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U.S. Top Court Rules Against Vermont’s Healthcare Data Law
Mar 2 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Vermont cannot compel health insurers to hand over data on the amount paid on medical claims, backing Liberty Mutual Insurance Co’s contention that federal law prohibited...
Hospitals Say Anthem-Cigna Merger Will Empower Blue Cross, Hurt Consumers
Mar 2 2016 // U.S. hospitals are stepping up their bid to stop Anthem Inc.’s takeover of rival health insurer Cigna Corp., saying the deal will increase the dominance of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and potentially raise premiums...
Jury Finds 2 N.Y. Stockbrokers Liable in IBM Insider Trading Trial
Mar 1 2016 // A federal jury on Monday found two former New York stockbrokers liable for trading on confidential tips about an IBM Corp acquisition, despite a major appeals court ruling that made insider trading cases harder to...
Supreme Court Blocks States from Collecting Self-Insurers’ Health Cost Data
Mar 1 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Vermont cannot compel health insurers to hand over data on the amount paid on medical claims, backing Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.’s contention that federal law prohibited...
Iran Oil Shipping Insurance Issues Will Take 2-3 Months to Resolve: Tanker Firm
Mar 1 2016 // Frontline, one of the world’s largest independent tanker firms, says securing insurance for cargoes carrying oil from Iran is likely to take another two to three months, potentially limiting Iran’s ability to...
U.S. Regulator Treads Lightly on Railroads Over Hazmat Violations: Report
Mar 1 2016 // Federal regulators are failing to refer serious safety violations involving freight rail shipments of crude oil and other hazardous cargo for criminal prosecution, and are going lightly on civil fines, according to a...
G20 Puts ‘Brexit’ on List of Top Global Risks After Push by UK Government
Feb 29 2016 // British finance minister George Osborne pushed financial leaders from the top 20 economies to include the risk of Britain leaving the European Union in their list of dangers to the world economy on Saturday, gaining...
XL Group Proposes Moving Domicile to Bermuda from Ireland
Feb 29 2016 // XL Group plc announced a proposal to change its parent holding company’s place of incorporation to Bermuda from Ireland. “Establishing our corporate home in Bermuda is a natural step for XL. XL has had a...
Buffett Says Pessimism on Economy and America Is ‘Dead Wrong’
Feb 28 2016 // Warren Buffett reaches a broad audience with his annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders — and, on Saturday, he reached right out to U.S. voters. In sweeping passages, he rejected the economic...
MassMutual Emerges as Potential Buyer of MetLife Retail Group
Feb 26 2016 // MetLife Inc., the life insurer that is reshaping its business mix to limit government oversight, is in talks with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. about a possible sale of MetLife Premier Client Group, the...
Jury Clears BP Manager of Clean Water Act Charge
Feb 26 2016 // A former BP manager charged with violating U.S. pollution law over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was cleared by a New Orleans jury, thwarting federal prosecutors’ last chance to jail someone over the...
Purdue Univ.: U.S. Grain Bin Entrapments Fall to Lowest Level in Decade
Feb 25 2016 // Grain bin entrapments and other confined space accidents on the nation’s farms fell to their lowest level in a decade last year, a Purdue University study has found. The U.S. had 47 accidents in grain bins or other...
Michigan Says Potholes Make State a Great Place to Test Robot Cars
Feb 25 2016 // Michigan and California, vying for control of our driverless future, are each proposing crumbling World War II military sites as ideal locations to test robot cars. Michigan’s secret weapon? Better potholes. The...
Aon Announces U.S. Leadership Changes; Mula Named Risk Solutions President
Feb 25 2016 // Insurance broker Aon announced several leadership appointments in the U.S. Warren Mula assumes the newly created global role of president of Aon Risk Solutions. He will serve as a strategic advisor across the business....
Supreme Court Justices Signal Flexibility in Patent Infringement Damages
Feb 25 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled a willingness to give federal judges more discretion to boost penalties for patent infringement as the justices heard arguments in cases brought by Stryker Corp. and Halo...
U.S. Says Coal Mine Companies Should Cover Full Cleanup
Feb 25 2016 // The ailing coal industry must face the costs of cleaning up spent mines even as companies get pushed toward bankruptcy, the U.S. Interior Secretary said this week. The mining industry is responsible for restoring old mine...
BB&T to Buy Swett & Crawford for $500M
Feb 24 2016 // Three months after it announced it would sell its North American operations, U.K.-based wholesale and reinsurance broker Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has a buyer. North Carolina-based BB&T Corp. has agreed to...
Insurance Industry Analyzes Google’s Failed Online Insurance Experiment
Feb 23 2016 // The insurance industry had a lot to say about what Google did wrong a day after the search engine giant said it would be pulling the plug on its year-long Google Compare experiment selling auto insurance online. Many...
Widow of El Faro Crew Member Calls for More Oversight of Shipping in Bad Weather
Feb 23 2016 // The widow of one of the 33 crew members killed when the El Faro sank in a hurricane last fall called on Friday for stricter oversight of decisions by shipping companies and their captains to sail in adverse...
Exclusive: Google to Shut Down Online Insurance Site, Partners Say
Feb 22 2016 // It appears Google Compare’s grand experiment in online comparison shopping for auto insurance is dead – for now at least. Insurance Journal has learned that two of Google Compare’s major partners were told...
