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Bermuda’s Re/Insurance Model to Be Tested Following U.S. Tax Reforms: Fitch
Feb 5 2018 // The Bermuda re/insurance model will be tested following U.S. tax reforms and the continuing challenges of competitive market conditions, according to a report by Fitch Ratings. The cut in the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21...
Business Moves
Feb 5 2018 // Insurance Center of New England, Eastman & Davis Insurance Agency Insurance Center of New England, based in Agawam, Mass., has added Eastman & Davis Insurance Agency of West Springfield, Mass., to its company. ICNE...
Americans and Autonomous Cars
Feb 5 2018 // Times are changing when it comes to how U.S. drivers feel about autonomous vehicles. According to a new study from AAA, 63 percent of U.S. drivers report feeling afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle. That sounds...
Report Calls out California Wildfires Among 2017 U.S. Hazards
Feb 5 2018 // CoreLogic’s annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis released in late January shows that 2017 was a year of relatively average activity for most U.S. natural hazards with the exception of wildfires in...
Western Wisconsin Had the Most Farm Bankruptcies in U.S. in 2017
Feb 5 2018 // Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest number of farm bankruptcies in the country last year. The Western District of Wisconsin had 28 farm bankruptcy cases in 2017, Wisconsin Public Radio...
Court Blocks Suit Claiming Twitter Liable for U.S. Contractors’ Deaths in Jordan
Feb 2 2018 // A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit that sought to hold Twitter liable for the deaths of two U.S. contractors in Jordan three years ago in an attack for which the Islamic State group claimed...
Risk Management for Super Bowl Requires Team Effort
Feb 2 2018 // Assessing and managing risk for an event like the Super Bowl is more than a matter of just looking around the venue for possible slip and fall hazards and hiring a few security guards to ensure no one enters the stadium...
Legal Marijuana Worries Canadian Oil Companies with Strict Drug Testing Regimes
Feb 1 2018 // Once recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada, Garnet Amundson says it will get a lot harder to find the workers he needs at Essential Energy Services Ltd. And he isn’t the only employer who’s...
5 in U.S., 2 in Italy Arrested Over $21M Opioid ‘Pill Mills’ Scheme in Florida, Tennessee
Feb 1 2018 // Two people in Italy and five U.S. residents have been charged in a fraud and drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute opioids in Florida and Tennessee, leading to hundreds of deaths, federal prosecutors said last...
EU Will Not Offer Post-Brexit Passporting for UK Insurers, Banks: Diplomats
Jan 31 2018 // European Union negotiators see no room for discussion with Britain on maintaining “passport” access to EU financial markets for its banks after Brexit, but they are willing to look at free trade in the sector,...
Court Upholds Consumer Financial Bureau Structure Over Trump, Business Complaints
Jan 31 2018 // The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director’s job regained a measure of security Wednesday when a U.S. appeals court said the agency head can only be fired for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or...
Allianz Acquires Liberty International’s U.S. Product Recall Business Renewals
Jan 31 2018 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) is acquiring the renewal portfolio of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s U.S. product recall and special contingency business. The effective date is Jan.30, 2018. The business...
Western Wisconsin Had the Most Farm Bankruptcies in U.S. in 2017
Jan 31 2018 // Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest number of farm bankruptcies in the country last year. The Western District of Wisconsin had 28 farm bankruptcy cases in 2017, Wisconsin Public Radio...
Puerto Rico Bondholders Suffer Setback as Lawsuit Dismissed
Jan 31 2018 // A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by some of Puerto Rico’s bondholders, who had argued that the U.S. territory broke the law by defaulting on constitutionally-guaranteed debt despite having the...
Lowe’s to Pay $55K for to Settle Charges of Discrimination at Texas Store
Jan 30 2018 // Lowe’s Home Centers LLC, a nationwide chain of home improvement and hardware stores, will pay $55,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of a manager at one of the...
3 Giants – Berkshire, Amazon, JPMorgan- to Form Joint Employee Health Venture
Jan 30 2018 // Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are partnering to create an independent healthcare company for their U.S. employees that will be focused on improving employee satisfaction and reducing costs. The...
National Hurricane Center: Harvey’s Rains Make It Second-Costliest U.S. Hurricane
Jan 29 2018 // Record-breaking Hurricane Harvey became the second-costliest storm to hit the U.S. and dropped more rain than any other system ever. Harvey, the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. since 2005, killed at least 103 people...
Trump’s SEC Considering Shielding Companies from Investor Class Action Suits
Jan 29 2018 // In its determination to reverse a two-decade slump in U.S. stock listings, a regulator might offer companies an extreme incentive to go public: the ability to bar aggrieved shareholders from suing. The Securities and...
State AG Investigating Who Knew What in Michigan State Sex Abuse Case
Jan 29 2018 // Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University on Jan. 27 for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school’s governing...
Americans’ Fear of Driverless Cars Subsiding: AAA Survey
Jan 29 2018 // American drivers are slowly warming up to the idea of relinquishing the wheel to a robot. Although 63 percent of U.S. drivers say they’d be afraid to ride in a fully self-driving car, that’s down substantially...
