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Midwest Farmers Feel Pain of Trade War with China
May 15 2019 // China’s announcement of higher tariffs on $60 billion of American exports — retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest penalties on Chinese goods — hit particularly hard in the farm belt. China’s...
Trump Readies Security Order Limiting Huawei, Other Foreign Telecoms
May 15 2019 // President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing...
$2 Billion Verdict Far From End of Roundup Litigation Challenges for Bayer
May 15 2019 // Bayer shares continued to fall on Tuesday after a California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion in damages to a couple who alleged that the company’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup caused their...
U.S. to Consider Opening Unused Spectrum Band for ‘Talking’ Vehicles
May 15 2019 // The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to vote in June on launching a new review of a key spectrum band reserved for automakers that could boost Wi-Fi use, a person briefed on the matter said on Tuesday. In 1999,...
BPL Global Adds Marsh’s DeCarlo to Grow Credit, Political Risk Business in U.S.
May 15 2019 // Credit and political risk insurance brokerage specialist BPL Global has appointed Donnie DiCarlo as executive vice president. He will be based in New York and is charged with expanding BPL’s client base in the U.S....
National Labor Board Memo Says Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees
May 15 2019 // Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a U.S. labor agency has concluded, in an advisory memo that is likely to carry significant...
Cyber Insurance Growth Slowed in Reaching $2 Billion in 2018, Says Fitch
May 15 2019 // The cyber insurance market remains a source of growth for U.S. property/casualty insurers; however, that growth is slowing, according to Fitch Ratings. The industry’s total direct written cyber premiums grew 8% in...
Georgia Insurance Regulator Faces 38 Count Indictment for Defrauding Insurer; Claims Innocence
May 14 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck on 38 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and mail fraud in an alleged $2 million scheme to defraud the Georgia Underwriting Association (GUA),...
Official: Houston Ship Channel Restrictions Could Continue All Week
May 14 2019 // The Houston Ship Channel could remain under one-way travel restrictions all week following a collision between a deep-draft ship and a barge that spilled petrochemicals into the waterway, according to an official. About...
With Vehicle Brake Override Widely Adopted, U.S. Sees No Need for Requirement
May 14 2019 // The Trump administration said Monday it will drop rules first proposed in 2012 that would have required automakers to install brake-throttle override systems to prevent runaway vehicles. The regulation was proposed by the...
Some of April’s Costly Storms: U.S. Tornadoes, Canada Floods, Mozambique Cyclone
May 14 2019 // Some of April’s natural catastrophes included an elevated number of tornadoes in the United States, the strongest cyclone to hit Mozambique on record and costly seasonal flooding Eastern Canada that inundated nearly...
Tennessee Insurance Head McPeak Steps Down; Lawrence Tapped as Interim Chief
May 14 2019 // After eight years as the head of the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI), Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak is leaving Tennessee state government in order to pursue career opportunities in the private...
California Jury Blames Roundup for Couple’s Cancer, Awards $2 Billion
May 13 2019 // A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in...
Houston Ship Channel Reopens After Collision Pollutes Air, Water
May 13 2019 // The Houston Ship Channel reopened to limited traffic on Sunday after a vessel collision dumped almost 400,000 gallons of a gasoline ingredient and choked suburbs of the U.S. city with noxious fumes. A U.S. Coast Guard-led...
Texas Lawmakers Question FAA Delay on Hot-Air Balloon Regulations
May 13 2019 // The Federal Aviation Administration has not passed a new safety regulation that legislators say would fortify supervision of the hot-air balloon industry and help avoid fatal crashes similar to a Texas crash that killed 16...
44 States Sue Drug Maker Teva, Alleging Price Fixing Scheme with 19 Other Firms
May 13 2019 // U.S. states filed a lawsuit accusing Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. of orchestrating a sweeping scheme with 19 other drug companies to inflate drug prices – sometimes by more than 1,000% – and stifle competition...
J&J Strikes Out in Bid to Transfer State Talcum Suits to Federal Court
May 10 2019 // Johnson & Johnson failed to get 2,400 state-court cancer lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately transferred to a federal court in Delaware, where it could forge a single defense strategy. U.S. District Judge...
El Nino Seen Lingering Through August
May 10 2019 // The weak El Nino pattern that’s been influencing global weather will probably stick around through August, likely bringing rain to Brazil’s coffee fields while drying India’s monsoon and possibly helping...
Aon Names Demeusy U.S. Vice Chairman of Reinsurance Business
May 9 2019 // Insurance broker Aon has appointed Jay Demeusy as U.S. vice chairman of its Reinsurance Solutions business. Alongside his new role, Demeusy will continue to chair the newly formed Global Construction & Inland Marine...
U.S. to Require Drug Companies to Disclose List Prices in TV Ads
May 9 2019 // The Trump administration on Wednesday said it will require drug makers to disclose the list price of prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer television advertisements, part of the government’s efforts to lower costs...
