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$17M Award in Asbestos Death of Navy Civilian Employee in Arizona
Apr 22 2016 // A federal jury in Phoenix, Ariz. on Friday awarded $17 million in damages to the family of a retired civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who died from the fatal asbestos disease mesothelioma after working for years in the...
Uber to Settle Suit for $100M, Drivers Stay Independent Contractors
Apr 22 2016 // Uber has agreed to pay up to $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit which resolves a major challenge to its business model by allowing the ridesharing service to keep its California and Massachusetts drivers as...
Plaintiffs Suing Dating Site Ashley Madison Over Data Breach Must Identify Themselves: U.S. Judge
Apr 22 2016 // Plaintiffs leading a lawsuit against online dating website Ashley Madison over a security breach that exposed the personal data of customers must publicly identify themselves to proceed with the case, a U.S. judge has...
Uber Settlement Doesn’t Settle Gig Economy’s Independent Contractor vs. Employee Dispute
Apr 22 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. resolved the biggest threat to its business by settling with California drivers suing to be treated more like traditional employees, a move that could have broad-ranging implications for companies...
SCOR Increases P&C GWP Levels by 4.7% During April Renewals; Profits on Target
Apr 22 2016 // SCOR Global P&C increased gross written premiums by 4.7 percent at the recent April renewals, based on constant exchange rates, with total premiums rising from €420 million ($474.7 million) to €440 million ($497.3...
Obama Makes Impassioned Appeal for Britain to Stay in European Union
Apr 22 2016 // U.S. President Barack Obama made an impassioned appeal on Friday for Britain to remain in the European Union, saying membership had magnified Britain’s place in the world and made the bloc stronger and more outward...
Employers Pay As 32% of Opioid Prescriptions Are Abused: Report
Apr 21 2016 // Nearly one out of every three (32 percent) opioid prescriptions, which are subsidized by America’s employers, is being abused, according to a report by a healthcare data and technology company. San Francisco-based...
VW Reported Close to $10 Billion Deal with U.S. for Diesel Fraud
Apr 21 2016 // Volkswagen AG has agreed to set aside at least $10 billion to resolve civil claims by the U.S. government and lawsuits by American car owners over diesel vehicles rigged to cheat pollution controls, a person with direct...
Sandy Hook Families’ Lawsuit Against Bushmaster Gets Trial Date
Apr 20 2016 // The maker of the assault rifle used in the 2012 massacre of more than two dozen students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School was ordered to allow its executives to be questioned ahead of a trial of a lawsuit by...
Liberty International Names Capicchioni to Head U.S. Railroad Line
Apr 20 2016 // Liberty International Underwriters, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Robert Capicchioni to vice president of its U.S. Railroad product line. Previously, Capicchioni was underwriting manager in LIU’s...
Supreme Court Hears Claim Against Hospital for Allegedly Defrauding U.S.
Apr 19 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with the question of when federal contractors can be sued for defrauding the government in a case involving a 19-year-old Massachusetts woman who suffered a fatal 2009 seizure at...
Court Upholds NFL’s $765 Million Concussion Settlement as ‘Fair’
Apr 19 2016 // The National Football League’s $765 million concussion settlement was found by a federal appeals court to be fair, if imperfect. The decision sets in motion the resolution of thousands of lawsuits covering more than...
Swiss Re’s Revamped U.S. P/C Leadership Team Headed by Wolfe, Ruff, Michaelson
Apr 18 2016 // Swiss Re Americas announced a new structure and leaders for the company’s U.S. property/casualty markets. The changes follow Bill Donnell’s departure as president of Swiss Re Americas’ U.S....
EU Contributes $15.8M to Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility
Apr 18 2016 // The European Commission has agreed to contribute €14 million ($15.8 million) so the governments of Central American countries and the Dominican Republic can access to “low cost, high quality catastrophe risk...
U.S. Finalizes Offshore Oil Safety Rules
Apr 18 2016 // The Obama administration last Thursday unveiled new oil well control rules to prevent the kind of blowout that happened six years ago on a BP Plc rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety...
U.S. Lags Belgium, France, Other Nations in Domestic Security
Apr 18 2016 // The U.S. is less capable of managing security issues within its borders than 32 other nations, including France and Belgium, according to a new global ranking. Singapore is the most capable of maintaining domestic security...
Where Prescription Drug Prices Are Headed in U.S.
Apr 15 2016 // Spending on medicines increased by double digits for a second year in 2015 and reached $425 billion based on invoice prices. After adjusting for rebates and other price concessions by manufacturers, net spending was $310...
Automakers Told They Could Learn from Aviation Industry’s Safety Practices
Apr 15 2016 // The U.S. government is bringing together top airline and auto company executives to discuss aviation industry practices such as safety data sharing that automakers could adapt to help reduce car accidents, a leading cause...
RIMS 2016: Forecasting Emerging Risks Won’t Get Any Easier
Apr 15 2016 // Many risk professionals believe that forecasting risk will not get any easier in the next three years and emerging risks will most likely arise in the areas of cyber attacks, regulation and human resources. According to a...
Religious Groups, Obama Administration Cool to Supreme Court Birth Control Proposal
Apr 14 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court got a mixed reaction from the Obama administration and religious groups to its unusual proposal to resolve a clash over employee insurance coverage for contraceptives. In a court filing Tuesday, U.S....
