposed Properties Could Benefit from Expanded Market While lawmakers continue their struggle to agree on the long-term reauthorization of the financially burdensome National Flood Insurance...
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Apr 1 2019 // National Ironshore Specialty Casualty has appointed Casey Hartley as senior vice president and head of programs. She will oversee the development, marketing and distribution of programs lines, working with programs...
States Treat Electric Scooters as Bikes Even as Injuries Appear to Rise
Apr 1 2019 // Kentucky state Rep. Ken Upchurch says he doubts he will ever see an electric scooter in his rural district on the state’s southern border, but he was happy to help when a lobbyist for Bird Rides Inc. asked him to...
8 Things to Consider When Buying or Selling an Insurance Agency
Apr 1 2019 // Insurance agency acquisitions and deal values are near an all-time high and all expectations are that deal flow in 2019 will match or exceed last year’s numbers. And while reported numbers tend to skew towards larger...
A Mix of Flood Insurance Reforms
Apr 1 2019 // Conservation, CarFax-Like Disclosure, Means-Test for Rates Up for Discussion The federal flood insurance program has a knack for inspiring ideas from reformers across the political spectrum on how to improve government. If...
Conn. High Court Rules Gun Maker Can Be Sued Over Marketing
Apr 1 2019 // Ruling Seen At Odd with Previous State and Federal Court Opinions Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided...
Judge Nixes Trump Administration’s Low-Cost Association Health Plans for Small Firms
Mar 31 2019 // A federal judge has struck down a small-business health insurance plan widely touted by President Donald Trump, the second setback in a week for the administration’s health care initiatives. U.S. District Judge John...
Missouri Bill Could Exempt 1M Vehicles from Safety Inspections
Mar 29 2019 // Mandatory safety inspections would no longer be required for more than a million vehicles on Missouri’s roads under legislation passed by the state House. Safety inspections currently are required every other year...
