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How to Make U.S. Traffic Safety Programs More Effective: RAND Study
Dec 17 2015 // Following a national approach to adopting traffic safety laws is more cost effective than following a state-by-state approach, according to a new RAND Corp. study. Boosting traffic safety funding by 10 percent and...
Congress Adds Corporate Cyber Data Sharing Immunity to Spending Bill
Dec 17 2015 // Companies that share data with the U.S. government for cyber security purposes will get more protection from consumer lawsuits under a measure piggybacked onto a massive federal spending bill unveiled in Congress on...
Cyclist, Pedestrian Traffic Deaths on Rise in U.S.
Dec 16 2015 // More Americans are walking and bicycling to work, which is great as a means to reducing the risk of heart disease, obesity, and stress. But there’s a grim side to this otherwise healthy change in behavior: More...
Clear Blue, New U.S. Commercial Insurance Fronting Operation, Opens for Business
Dec 15 2015 // A newly-formed commercial insurance fronting provider, Clear Blue Financial Holdings LLC, said it has officially launched with two fully-licensed fronting carriers and will begin servicing clients immediately. To launch...
Chinese Online Insurer ZhongAn Leads Financial Technology Innovation
Dec 15 2015 // Chinese online property insurer ZhongAn has topped a list of financial technology (fintech) innovation companies, leading a strong showing by Chinese firms this year amid increased funding and interest in the sector...
U.S. Unveils Hobby Drone Registry Rules, Deadlines
Dec 14 2015 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has unveiled its registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS), or small drones used for hobby or recreation. The registration requirement applies to UAS...
VW Owners Nominate Feinberg to Manage Potential Emissions Settlement
Dec 14 2015 // Consumer lawyers suing Volkswagen AG over economic losses tied to vehicles rigged to cheat emissions tests have nominated Kenneth Feinberg as a special settlement master. Feinberg handled General Motors Co.’ ignition...
Will AIG Management Shakeup Improve Results?
Dec 14 2015 // American International Group Inc., the insurer being pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to boost returns, said last week that Chief Financial Officer David Herzog is among top managers leaving the company as Chief...
U.S. Safety Agency Advocating Stronger Truck Rear-Impact Guards
Dec 14 2015 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing that trucking companies be required to install stronger guards on their trailers to reduce deaths caused when cars rear-end tractor trailers. The agency...
Australia’s Suncorp Slumps Most Since 2009 on Insurance Margins Warning
Dec 14 2015 // Suncorp Group Ltd., Australia’s largest insurer by market value, plunged the most since 2009 after saying margins in its general insurance business will be hit by storm claims and increased costs due to a weaker...
Great American Insurance Launches M&A Liability Division in New York
Dec 11 2015 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has launched a new Mergers & Acquisitions Liability Division. This unit, which is based in New York, will offer primary and excess representations and...
‘Happy Birthday’ Song Copyright Discord Ends on Harmonious Note
Dec 11 2015 // A settlement has been reached in a U.S. lawsuit with Warner/Chappell Music over the copyright to “Happy Birthday to You” that will put one of the world’s most recognizable songs in the public domain,...
Scant U.S. Insurance Presence at Paris Summit, Says Ceres
Dec 10 2015 // You’d think just about everyone who’s anyone attended the massive climate change summit in Paris ending this week. The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, drew an estimated 50,000 attendees...
Investors Assess El Niño Effect on Businesses from Bug Killers to Insurers
Dec 10 2015 // As the El Niño weather phenomenon makes the U.S. Northeast warmer, the Midwest drier, and the South and the West wetter this winter, Eric Marshall, portfolio manager of the $2 billion Hodges Small Cap fund, is not one of...
Liberty Mutual Posts $427 Million Q3 Loss on Venezuela Operations, Energy
Dec 10 2015 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co., the second- largest U.S. property-casualty insurer, posted its worst loss in at least a decade on costs tied to scaling back operations in Venezuela and the declining value of some...
Warming to Alternative Classifications for Gig Economy Workers
Dec 10 2015 // Judges and juries around the country are being asked to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers and other participants in the “gig economy” are really independent contractors or just employees in disguise. But...
U.S. Risk Announces Acquisition of Matias Underwriters, LLC.
Dec 10 2015 // Names Glenn Matias National Practice Leader and Vice President for the Workers Compensation Divisions of U.S. Risk Underwriters, Inc. Dallas, TX, December 10, 2015- U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., the nations’ sixth...
California Judge Breyer Expected to Combine, Expedite VW Diesel Claims
Dec 9 2015 // A San Francisco judge who is the brother of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will oversee more than 500 consumer lawsuits against Volkswagen AG over claims of economic losses connected to rigged emissions-testing...
‘Monster’ El Nino May Increase Global Warming, Cause Stronger Weather Events
Dec 9 2015 // In Buffalo, it hasn’t snowed yet this year. A Duluth, Minnesota, newspaper reported that the temperature was 40 degrees above zero, not below. And in Miami, beachgoers are staying indoors during what’s already...
U.S. Looks to Revamp Auto Safety Ratings, Add High-Tech Crash Dummies
Dec 9 2015 // U.S. regulators proposed a remake of the five-star crash-test ratings system for automobiles to take into account new technology — and new test dummies. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s...
