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Allied Names Locher to Lead Winery Insurance Program in Western U.S.
Dec 30 2019 // Allied Public Risk, LLC, through its Allied Winery Risk division, has added Gregory Locher to the winery space in the Western U.S. as lead executive of the firm’s property and liability insurance program. The Allied...
China Will Begin in Earnest in 2020 to Open Its Great Financial Wall
Dec 30 2019 // China’s big bang opening of its $45 trillion financial industry begins in earnest next year — a step-by-step affair that’s unfolding just as economic strains threaten the promised windfall luring in...
Agriculture, Aviation Woes Cited for Lag in Personal Income Growth in Kansas
Dec 27 2019 // Personal income growth in Kansas is below the national average largely because of troubles in agriculture. Kansas farmers face an expanding drought and low commodity prices, though a break in an ongoing tariff dispute may...
Congress, FAA Reviewing ‘Disturbing’ Boeing Employee Communications on Safety
Dec 27 2019 // Boeing Co. documents under review by a U.S. congressional panel appear to point to a “very disturbing” picture of commentary from the planemaker’s employees over the grounded 737 MAX aircraft, a...
OSHA Reaches Settlement with Meat Supplier Following Safety Violations in N.J.
Dec 27 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Thomas Foods International after issuing citations for workplace safety and health violations at the...
United Airlines Settles Sexual Harassment Claim Over Explicit Internet Posts by Captain
Dec 27 2019 // United Airlines has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit over a captain who continued to post explicit images of a flight attendant online without her consent even after the attendant complained. The airline will...
Long-Awaited U.S. Drone Safety Rules Call for Extensive Tracking Network
Dec 26 2019 // All but the smallest civilian drones would have to broadcast radio tracking data to ensure greater safety and prevent terrorism under a sweeping proposal unveiled by U.S. regulators Thursday. The long-awaited draft rules...
Vaping Lung Injury Cases Down; Link to Vitamin E Acetate Reinforced
Dec 24 2019 // Most patients stricken in a wave of vaping-related injuries had vitamin E acetate in their lungs, U.S. health officials found, reinforcing a suspected link between the compound and an outbreak that spurred a national...
Workers’ Comp Profits at Risk from Growing Competition, Lower Rates: A.M. Best
Dec 24 2019 // Workers’ compensation carriers’ ability to retain profitable accounts and maintain market share could be challenged due to declining rates and growing competition in the U.S., according to an A.M. Best...
Vatican Tribunal Processes ‘Tsunami’ of Clergy Sex Abuse Complaints
Dec 24 2019 // The Vatican office responsible for processing clergy sex abuse complaints saw a record 1,000 cases reported from around the world this year – and still some regions that haven’t reported any allegations at all. The...
United Airlines Settles Sexual Harassment Suit Filed in Texas for $321K
Dec 23 2019 // United Airlines Inc., a Chicago-headquartered international airline operating in over 300 airports across five continents, has agreed to pay $321,000, plus attorney’s fees, to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed...
U.S. Law Firms ‘Hounded’ Relatives of Ethiopian Airlines’ Crash Victims
Dec 23 2019 // Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented U.S. law firms. They...
U.S. E-Cigarette Regulation Has Been Delayed for Years
Dec 23 2019 // As the Federal Drug Administration pressures e-cigarette firms to stamp out youth vaping, the agency faces criticism itself for failing to rein in the fast-growing industry after years of bureaucratic delays dating back to...
U.S. Government Backs Bayer in Bid to Overturn Roundup Cancer Verdict
Dec 23 2019 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department said a federal appeals court should reverse a lower court verdict finding Bayer AG liable in the case of a California man who blamed its Roundup weed...
Transgender Woman in Oregon Sues Miss United States of America Pageant
Dec 20 2019 // An Oregon transgender woman is suing Miss United States of America pageants, saying its rule that limits competition to “natural born female” is a form of gender discrimination. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports...
Canada Pension Fund OMERS to Buy Stake in Fairfax Run-off Unit, RiverStone UK
Dec 20 2019 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees, announced they have entered into an agreement where OMERS will acquire a 40% interest in Fairfax’s UK run-off...
Insured Losses in 2019 Estimated at $56B, Down from $93B Last Year: Swiss Re
Dec 20 2019 // Global insured losses in 2019 dropped to an estimated US$56 billion, from US$93 billion in 2018 and below the annual average (US$75 billion) of the previous 10 years, according to preliminary sigma estimates from Swiss Re...
Reuters Report: Why Big Business Can Count on Courts to Keep Deadly Secrets
Dec 20 2019 // In the dreary archives of a Newark, New Jersey, courthouse, Ronald Motley found a treasure map. It was an evidence log, a detailed inventory of documents and other exhibits that had been used in an injured worker’s...
Industry Balks at Trump Rule to Let States Import Drugs from Canada
Dec 19 2019 // The Trump administration on Wednesday said it is proposing a rule to allow states to import prescription drugs from Canada, advancing a plan announced in July that the president has said will bring cheaper prescription...
Court Nixes Obamacare Mandate But Punts on What That Means for the Law
Dec 18 2019 // A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that a component of the Obamacare law is unconstitutional, but dodged a major ruling by stopping short of declaring that the rest of the landmark 2010 healthcare statute must also be...
