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Post-Disaster, BP Stakes Future on Deepwater Despite Surging Shale
Jun 28 2017 // About 300 BP workers commute 150 miles by helicopter from the Louisiana coast to a deep-sea drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico that can produce more oil in a day than a West Texas rig can pump in a year. On the deck...
California Continues to Move Toward Letting Customers Sue Banks
Jun 28 2017 // California has taken another step on toward allowing state residents to sue financial institutions for fraud, rather than letting banks force customers to settle disputes in arbitration, as a bill inspired by last...
Insured Loss Estimates for Cyclone Debbie Rise to US$1.1B: PERILS
Jun 28 2017 // The estimate for the property insurance market’s loss for tropical cyclone Debbie has risen to A$1.4 billion (US$1.1 billion) from an initial estimate of A$1.12 billion, according to PERILS, the independent...
House Panel Eyes Removing States’ Bumps in Road for Driverless Vehicles
Jun 28 2017 // Republicans and Democrats in Congress sparred on Tuesday over U.S. states setting rules for testing and deployment of self-driving cars and a proposal to allow automakers and technology companies to bypass existing...
‘WannaCry’-Like Cyber Attack Spreading to Firms Globally
Jun 27 2017 // A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the U.S. and South America, hitting port operators in New York, Rotterdam and Argentina, disrupting government systems in Kiev, and disabling operations at...
Senate Republicans Delay Healthcare Vote as Support Wanes
Jun 27 2017 // U.S. Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a healthcare overhaul on Tuesday after resistance from members of their own party, and President Donald Trump summoned Republican senators to the White House to urge them...
Major Ransomware Attack Spreads from Europe to U.S.
Jun 27 2017 // A new cyber attack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the U.S., hitting port operators in New York and Rotterdam, disrupting government systems in Kiev, and disabling operations at companies including Rosneft...
XL Catlin, McGowan Companies to Offer Coverage for Workplace Violence
Jun 27 2017 // XL Catlin has entered into an exclusive underwriting agreement with The McGowan Companies to provide workplace violence insurance to U.S. businesses. Nearly two million American workers are victims of workplace violence...
Jury Says Syngenta Must Pay Kansas Farmers $217.7M in GMO Corn Case
Jun 26 2017 // A U.S. jury has ordered Syngenta AG to pay $217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The June 23 verdict...
AIR Worldwide Launches Crop Hail Model for Canada
Jun 26 2017 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced it has released a Crop Hail Model for Canada to provide crop insurers with a probabilistic view of crop hail risk in Canada. Based on 10,000 simulations of potential...
Supreme Court to Review Retaliation Protections for Whistleblowers
Jun 26 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case that promises broad implications for when corporate insiders who blow the whistle on alleged misconduct can be shielded from retaliation by their employers. The...
In Biggest Data Breach Settlement Yet, Anthem to Pay $115 Million
Jun 26 2017 // Anthem Inc., the largest U.S. health insurance company, has agreed to settle litigation over hacking in 2015 that compromised about 79 million people’s personal information for $115 million, which lawyers said would...
Missouri Becomes 3rd State to Sue Opioid Manufacturers
Jun 23 2017 // Missouri on June 21 became the third U.S. state to accuse major drug manufacturers of fraudulently misrepresenting the risks of opioid painkillers now at the center of a national addiction epidemic. Missouri Attorney...
After Drenching Gulf Coast, Tropical Storm Cindy Heads North, East
Jun 23 2017 // The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy brought tornadoes and flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday and its heavy rains will drench much of the eastern United States in coming days, forecasters said. Flooding and road...
Protecting Unions Is a Labor of Love for Union Insurance Group
Jun 23 2017 // It can be pretty tough keeping an independent insurance agency up and running successfully long-term if you’re just in it for the money, according to the leader of a Chicago-based agency that is celebrating its 20th...
Tropical Storm Cindy Bears Down on Gulf Coast
Jun 22 2017 // Tropical Storm Cindy churned slowly on Wednesday across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landing on the Texas-Louisiana border, after claiming the life of a vacationing child and threatening to bring flash floods from...
Why Drivers Fear Driverless Cars
Jun 22 2017 // Davy Andrews is so adept at technology that he’s become the de facto IT troubleshooter in his office. But there’s one bit of tech he won’t touch: self-driving cars. “I wouldn’t want to be the...
NYC Planners With Sandy Nightmares Say Barrier May Come Too Late
Jun 21 2017 // The warming Atlantic Ocean has raised the risk of another Hurricane Sandy. And still, trillions of dollars of real estate and infrastructure near the shores of New York City and northern New Jersey remain vulnerable to...
U.S. Firms Issue Principles for Cyber Risk Ratings Used by Insurers
Jun 21 2017 // More than two dozen U.S. companies, including several big banks, have teamed up to establish shared principles that would allow them to better understand their cyber security ratings and to challenge them if necessary, the...
Supreme Court Sides with Chevron in Blocking Ecuador Pollution Liability Judgment
Jun 21 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Chevron Corp. by preventing Ecuadorean villagers and their American lawyer from trying to collect on an $8.65 billion pollution judgment issued against the oil company...
