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USGS Forecasts Lower Overall Seismic Hazard for Oklahoma in 2017
Apr 3 2017 // Oklahoma experienced fewer earthquakes last year compared with 2015 and a recent study of human-induced earthquakes predicts another year of reduced seismicity for the state in 2017. The U.S. Geological Survey warns,...
USGS Lowers Seismic Hazard Forecast for Oklahoma in 2017
Mar 31 2017 // Oklahoma experienced fewer earthquakes last year compared with 2015 and a recent study of human-induced earthquakes predicts another year of reduced seismicity for the state in 2017. The U.S. Geological Survey warns,...
Artificial Intelligence, IoT Startups Gaining in Global Insurtech Funding
Mar 31 2017 // Investing in technology-oriented insurance ventures (insurtech) is clearly a global trend and almost half of all the money being poured into them globally is going into artificial intelligence and internet of things...
What Could be Hotter than Phoenix? The Answer Might Just Be Phoenix
Mar 30 2017 // Can you imagine an even hotter, drier Phoenix? Certainly not if you’ve been to the sun-drenched Arizona capital in the summer. Such an inconceivable scenario is being proposed by the LA Times. “Today, Phoenix...
Personal Auto Rate Hikes Not Keeping Up with Losses: Fitch
Mar 30 2017 // U.S. personal auto underwriters increased premium rates “significantly” in 2016. But here’s the thing: it wasn’t enough. Loss trends are still outpacing rate changes. Also, the U.S. P/C industry...
Volkswagen Reaches Another Diesel Claims Settlement with 10 States for $157 Million
Mar 30 2017 // Volkswagen AG said Thursday it has agreed to settle environmental claims from 10 U.S. states over its excess diesel emissions for $157.45 million as the world’s largest automaker looks to move past the scandal. The...
Exxon Dealt a Blow as Texas Judge Sends Climate Suit to New York
Mar 30 2017 // Exxon Mobil Corp.’s attempt to derail a multistate fraud probe into whether the company fully disclosed to investors the financial risks of climate change was dealt a major blow after a Texas judge moved the case...
Heist of $81M from Bangladesh Bank Blamed on ‘State-Sponsored Attack’
Mar 30 2017 // The heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve last year was “state-sponsored,” an FBI officer in the Philippines, who has been involved in the...
Bedbugs, Peacocks Among Animal Insurance Claims by Businesses
Mar 30 2017 // Bedbugs in hotel rooms and aggressive peacocks are some of the creatures behind an uptick in animal-related insurance claims filed by U.S. businesses, according to a study published on Thursday by insurer Allianz SE . U.S....
Chipotle Blocks One Class Action On Overtime Pay as Another Advances
Mar 30 2017 // A federal judge on Wednesday granted a bid by Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. to undo a class action lawsuit by manager trainees in six states who say they were unlawfully denied overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter...
Drone Maker DJI Offers Operator ID Framework
Mar 29 2017 // The world’s largest maker of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), China’s DJI, has proposed an electronic identification framework for UAS that would allow authorities in the United States to identify drone owners...
Republicans Ask Treasury to End ‘Too Big To Fail’ Process for Non-Banks
Mar 29 2017 // Key Senate Republicans urged the Trump administration to rethink the process for labeling firms whose failure could threaten the financial system, arguing it has led to substantial regulatory costs. The Financial Stability...
Court Blocks U.S. Suits by Jewish Families Against Palestinian Authority
Mar 29 2017 // A federal appeals court says the families of Jewish worshippers who were killed or wounded during a 2011 attack in the West Bank can’t sue the Palestinian Authority for damages in U.S. courts. The decision last...
Trump Moves to Undo Federal Climate Change Policies
Mar 28 2017 // President Donald Trump is moving aggressively to undo policies designed to keep the carbon-cutting promises the U.S. made alongside nearly 200 other countries in Paris, while stopping short of a decision to formally...
Supreme Court Weighs Where Patents Lawsuits Can Be Filed
Mar 28 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled over whether to upend nearly 30 years of law governing patent lawsuits that critics say allows often-baseless litigants to sue in friendly courts, giving them the upper hand over...
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Record Labels’ Copyright Violation Claims Against Vimeo
Mar 27 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by major record labels to revive copyright infringement claims against video-sharing website Vimeo LLC for hosting content that included songs by famed bands such as...
Uber Tells U.S. Appeals Court in New York Customers Must Arbitrate Disputes
Mar 27 2017 // A U.S. appeals court in New York on Friday weighed arguments over whether Uber Technologies Inc. customers gave up their right to sue the company when they registered for its popular taxi hailing service. The case could...
Insurers, Victims Sue Saudi Arabia Over Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
Mar 27 2017 // Saudi Arabia is facing a renewed $6 billion lawsuit by dozens of insurers seeking to hold it responsible for business and property damage caused by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The lawsuit filed late Thursday in the U.S....
As China Liberalizes Financial Sector, It Seeks ‘Better Treatment’ Abroad
Mar 27 2017 // People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the country is preparing to further open its financial sector, and that doing so will involve negotiations over how other nations treat Chinese investors. Areas of...
How Republicans Can Unravel Obamacare Without Repealing It
Mar 27 2017 // Republicans may have failed to overthrow Obamacare last week, but there are plenty of ways they can chip away at it. The Trump administration has already begun using its regulatory authority to water down less prominent...
