Latest USA Headlines
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Now, Volkswagen’s Injury Reporting Being Questioned
Oct 8 2015 // Volkswagen AG reported death and injury claims at the lowest rate of any major automaker in the U.S. over the last decade. The numbers are so good that some industry experts wonder if they add up. The average reporting...
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Insider Trading Prosecutors
Oct 8 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a major insider-trading ruling that threatens at least 10 convictions and creates what the Obama administration calls a road map for securities fraud. Rejecting an administration appeal...
West Virginia Files Suit Against Volkswagen Over Clean Diesel Claims
Oct 7 2015 // West Virginia may be the first U.S. state to sue Volkswagen AG for deceiving car buyers after the Environmental Protection Agency said last month that the company had installed software to hide that its diesel engines...
Former Georgia Peanut Managers Get Prison Time for Salmonella Outbreak
Oct 7 2015 // Two former managers of a Georgia peanut plant were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a deadly salmonella outbreak, though the men received far less time behind bars than the ex-boss they helped convict. A U.S....
Conn. High Court Reinforces Protections for Private Sector Whistleblowers
Oct 6 2015 // Connecticut’s highest court made it easier for private sector workers to bring whistleblower claims against their employers without fear of retaliation, ruling in a case brought by a former UBS AG real estate...
Emission Scandal Puts VW Test Site in California Under Scrutiny
Oct 6 2015 // When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automaker helped snip the blue ribbon and joined a tour of a lab so advanced that VW would brag the...
Credit Firm Experian Dealing with Fallout from T-Mobile Customer Breach
Oct 6 2015 // Experian, the world’s biggest credit data firm, could face fines and class-action lawsuits as well as reputational damage from the data breach at its U.S. business, according to analysts covering the...
BP’s Oil Spill Settlement with Gulf States, U.S. Tops $20 Billion
Oct 6 2015 // The value of BP Plc’s settlement with the U.S. government and five Gulf states over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill rose to $20.8 billion in the latest tally of costs from the U.S. Department of Justice. The...
Deadly West Virginia Mine Explosion Trial Puts Spotlight on Massey’s King Coal
Oct 6 2015 // Before death came to Upper Big Branch Mine, Donald L. Blankenship managed his patch of Appalachia like King Coal incarnate. Outside homes in rural West Virginia flew the banner of his company, Massey Energy Co.: a flame...
Parrot Bite? In-Law Woes? Whatever the Health Claim, There’s an Insurance Code
Oct 6 2015 // There are 70,000 ways to get sick, hurt or mortally injured, and the U.S. is making them official. Last Thursday, U.S. hospitals, doctors and other care providers had to start using internationally developed standards...
Insurers Say Trans-Pacific Pact Important for Industry Growth, Jobs
Oct 5 2015 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are welcoming the news that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) parties have reached an agreement. Although details of the pact are unknown, the U.S. insurers say they believe the agreement...
Supreme Court to Hear Eurail Case on Foreign Entity Liability
Oct 5 2015 // The new Supreme Court term will include high-level discussions of affirmative action, free association and religious liberty. But the first Monday in October is starting with a suit about a Eurail pass. Specifically, the...
Insurers Respond Slowly to Growing Demand for Cyber Insurance: Timetric Report
Oct 5 2015 // The cyber risk insurance market is experiencing rapid development, with the size of global gross written premiums growing from US$850 million in 2012 to an estimated US$2.5 billion in 2014, according to a new report by...
Too-Big-to-Fail Insurers Face 10% Hike to Capital Requirements: Int’l Regulators
Oct 5 2015 // Global insurers with the greatest ties to the financial system would face an average increase of 10 percent to capital requirements under new standards proposed by a group of regulators. The increase would be as high as...
Supreme Court Term Could Be Big for Business
Oct 5 2015 // Big business is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to curb class action litigation in a series of cases that dominate the nine justices’ business docket in the coming months. The court returns for its new term on Monday...
10 Things to Know About Restaurants and Bars
Oct 5 2015 // Fourty-three states have statutory provisions that enable restaurants, bars and liquor stores to be held liable for selling or serving alcohol to individuals who cause injuries or death as a result of their intoxication....
Business Moves
Oct 5 2015 // Vanner Insurance, Edmund D. Stevens Vanner Insurance Agency, an independent agency based in Amherst, N.Y., recently acquired Buffalo, N.Y.-based agency Edmund D. Stevens Inc. and its marine division, Stevens Marine...
Study: Rate of Hispanic Business Start-Ups Highest in Midwest
Oct 5 2015 // The growth in Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is outstripping that of companies in general and the fastest growth has been in Midwest states, according to a study released Sept. 21. The number of...
People – Southeast
Oct 5 2015 // George Rogers has been promoted to senior vice president at GEICO. Rogers’ new responsibilities include oversight for GEICO’s Southeast and Midwest operations in addition to his current duties as vice president...
Court Gives WTC Developer Chance to Recoup More Money
Oct 5 2015 // A federal appeals court has given the developer Larry Silverstein a new chance to recoup more money for rebuilding the World Trade Center site in New York, on top of the $4.1 billion of insurance proceeds he has...
