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Uber, Tech Firms Helping Their Contract Workers Sign onto Obamacare
Nov 14 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. and some smaller technology companies are launching campaigns to publicize Obamacare enrollment among their contract workers after the Trump administration slashed government marketing for the health...
Global Regulators Expected to Drop ‘Too Big to Fail’ Test for Insurers
Nov 14 2017 // Global financial regulators have decided to ditch a “too big to fail” gauge for assessing the riskiness of insurers, according to a source briefed on the matter, in a big win for companies such as American...
Houston Grand Jury Indicts 3 in Federal Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Nov 13 2017 // A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a, indictment against three people, including two siblings, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, kickbacks and money laundering connected with an alleged federal...
New Phase in California Wildfire Cleanup: Clearing Ruins
Nov 13 2017 // Rumbling bulldozers and front-loaders have started scraping up the ash, charred wood and crumbled bricks and concrete left from thousands of homes and buildings destroyed by blazes in California wine country, launching a...
Las Vegas Autonomous Bus Crash Being Probed by U.S. Safety Board
Nov 13 2017 // Federal transportation safety officials headed to Las Vegas on Friday to investigate a collision between a self-driving shuttle bus on its first day of service and a truck, which was blamed on human error. The U.S....
Insurers Face Potential $1 Billion in Claims for Las Vegas Mass Shooting
Nov 13 2017 // The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history is adding to soaring costs for insurance companies, which are already taking a beating this year from an onslaught of hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires. The industry...
Defense Bill Would Revive Civilian Drone Registration Requirement
Nov 13 2017 // The government’s registration system for owners of civilian drones would be restored in a defense policy bill agreed to by House and Senate negotiators. The measure boosting aviation regulators’ ability to...
U.S. Expands Drug Testing for Pilots, Train Engineers to Include Opioids
Nov 13 2017 // Airline pilots, train engineers and truck drivers subject to federally mandated drug screening will soon be tested for a range of opioids under a new rule issued Thursday. While transportation workers have long been...
Resilience Economics Bringing Climate Products to New Sectors
Nov 9 2017 // Resilience Economics Ltd. seems poised to capitalize on climate change. Cedent Ltd. this month launched the corporate finance advisory firm focused on climate risk with an initial $500 million of capacity from strategic...
Special Reuters Report: The Path to Monsanto’s Weed-Killer Crisis
Nov 9 2017 // In early 2016, agribusiness giant Monsanto faced a decision that would prove pivotal in what since has become a sprawling herbicide crisis, with millions of acres of crops damaged. Monsanto had readied new genetically...
Global Temperatures in 2017 Slightly Below Record-Breaking 2016: UN
Nov 9 2017 // This year will be among the three hottest on record, the United Nations said on Monday [Nov. 6], as almost 200 countries started talks in Germany to bolster a global climate accord that the United States plans to...
China Pledges to Keep Easing Barriers to Entry for Foreign Insurers, Banks
Nov 9 2017 // China pledged to keep nudging open the door to its mammoth financial industry — but it will do so at its own pace. On Thursday, amid a slew of Sino-U.S. dealmaking during President Donald Trump’s visit to...
It’s Time to Rethink Wall Between Banking, Other Businesses: U.S. Comptroller
Nov 8 2017 // U.S. regulations that bar companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from providing banking services need to be reviewed as they reduce competition thereby concentrating more risk among a smaller number of banks, a U.S....
Waymo Testing Driverless Ride-Hailing Service on Public Roads
Nov 8 2017 // Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo will launch a ride-hailing service with no human behind the steering wheel and has been testing the fully self-driving cars on public roads in Arizona, Chief Executive John Krafcik said on...
Congress Prepares to Address Flood Insurance Overhaul Again
Nov 8 2017 // The latest attempt to overhaul the U.S. federal flood insurance program hit a stumbling block, but a coalition of business and environmental groups renewed its push on Wednesday for lawmakers to enact an overhaul before...
Global Re/Insurers Lobby Against ‘Unfathomable’ House Tax Bill
Nov 7 2017 // Multinational companies including Apple Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Ford Motor Co. would face a new tax on payments they make to offshore affiliates under the House Republicans’ tax bill — a surprise provision that...
AmTrust Selling Stake in Certain Units to Raise $950M
Nov 7 2017 // AmTrust Financial Services will make about $950 million by selling a majority equity interest in some of its U.S.-based fee businesses including managing general agencies and warranty third-party administrators to private...
BMW Recalls 1 Million Vehicles for Fire Risks
Nov 6 2017 // BMW AG said on Friday it is recalling about 1 million vehicles in North America for two separate issues involving fire risks and said it may expand the recalls to other countries. One recall covers 670,000 2006-2011 U.S....
CVS, Aetna Could Close $70B Merger Deal as Soon as December
Nov 6 2017 // U.S. pharmacy operator CVS Health Corp. and health insurer Aetna Inc. are working toward finalizing merger terms and announcing a deal for more than $70 billion as early as December, according to people familiar with the...
Berkshire Insurance Units Take Q3 Hit from U.S. Hurricanes, Mexico Earthquake
Nov 6 2017 // Bad weather hurt Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the third quarter, as insurance losses tied to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and an earthquake in Mexico contributed to a 43 percent drop in...
