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Unlike Uber, On-Demand Office Service Cleans Up with Employees

Oct 16 2015 // It’s scorching on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as Afonso Oliveira strides around the lunch-break crowds, unbent beneath his 45-pound, $350 industrial backpack. He is carrying everything that might be needed to...

Why Australia’s IAG Decided to Halt China Expansion Plans

Oct 16 2015 // When Insurance Australia Group, the country’s largest general insurer, announced ambitious plans in June to ramp up its business in Mainland China, several institutional investors including Jason Kim were seriously...

EU, U.S. Insurance Organizations Call for ‘Full Inclusion’ in the TTIP

Oct 16 2015 // The American Insurance Association (AIA), Insurance Europe, and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) have jointly issued a bulletin that reiterates their support “for the full inclusion of insurance in the...

Farmers Insurance Facing Possible Class Action by ‘Hundreds’ of Female Attorneys

Oct 15 2015 // An attorney representing a woman suing Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices was set to file a motion on Thursday seeking class action status in a suit she says could potentially encompass 300 female...

U.S. and Alaska Won’t Seek Another $92M From Exxon For Spill Decades Ago

Oct 15 2015 // U.S. and Alaska state officials announced on Wednesday they will no longer seek an additional $92 million from Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay for environmental cleanup and restoration stemming from the massive Exxon Valdez oil...

Supreme Court Weighs When an Offer Ends Class Action

Oct 15 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared closely divided as it weighed a class action case in which advertising agency Campbell-Ewald Co. is attempting to fend off a lawsuit over claims that it violated a federal...

Apple Loses Univ. of Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit

Oct 14 2015 // Apple Inc. could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Oct. 13 found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm without permission in chips...

Hamilton USA CEO Ward Resigns

Oct 14 2015 // Hamilton USA CEO Conan Ward has resigned less then two years after taking on the job to develop Bermuda-based parent company Hamilton Insurance Group’s U.S. operations, Carrier Management has reported. Hamilton...

Trial Update: Ex-Massey CEO Blankenship Downplayed Black-Lung Threat to Miners

Oct 14 2015 // Ex-Massey Energy Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship downplayed the threat that miners develop black-lung disease in shafts choked with coal dust, jurors in the executive’s criminal trial heard in a recorded...

Nonmedical Opioid Use Declines But Prescription Disorders, Deaths Rise: JAMA

Oct 13 2015 // New research suggests that while new medical guidelines and increased public awareness of problems with the use of opioids to treat chronic pain may be helping to slow the number of new opioid users, the prevalence of...

EEOC Sues Penn.’s Open Records Office for Alleged Age Discrimination

Oct 13 2015 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Oct. 7 that it has filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s Office of Public Records for allegedly violating federal law when it refused to hire an...

U.S. Says CSX Missed Rail Defect Blamed For Oil Train Derailment

Oct 13 2015 // A fiery oil train derailment that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in West Virginia last February was caused by a rail defect that railroad inspectors from CSX Corp. missed twice in the preceding months, U.S....

Secret CEO Recordings Allowed in Massey Mine Blast Trial

Oct 12 2015 // Donald Blankenship’s own words may come to haunt the former Massey Energy Co. chief executive officer at his criminal trial as a federal judge said prosecutors can let the jury hear conversations secretly recorded...

Drugs Prices Much Higher in U.S. Than in Other Countries: Research

Oct 12 2015 // U.S. prices for the world’s 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to an analysis carried out for Reuters. The finding underscores a transatlantic gulf between the...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Approves Quebec Oil Train Crash Settlement

Oct 12 2015 // A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a settlement that clears the way for payments to victims of Canada’s Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail derailment, according to the trustee for the insolvent railway at the heart...

Federal Attorneys to Appeal Katrina Flooding/MRGO Ruling

Oct 11 2015 // Federal attorneys filed notice on Oct. 9 that they will appeal a judge’s ruling that the U.S. government is responsible for some of the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other storms — flooding blamed on...

U.S. Senator from Nevada Suing Exercise Band Maker over Eye Injury

Oct 9 2015 // U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is suing a company that makes and markets a flexible exercise band that he says slipped from his hand, causing him to fall and suffer eye, face and rib injuries on New Year’s Day. A lawsuit filed...

Ex-Senator Nelson to Exit NAIC Leadership Post

Oct 9 2015 // Former U.S. Senator Ben Nelson will not renew his contract as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the group announced. Nelson’s current term ends on Jan. 31, 2016....

Massey Mines Alerted Workers When Safety Inspectors on Site: Testimony

Oct 9 2015 // Massey Energy executives used an advanced warning system at the company’s Upper Big Branch mine to alert workers as soon as federal inspectors arrived on site, a former miner testified Thursday at the criminal trial...

California Wildfire Claims Top $1B as Peak Season Begins: Report

Oct 8 2015 // A report forecasts claims from two California wildfires last month will exceed $1 billion. Wildfires in 2015 have caused more damage and financial loss in the U.S. than in any other year since 2007, according to the...