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Saudi Arabia Asks U.S. Judge to Throw Out 9/11 Lawsuits
Jan 22 2018 // Saudi Arabia asked a U.S. judge to throw out lawsuits claiming it helped al-Qaeda carry out the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, arguing the victims haven’t provided any evidence to back their cases. Michael Kellogg, a...
Women More Likely Than Men to Lose U.S. Jobs by Automation: WEF Report
Jan 22 2018 // Women are more likely than men to be knocked out of their U.S. jobs by automation in the next eight years, and they’ll find half as many opportunities to land new positions unless there’s a new effort to...
Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty in Deepwater Horizon Compensation Fund Fraud
Jan 22 2018 // An Empire, Louisiana, man has pleaded guilty to defrauding the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion settlement compensation fund, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced. U.S....
XL Group: Loss Estimates of $45M Related to Southern California Wildfires
Jan 22 2018 // XL Group Ltd. in mid-January announced preliminary estimates of natural catastrophe net losses of roughly $45 million related to the recent wildfires in Southern California and $20 million related to other events. The...
People
Jan 22 2018 // Connie Clarke has been appointed president of TDECU Insurance Agency LLC in Lake Jackson, Texas. Clarke brings more than 20 years’ experience in both the insurance and financial services industries to the...
Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class
Jan 22 2018 // In early 2016, Zurich North America teamed up with William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill., to offer an apprenticeship in insurance program and now its first group of employee-students have graduated with a job at...
2017 Disasters
Jan 22 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was busy in 2017 as it supported 59 major disaster declarations and 16 emergency declarations, a year during which unprecedented disasters affected more than 25 million...
U.S. Reinsurance Outlook Remains Negative for 2018, Says A.M. Best
Jan 22 2018 // Ratings firm A.M. Best said it is maintaining its 2018 outlook for the U.S. property/casualty reinsurance sector at negative, citing the “pronounced pressure on U.S. property catastrophe rates as the alternative...
The Hartford and Travelers Among Companies Offering Bonuses Due to New Tax Law
Jan 22 2018 // Hartford, Conn.-based The Hartford and New York City-headquartered Travelers confirmed they are among several companies giving their employees bonuses of $1,000 each if they earn $75,000 or less annually as a result of...
People
Jan 22 2018 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co., a Towson, Md.-based workers’ compensation specialist, has hired Danielle Quinn as a pharmacist case manager. In this role, Quinn is responsible for managing the Pharmacy...
U.S. Regulator Pulls Back from MetLife’s ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Designation
Jan 19 2018 // The U.S. government and MetLife Inc. announced on Thursday they would jointly seek to dismiss an appeal over whether the insurance company should face stricter oversight as a key part of the financial system. MetLife and...
U.S. Banks Face Growing Threat from Cyber Attacks: New Bank Regulator
Jan 19 2018 // U.S. banks are facing a growing threat from cyber attackers and making defense against them more complex by relying on third-party firms for support, according to a report released Thursday by Joseph Otting, the Trump...
Business, Political Leaders List Cyber Attacks, Geopolitical Tensions as Top Concerns: WEF Survey
Jan 18 2018 // The threat of large-scale cyber attacks and a “deteriorating geopolitical landscape” since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global elite’s list of concerns, the...
U.S. Judge Excludes 70,000 Women from Sterling Jewelers Sex Bias Lawsuit
Jan 18 2018 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday overturned an arbitrator’s ruling allowing about 70,000 women to take part in a nationwide sex discrimination case against Sterling Jewelers Inc even though they had not opted to join. U.S....
How the U.S. Can Improve Workplace Injury and Illness Data
Jan 18 2018 // Federal agency officials involved in reducing work-related injuries and illnesses believe there is still a lot to learn about the relationship between work and injuries. According to the experts, the government needs...
Judge Allows Philadelphia’s Suit Claiming Unfair Lending by Wells Fargo
Jan 17 2018 // A federal judge in Philadelphia on Tuesday rejected Wells Fargo & Co.’s bid to dismiss that city’s lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of predatory lending targeting black and Hispanic...
Backers Call for Restarting Stalled Bipartisan Bill to Speed Autonomous Vehicles
Jan 17 2018 // Automakers and lawmakers expressed hope on Tuesday that U.S. Congress would soon pass a stalled bill aimed at speeding self-driving cars to market, even as safety advocates argued for more performance requirements. The...
Supreme Court Agrees to Weigh Damages for Overseas Patent Infringement
Jan 17 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to review a bid by Schlumberger NV, the world’s largest oilfield services provider, to allow companies to recoup profits lost due to patent infringement when patented...
California Mudslides: Residents Commit to Rebuilding
Jan 16 2018 // At the end of a heartbreaking week that saw deadly mudslides kill at least 20, residents of Montecito gathered to grieve, pay tribute to victims and commit to rebuilding their cherished community on the Southern California...
Randall & Quilter Sells Insurance Services & Captive Mgmt. Operations to Davies Group
Jan 16 2018 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) announced the sale of its Insurance Services and Captive Management Operations to Davies Group, a London-based operations management, consultancy and digital...
