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Charges May be Brought in California Boat Fire That Killed 34
Sep 4 2020 // Nine days after the scuba boat Conception went down in flames with 34 people trapped below deck in one of the deadliest disasters in California maritime history, a federal grand jury began looking into whether a crime had...
Federal Judge Dismisses Florida Dentist’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Claim
Sep 4 2020 // A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a suit for business interruption insurance payments by a Florida dentist who claimed the damages were caused by COVID-19 virus and related civil authority shutdowns of dental...
Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Down, Again
Sep 4 2020 // The downward trend for Florida workers’ compensation rates is set to continue next year thanks to favorable loss experiences from policy years 2017 and 2018. The latest filing from the National Council on...
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Board: TVA Exec Retaliated Against Safety Whistleblower
Sep 3 2020 // The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that a Tennessee Valley Authority executive retaliated against a safety whistleblower. Vice President Joseph Shea “played a significant role” in the 2018...
Mass. Court Rules Statute of Limitations, Fair Report Privilege Apply in Defamation Case
Sep 3 2020 // A Massachusetts appeals court has ruled in favor of an online newspaper in a defamation case, holding that the statute of limitations and fair report privilege apply to articles the newspaper published regarding two...
Why Some Organizations Are Managing Coronavirus Risk Better Than Others
Sep 1 2020 // While few, if any, organizations saw the coronavirus pandemic and all of its death and disruption coming, some were better positioned to deal with it than others. According to risk expert Jim Wetekamp, some organizations...
In Anthem-Cigna Failed Merger ‘Soap Opera,’ Judge Hands Damages to Neither
Aug 31 2020 // A Delaware judge rebuffed efforts by both Cigna Corp. and Anthem Inc. to collect billions over their failed merger, saying Cigna had breached its obligations but the merger was likely to have been blocked on antitrust...
Uber Vows Better Disclosure of Safety Data on Self-Driving Cars
Aug 31 2020 // Uber Technologies Inc. vowed to make public more safety information regarding its self-driving cars after the National Transportation Safety Board placed partial blame for a fatal 2018 crash on the company’s...
Judge Allows Palin Defamation Suit Against New York Times
Aug 31 2020 // A federal judge on Friday rejected the New York Times’ bid to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit over a 2017 editorial she said falsely linked her to a mass shooting. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in...
NTSB Finds Limo Owner Evaded Safety Rules Before Fatal New York Crash
Aug 28 2020 // The owner of the stretched limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York repeatedly changed the listed number of seats in the vehicle and took other steps to avoid safety regulations, according to...
North Carolina Insurance Donor to Appeal Conviction, Accuses Commissioner of Perjury
Aug 28 2020 // An insurance company founder and big political donor heading to prison after being convicted of attempting to bribe North Carolina’s top elected regulator of the industry remains confident he’ll get a new trial...
Where ‘DeFi’ Crypto Users See Sure Bets During COVID, Critics See Unregulated Risks
Aug 27 2020 // It sounds like a surefire bet. You lend money to a borrower who puts up collateral that exceeds the size of the loan, and then you earn interest of about 20%. What could possibly go wrong? That’s the proposition...
As FAIA Chief Grady Says Goodbye, He Shares His Top 10 Moments
Aug 27 2020 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv For 22 years, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents has been led by Jeff Grady, president and chief executive officer, who admits that when he started all those years ago he did not...
Missouri Bill Would Allow Giving Guns to Minors Without Parents’ Permission
Aug 26 2020 // Missouri lawmakers have advanced a bill that would legally allow people to give firearms to children without their parents’ permission after the governor had initially sought to increase the penalty for the...
3 Reasons COVID-19 Business Income Suits Should Not be Combined
Aug 26 2020 // Recently a U.S. Judicial Panel on multidistrict litigation denied a proposal to consolidate cases related to business income losses related to coronavirus. Read that story on Insurance Journal here. This was the right...
NICB: Ongoing Towing Scams Proving Costly for Chicagoans, Insurers
Aug 25 2020 // Though perhaps not the absolute worst region in the U.S. for insurance scams involving towing abuses, towing scams in Chicago continue to cause problems for residents and insurers alike, according to the National Insurance...
Reuters Finds Disparity in How Judges Apply Qualified Immunity
Aug 25 2020 // The May 25 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis cop has prompted calls for an end to “qualified immunity,” a legal doctrine that in recent years has increasingly helped cops beat back lawsuits...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Danske Bank and Officers
Aug 25 2020 // A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Denmark’s Danske Bank A/S and four former top executives of defrauding shareholders by hiding and failing to stop widespread money laundering at its former Estonian...
China Regulator Pledges Continued Backing of Hong Kong as Financial Center
Aug 24 2020 // China’s banking regulator pledged its backing for Hong Kong as a finance hub and reiterated a commitment to opening up the Chinese financial sector amid a deepening standoff with the U.S. China will provide support...
Judge Agrees to Some VW Requests to Limit SEC Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal
Aug 21 2020 // A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Volkswagen AG of defrauding American investors in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions...
