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U.S. Flood Models Still in Infancy, So Underwriters Must Be ‘Cautious Consumers’
Jul 24 2018 // The market for privately written inland flood insurance in the United States is growing rapidly, but flood modeling is still in its infancy. As a result, underwriters need to be aware of the differences that exist among...
Inspector Last Year Reported Sunken Missouri Duck Boat Had Design Flaws
Jul 23 2018 // A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17...
What’s New in Today’s Construction Insurance Market
Jul 23 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...
Bayer to Discontinue Sales of Essure Birth Control Device as U.S. Lawsuits Mount
Jul 23 2018 // The maker of a permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports and repeated safety restrictions by regulators said Friday that it will stop selling the device in the U.S., the only country where it...
Texas Stamping Office: National E&S Insurance Premium Up 9.4% at Mid-Year
Jul 23 2018 // Excess and surplus lines (E&S) insurance premium recorded by the 15 managing service offices in the United States increased 9.4 percent as of the 2018 mid-year point, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
Court Allows Trial in Children’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Over Climate Change
Jul 23 2018 // A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s renewed bid to dismiss a lawsuit by young activists who say the U.S. government is ignoring the perils of climate change. By a...
UK Government Officials Identify Security Risks with Huawei’s Telecom Equipment
Jul 20 2018 // Technical and supply-chain issues with equipment made by Chinese firm Huawei have exposed Britain’s telecom networks to new security risks, a government report said on Thursday. The assessment, made in a report...
Lyft Will Beef Up Background Checks Following California Driver Arrest
Jul 20 2018 // Ridesharing company Lyft said Wednesday that it’s beefing up its background checks after a driver arrested for rape was found to be in the United States illegally. The company’s “enhanced detection...
New York’s Global Warming Suit Against Oil Companies Tossed
Jul 20 2018 // A U.S. judge threw out New York’s lawsuit seeking to hold five of the world’s biggest oil companies financially responsible for contributing to climate change. U.S. District Judge John Keenan dismissed the...
U.S. Energy Regulator Pushes for Disclosure of Cyber Attacks on Electric Grid
Jul 20 2018 // The U.S. government on Thursday asked power generators to disclose more information about cyber attacks amid growing concern that foreign hackers could disrupt the electric grid. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
Climate Change Is Beginning to Shift Planet’s Seasons: Scientists
Jul 20 2018 // Poring over four decades of satellite data, climate scientists have concluded for the first time that humans are pushing seasonal temperatures out of balance—shifting what one researcher called the very “march of...
California Suspect in Serial Rapes Was a Lyft Driver
Jul 19 2018 // Ridesharing company Lyft said this week that it’s investigating how a former driver now charged in a series of rapes passed a background check even though federal immigration officials say the suspect was living in...
Safety Agency Faulted for Delayed Action on Auto, Airbag Recalls
Jul 19 2018 // A government audit released on Wednesday faulted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s oversight of auto safety recalls and said its “delayed action” may have delayed the expansion of a...
Auto Insurers Warn Tariffs on Auto Parts Could Raise Insurance Costs
Jul 19 2018 // A threat by the U.S. government to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on imported auto parts could hit consumers in unexpected ways: higher repair costs, insurance premiums and even the theft of more cars for their parts,...
Uber Said to be Facing Probe into Alleged Gender Discrimination
Jul 18 2018 // Uber is facing a U.S. government investigation into allegations that the ride-hailing service set up a pay structure that discriminated against its female workers. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened...
MGM Files Suit to Limit Liability for Las Vegas Shooting
Jul 18 2018 // MGM Resorts International sued the victims of a Las Vegas music festival mass shooting in an effort to block any potential compensation claims against it. The owner of the Mandalay Bay hotel claims a 2002 federal statute...
U.S. Labor Judge Nixes McDonald’s Deal to Avoid Joint Employer Tag
Jul 18 2018 // A judge with a U.S. labor agency on Tuesday rejected McDonald’s Corp.’s proposed settlement of a major case on whether the fast-food company is accountable for alleged labor law violations by franchisees across...
Mueller Industries Settles Disability Discrimination Suit in California for $1M
Jul 17 2018 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit in California against a global metal goods manufacturer Mueller Industries Inc. for $1 million and other injunctive...
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Seen as Business Friend, Regulation Skeptic
Jul 17 2018 // Brett Kavanaugh could add a powerful new voice on the Supreme Court to restrain what government agencies can do, ushering in a new era of tougher scrutiny of federal regulations loathed by businesses. In a dozen years on...
FDA Cites Drug Warning Scam Over Online Medications
Jul 17 2018 // People who tried to order medicine online or over the phone have received fake U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letters instead of the products they bought, in what appears to be an international extortion scam,...
