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Business Moves
Dec 21 2015 // Associates of Glens Falls, Loomis & LaPann Associates of Glens Falls Insurance, an independent agency in Glens Falls, N.Y., announced that it has acquired Loomis & LaPann Inc., an insurance brokerage unit of...
Supreme Court Hears Liberty Mutual Case Against Vermont Data Law
Dec 21 2015 // Members of the U.S. Supreme Court indicated on Dec. 2 that Vermont and 17 other states could be prevented from collecting healthcare information from certain employee health plan administrators. The nine justices heard a...
Ohio AG: Identity Theft Complaints in Ohio Up over 2014
Dec 18 2015 // Identity theft complaints in Ohio have already surpassed the number received last year by about 300, according to the state attorney general’s office. Kate Hanson, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Mike DeWine, said...
Zurich Insurance to Buy Wells Fargo Crop Insurance Unit
Dec 18 2015 // Zurich Insurance Group AG agreed to buy a Wells Fargo & Co. crop insurance business for as much as $1.05 billion as the Swiss company puts to work excess cash left over from a separate takeover bid that it abandoned...
After San Bernardino Shooting, Businesses Review How to Handle Workplace Violence
Dec 18 2015 // The terror attack at a social services facility in California has become a sobering reminder to companies of how vulnerable workplaces can be when employees are confronted with active shooters. Since a gun-wielding...
Chinese Drones Perform Well in Analyzing Tianjin Damage Estimates
Dec 18 2015 // When an explosion devastated parts of China’s Tianjin port in August, one insurance company turned to Chinese-made drones to help analyze the rubble and estimate the damages. Comparing satellite photographs of the...
Mass. Lawmakers Weigh 2-Tiered Driver’s License Identification System
Dec 17 2015 // Among the many issues that Massachusetts lawmakers may deal with after returning from recess in January is whether to bring the state into compliance with REAL ID, a federal program that sets new requirements for...
Buyers of Expiring Patents See Profit in Infringement Claims
Dec 17 2015 // The 1990s may be over but patents from that era live on. U.S. courts are seeing a rash of lawsuits involving old and sometimes expired patents as companies try to squeeze the last bit of profits from their 20-year-old...
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,...
