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Category 5 Hurricane Maria Slams Dominica on Way to Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Sep 18 2017 // Hurricane Maria caused “mind boggling damage,” ripping off roofs across the small island of Dominica before pushing on toward the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday as the second top-strength storm...
Hurricane Harvey-Caused Oil, Chemical Spills Dwarfed by Katrina’s
Sep 18 2017 // More than 22,000 barrels of oil, refined fuels and chemicals spilled at sites across Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, along with millions of cubic feet of natural gas and hundreds of tons of other toxic substances, a...
Audi Goes Full Speed on Automated Driving, While Competitors Wary of Liability, Regulation
Sep 18 2017 // German carmaker Audi is taking a lead in bringing more automated driving to roads, but rivals seem in no rush to follow while legal and regulatory uncertainties still cloud the technology. At the Frankfurt car show, Audi...
Weakening Hurricane Jose Could Graze Massachusetts Wednesday
Sep 18 2017 // A weakened Hurricane Jose could graze the Northeast as Hurricane Maria tears through the Caribbean, gaining strength and possibly heading toward the U.S. in a week. Jose will probably be downgraded to a tropical storm as...
Trump Administration Now Open to Remaining in Paris Climate Accord Under Certain Conditions
Sep 18 2017 // The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday. President Donald Trump was willing to work with partners in the Paris agreement if the...
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Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...
Suit over Kona Beer Not Being Brewed in Hawaii Allowed to Proceed
Sep 18 2017 // Calling Hawaii “a state as well as a state of mind,” a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the maker of Kona craft beer of misleading consumers into believing the beer was actually made in the...
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Sep 18 2017 // Integro Insurance Brokers has hired Michael McCarroll as senior vice president in the firm’s Woodland Hills, Calif., office. McCarroll will focus on developing new opportunities within the property/casualty, benefits...
Conn. Court Supports $41.7M in Damages to Student Disabled by Tick Bite on School Trip
Sep 18 2017 // A student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China is entitled to $41.7 million in damages, according to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s August ruling in support of a jury’s...
States’ Lawsuit Climates Influence Expansion Decisions, Say Businesses
Sep 18 2017 // An all-time high 85 percent of senior business executives at major U.S. companies say a state’s lawsuit environment is likely to impact decisions about where to locate or expand their business, according to the U.S....
Risk Managers Cautious About Use of Drones
Sep 18 2017 // When it comes to commercial drones usage, 61 percent of risk managers are concerned about the potential for invasion of privacy, according to a 2017 survey conducted by Munich Reinsurance America (Munich Re, US). Other...
Hurricane Maria Speeds Up, Threatening Already-Battered Caribbean Islands
Sep 17 2017 // For the third time this month, a hurricane is spinning toward the already battered Caribbean and gathering strength along the way. The National Hurricane Center upgraded tropical storm Maria to a hurricane Sunday as winds...
FTC, Congress, States Investigating Equifax Over Data Breach
Sep 15 2017 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a powerful Congressional committee are investigating the data breach at Equifax Inc., deepening government scrutiny of the cyber attack that may have compromised the privacy of 143...
Trucking Industry Backs Bills Easing Self-Driving Vehicle Regulation
Sep 14 2017 // A U.S. trucking trade group and truck maker Navistar International Corp. urged a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday to include self-driving commercial trucks in proposed legislation intended to speed autonomous vehicles to...
U.S. Investigating Arkema’s Safety Practices After Texas Fires
Sep 13 2017 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether chemical maker Arkema SA followed safety rules at its Crosby, Texas, plant where chemical containers exploded and burned for days after flooding from...
U.S. Flood Insurance Program Expects $11B in Texas Flood Payouts
Sep 13 2017 // U.S. officials estimate the FEMA-run National Flood Insurance Program will make $11 billion in payments for flooding in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey, the program’s administrator Roy Wright said. Additionally, in...
Cat Facility CCRIF to Pay 6 Caribbean Nations $29.6M for Hurricane Irma Damage
Sep 13 2017 // Cayman Islands-based CCRIF (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) will make payments totaling US$29.6 million to six Caribbean nations recovering from Hurricane Irma. CCRIF’s parametric tropical...
QBE Group CEO Neal to Exit; Regan to Succeed Him in January
Sep 13 2017 // QBE Insurance Group today announced that John Neal, Group chief executive officer, will be stepping down after five years in the role. The board of directors has appointed Patrick Regan, chief executive officer Australian...
Munich Re Embraces Driverless Future with Mobileye Fleet Product
Sep 13 2017 // Auto insurers, faced with rising accident rates and the emergence of autonomous vehicles that could make them obsolete by removing human error, have reason to love and hate driverless technology. Munich Re, the...
Hurricane Irma May Push Island States to Seek Climate Change Aid
Sep 13 2017 // Devastation from Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean will sharpen the demands from small island nations that top fossil-fuel consumers help them cope with damage attributable to climate change, according to representatives of...
