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VP Pence Advisor Troye Joins Insurance Crime Bureau
Sep 1 2020 // Olivia Troye, who most recently served as the homeland security and counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, has joined the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) as the association’s vice president of...
North Korean Hackers Targeting Banks Around the Globe
Sep 1 2020 // North Korean hackers are tapping into banks around the globe to make fraudulent money transfers and cause ATMs to spit out cash, the U.S. government warned on Wednesday. A technical cybersecurity alert jointly written by...
Employers Must Pay Employees for All Hours Worked, Including Work at Home
Sep 1 2020 // The U.S. Labor Department is reminding employers that they must make a reasonable effort to keep track of all hours worked by non-exempt employees — even those working varied hours from home due to the COVID-19...
What Tampa Bay’s Worst-Case Scenario, ‘Hurricane Phoenix’ Could Look Like
Aug 31 2020 // It is only a simulation. It’s also the worst-case scenario. One day, it could be reality. “Hurricane Phoenix” is the hypothetical disaster that would change life in the Tampa Bay area forever. Imagine a...
In Anthem-Cigna Failed Merger ‘Soap Opera,’ Judge Hands Damages to Neither
Aug 31 2020 // A Delaware judge rebuffed efforts by both Cigna Corp. and Anthem Inc. to collect billions over their failed merger, saying Cigna had breached its obligations but the merger was likely to have been blocked on antitrust...
United Arab Emirates Ends Boycott, Opening Commerce With Israel
Aug 31 2020 // DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two...
Worker Offered $1M to Sew Malware in Nevada
Aug 28 2020 // A Russian citizen has been arrested and charged with offering an employee of a Nevada company $1 million to sew malware for an attack to harvest company data for ransom, U.S. authorities said. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27,...
Post-Covid Cold War World Will Be Tough for China’s Ant: Opionion
Aug 28 2020 // Ensconced in a lucrative niche at home, Jack Ma’s Ant Group nevertheless has to look outward. And expanding overseas has never looked so difficult for China’s biggest payments app, even with the war chest from...
Black Farmers Sue to Force Roundup Weedkiller Ban or Product Warnings
Aug 28 2020 // A group of Black U.S. farmers filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, seeking to force Bayer AG to either stop selling its widely used weedkiller Roundup or roll out new product warnings. The National Black Farmers...
Bayer’s $11 Billion Roundup Settlement Hits Some ‘Bumps’
Aug 28 2020 // German drug company Bayer AG said on Thursday there were “bumps” in sealing its $11 billion settlement of thousands of U.S. lawsuits over its Roundup weed killer after a U.S. judge cast doubt on the progress of...
Brown & Brown Cancels Deal After Ohio Agency Exec Pleads Guilty in College Scam
Aug 27 2020 // Daytona Beach, Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. has terminated its previously announced agreement to purchase the assets of HAUSER, an insurance and investment firm headquartered in Cincinnati,...
European Union Safety Agency to Start 737 MAX Flight Tests
Aug 27 2020 // The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Thursday it plans to begin flight tests of U.S. planemaker Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX plane in Vancouver, Canada, in the week starting Sept. 7. The test flights will...
Public Confidence, Often Inscrutable, Now Pivotal for Recovery: Viewpoint
Aug 26 2020 // Public confidence in virus control, rather than the length and stringency of government lockdowns, may be the best way to gauge how economies emerge from this year’s pandemic – though tracking that confidence...
Coronavirus Erodes Countries’ Economic Resilience; Global Insurance Gaps Widen
Aug 26 2020 // The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to reduce global macroeconomic resilience by about 20% in 2020 from 2019 levels as stimulus packages deplete countries’ fiscal and monetary buffers around the world. At the same...
Limited Liability Protection for Drugmakers Hampers EU Coronavirus Vaccine Deals
Aug 26 2020 // The European Union is offering only partial protection to vaccine makers against legal risks from side-effects of their potential COVID-19 shots, European officials said, in a move that is hampering deals and contrasts...
U.S. to Fine Nursing Homes That Fail to Meet Testing Mandate
Aug 26 2020 // Nursing homes in the United States will now be required to test staff for COVID-19 and offer testing to residents, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Tuesday. The new rules also mandate nursing...
U.S. Charges Teva With Conspiring to Fix Generic Drugs Prices
Aug 26 2020 // The U.S. Justice Department charged Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on Tuesday with conspiring with competitors to raise prices for generic drugs. The Justice Department has been investigating allegations the company...
Honda to Pay $85 Million to States Over Defective Takata Air Bags Claims
Aug 26 2020 // Units of Honda Motor Co. have agreed to pay $85 million to settle an investigation by most U.S. states into its use of defective Takata airbag inflators in its vehicles, according to a consent order made public on...
Hurricane Laura’s Timing, Direction Bring Harvey, Katrina, Rita to Mind
Aug 25 2020 // Tropical Storm Laura morphed into a hurricane on Aug. 25, 2020 — three years to the day after Hurricane Harvey swept ashore on the Texas Gulf Coast — and is expected to make landfall just days before the 15-year...
Revved by South Dakota’s Sturgis Rally, Virus Infections Move Fast, Far
Aug 25 2020 // The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have departed western South Dakota, but public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the...
