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Judge Awards $120M in Damages Against Missouri Ex-Doctor, Scoutmaster
Oct 9 2017 // A former physician and Boy Scout leader from Missouri has been ordered to pay $120 million to a boy who he sexually abused for years. The Kansas City Star reports a Jackson County judge awarded the damages in a civil...
Why Mandating Cyber Reporting, Basic Coverage Makes Sense: Cyence Exec
Oct 9 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Matt Honea, cyber manager at Cyence, a San Mateo, Calif.-based cyber risk modeler, thinks a great way to get companies to report cyber attacks is to make them do it. Honea, who believes...
Wells Fargo C-Suite Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Fake Accounts: Judge
Oct 6 2017 // A federal judge said current and former Wells Fargo & Co. officers and directors, including Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan, must face nearly all of a lawsuit by shareholders seeking to hold them personally liable...
U.S. Senate Panel Gives Green Light to Bill to Speed Use of Self-Driving Cars
Oct 5 2017 // A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously gave the green light to a bill aimed at speeding the use of self-driving cars without human controls, a measure that also bars states from imposing regulatory road blocks. The...
Where Trump’s Regulatory Rollback Is Having Impact
Oct 4 2017 // When disaster hits the chemical plants in Port Arthur, Texas, triggering fires like those that flared in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Hilton Kelley is the man fielding panicked calls from neighbors unsure whether they...
Safety Groups Oppose Autonomous Driving Bill Backed by Car Makers
Oct 4 2017 // A coalition of auto safety advocates criticized a bill before the U.S. Congress that would allow automakers eventually to sell up to 100,000 self-driving vehicles annually if they could demonstrate they are as safe as...
Tennessee Valley Authority Appeals Judge’s Order to Remove Coal Ash
Oct 4 2017 // A federal utility is appealing a judge’s order to excavate and move its coal ash at a Tennessee power plant. In Nashville federal court Monday, the Tennessee Valley Authority filed an appeal notice over its Gallatin...
Worker Safety, Regulation Overload Among Highlights of Drone Expo In California
Oct 3 2017 // Drones may already be impacting the world of workers’ compensation. Fewer workers on communications towers are falling to their deaths, according to Todd Schlekeway, executive director of the National Association of...
Growing List of Re/Insurers Make Decisions on Post-Brexit EU Headquarters
Oct 3 2017 // Everest Re Group Ltd. has said its Dublin-based unit has received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to become a non-life insurer, joining a growing list of insurers setting up regulated EU operations in case...
States May Copy California’s Law to Give Employees Right to File Class Actions
Oct 3 2017 // This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether employees have the right to bring class actions against their bosses. With the court’s Republican majority restored this year by President Donald Trump, labor...
Legislators Struggle Over How to Handle Chemicals in North Carolina Water
Oct 3 2017 // North Carolina legislators are grappling with the growing knowledge that industries have discharged unstudied chemicals into the state’s waters for years, and that a recent upsurge in concern carries the risk of...
Finance Industry Sues to End U.S. Rule Curbing Forced Arbitration for Consumers
Oct 2 2017 // A coalition of corporate lobbying groups, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to overturn a rule that makes it easier for aggrieved customers to file lawsuits against...
Trust But Verify: New York Cyber Regs Mean Managing Third-Party Security
Oct 2 2017 // This year, the beginning of September marked a critical implementation deadline for some of the toughest new cybersecurity regulations in the country – the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)...
Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana
Oct 2 2017 // The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations. Maricopa County...
States Should Implement Stronger Safeguards for Consumers in Natural Disasters: Rutgers Report
Oct 2 2017 // As homeowners file insurance claims in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many could find their level of protection depends on the state where their damaged home is located, according to a research report released by...
N.Y. Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgement in $58M Insurance Dispute
Sep 29 2017 // The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Department, has affirmed an earlier Supreme Court decision to grant summary judgement to TransCanada Energy USA and its subsidiaries, TC Ravenswood Services Corp....
Equifax Promises Improved Consumer Access to Credit Records
Sep 29 2017 // Equifax Inc. promised to make it easier for consumers to control access to their credit records in the wake of the company’s massive breach after the top U.S. consumer financial watchdog called on the industry to...
House Passes Bill to Assure Private Policies Satisfy Flood Insurance Requirement
Sep 28 2017 // The House of Representatives voted 264-155 today to pass bipartisan legislation that encourages the sale of private flood insurance in place of policies from the federal government in high risk areas where flood insurance...
Key Committee Senators Reach Deal on Autonomous Vehicle Bill
Sep 28 2017 // Two U.S. senators said late on Wednesday that they had reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at easing hurdles to getting self-driving cars to drivers. U.S. Senator John Thune, a Republican who chairs the Commerce...
Top Challenges for London’s Re/Insurers Are Soft Market, Brexit, Regulations: IUA
Sep 28 2017 // The top three challenges facing London market companies are the soft market, Brexit and regulatory compliance, according to a survey of International Underwriting Association (IUA) members. In an online questionnaire,...
