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UK Finance Firms ‘Not Crying Wolf’ in Concerns About Loss of EU Passports
Mar 24 2017 // One afternoon in mid-January, Prime Minister Theresa May walked into a meeting room in the Swiss resort of Davos to face Wall Street’s most powerful bankers. May had delivered her vision two days earlier for pulling...
Reported Dakota Access Pipeline Vandalism Exposes Risk of Sabotage
Mar 23 2017 // The developer of the Dakota Access pipeline has reported “recent coordinated physical attacks” on the much-protested line, just as it’s almost ready to carry oil. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners...
BLS Report Finds New Jersey Fatal Work Injuries Increased in 2015
Mar 23 2017 // The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in March that fatal work injuries totaled 97 in New Jersey for the year 2015, a 10 percent increase from the previous year, according to Chief Regional Economist Martin...
AIG Seeks Best Drivers in Singapore with New Smartphone App
Mar 23 2017 // AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte. Ltd. (AIG Singapore) has launched a nationwide search to find Singapore’s best drivers with “AIG On the Go,” a telematics-based smartphone application. “AIG On the...
Supreme Court OK with Delay in Bringing Patent Infringement Suits
Mar 22 2017 // A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday in a lawsuit over adult diapers will make it more difficult for companies accused of patent infringement to shoot down lawsuits because the plaintiffs waited too long to bring...
Thunderstorms Just as Costly to Insurers as Hurricanes: Study
Mar 22 2017 // Risk to U.S. property from thunderstorms is as high as from hurricanes, according to new research finding that for the past decade, severe convective storms have been the largest annual aggregated risk peril to the U.S....
Consumer Group Warns on Trump Budget Cut of Flood Map Funds
Mar 21 2017 // A proposal by the Trump administration to cut $190 million in funding for updating U.S. maps of flood-prone areas would trigger higher insurance rates or more homebuilding in risky locations, a consumer group said on...
Medicaid Changes Could Have Sweeping Impact in Louisiana
Mar 20 2017 // Despite a national focus on the individual insurance markets, the Republican health plan being debated in Washington could have far more sweeping impact in Louisiana for other provisions that curb federal spending on...
U.S., Peabody Energy Agree to $43 Million Environmental Fund; Bankruptcy Plan Approved
Mar 20 2017 // A U.S. judge formally approved Peabody Energy Corp.’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy late Friday after the coal producer struck a settlement with the U.S. government over legacy environmental claims at a gold and...
Steamin’ Hot Markets: Cyber, Sharing Economy, Active Shooter, Construction, Mergers and More
Mar 20 2017 // Cyber Sharing Economy, Active Shooter, Construction, Mergers and More Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes, challenges, expansions and growth in the past year. For 2017, experts predict the U.S....
How the Industry Can Take the Lead on New Food Safety Risks
Mar 20 2017 // The recently finalized Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related FDA Regulations on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food has the potential to significantly affect risk management strategies employed by food...
Report: Oil & Gas Operations Vulnerable to Hackers
Mar 20 2017 // Oil and gas companies, including some of the most celebrated industry names in the Houston area, are facing increasingly sophisticated hackers seeking to steal trade secrets and disrupt operations, according to a newspaper...
Northern Illinois Insurance Agency Owner Indicted, Charged with Defrauding Clients
Mar 20 2017 // The owner of a Rockford, Illinois-based managing general agency that last year had its license revoked or non-renewed by at least three separate state insurance departments has been indicted by a federal grand jury for...
Army Corps on the Defense in Complaint Over Missouri River Flooding
Mar 17 2017 // A trial is underway in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is defending itself against more than 300 farmers and other landowners who say the agency’s management of the Missouri River has contributed to major...
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Doctor Pleads Guilty for Overprescribing Opioids
Mar 17 2017 // At Dr. Fathalla Mashali’s pain management clinics, the waiting rooms were often so packed with patients that people sat on the floor, leaned against walls and spilled into the hallways. That’s because, federal...
Thousands of Safer Ethanol Rail Tank Cars Sit Idle: Reuters
Mar 17 2017 // While crossing a small wooden bridge in northwestern Iowa last Thursday, 20 rail tank cars in a mile-long train transporting ethanol flew off the tracks, sending fireballs into the sky, while thousands of gallons of the...
It Could Be Trump or the Weather, But More People Think Climate Change Is Real
Mar 16 2017 // You can blame it on the weather, or you can blame it on Trump. A record number of Americans are concerned about global warming, believe it is occurring and consider it a serious threat that is caused by human activity. A...
W.R. Berkley, Tokio Marine Lead Weather Analytics $17 Million Series B Funding
Mar 16 2017 // Weather Analytics, a provider of weather and predictive risk software for the insurance industry, reported that global insurers Tokio Marine HCC and W. R. Berkley Corp. together have funded a $17 million Series B financing...
Court Rules Gay Employees Not Protected Under Civil Rights Law
Mar 16 2017 // In a setback for gay rights advocates hoping for an expansion of workplace discrimination protections, a federal appeals court in Atlanta has ruled that employers aren’t prohibited from discriminating against...
Senators Want U.S. to Weigh Food Safety in Acquisitions by Foreign Firms
Mar 16 2017 // Two U.S. senators from Midwestern states will introduce a bill on Tuesday that would require foreign companies buying U.S. food and agriculture firms to undergo a review aimed at ensuring the deal would not hurt U.S. food...
