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Judge Nixes $100M Driver Settlement But Uber May Win in End
Aug 19 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. may come out ahead by failing to win court approval of a $100 million settlement with drivers. A San Francisco federal judge rejected the agreement on Thursday, a turn of events that would typically...
Suit Alleges Valeant Ran Secret Prescription Refill Scam
Aug 19 2016 // Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. refilled patients’ prescriptions without their permission and steered them to more expensive drugs in order to boost sales and profits, according to a lawsuit that sheds new...
Some Sage Customers Open to Data Breaches Because of Their Own Lax Security
Aug 19 2016 // Sage Group, already hit by an insider data breach this week, then found itself racing to shut down security lapses by more than 20 customers after a U.S. researcher uncovered stores of their corporate data exposed...
New Jersey Manufacturer Faces $56K in Fines for 10 Workplace Safety Violations
Aug 19 2016 // National Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Chatham, N.J., was cited in July by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 10 workplace safety violations, amounting to $56,000 in...
Aspen U.S. Insurance Opens Office in Dallas
Aug 18 2016 // Aspen U.S. Insurance, part of the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has opened an office in Dallas, Texas. The new Dallas office will serve as a hub to offer products and services to regional customers...
Americans Put Too Much Faith in Homeowners Insurance
Aug 18 2016 // Too few Americans take steps to prepare for disasters and too many assume their home insurance policies will bail them out if one strikes. As disaster season peaks, a new national consumer survey commissioned by Trusted...
Natural Catastrophes Drive Global Insured Losses to $31B in H1: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Aug 18 2016 // Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2016 reached US$31 billion, or 44 percent of total economic losses of US$71 billion, according to a report issued by Swiss...
Sompo Canopius Names Catlin’s Newman as CEO of APAC & MENA
Aug 18 2016 // Sompo Canopius has appointed Mark Newman as chief executive officer Sompo Canopius Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa. He is based in the Singapore office, reporting to Mike Duffy, chief underwriting...
U.S. Regulator Vows Changes to Mine Cleanup Program
Aug 18 2016 // A leading U.S. coal regulator announced plans on Tuesday to toughen what it called “out-of-date” rules for guaranteeing mine cleanups. The Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement said it would...
Watford Specialty Looking to Build Program Business with U.S. Acquisition
Aug 17 2016 // Newly formed Watford Specialty Insurance Co. (WSIC), a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Watford Re, took a big leap forward recently with its acquisition of a carrier with admitted licenses in all 50 states and the District of...
Reinsurers May Reassess Cat Exposures When Normal Claims Levels Return: S&P
Aug 17 2016 // Most global reinsurers have been able to maintain underwriting discipline despite the ongoing soft market, but there is a danger that their profits could be hit if the current benign period of natural catastrophes returns...
U.S. Launches ‘Biggest Ever Improvement’ in Flood Forecasting
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. government weather scientists and their research partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for what the federal agency...
Interview: Public Affairs ‘Ironman’ Kevelighan Takes Helm at I.I.I.
Aug 16 2016 // Committing to a few extreme physical fitness events every year keeps Sean Kevelighan honest. “That, for me, is the incentive to insure that I keep my training going. It’s really good for your health, obviously,...
Feds Investigate Illinois Firm Fined for Exposing Staff to Asbestos
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration proceedings against an Illinois construction company fined for allegedly importing Mexican workers to remove asbestos are on hold as federal officials look into possible...
Illinois Senator Says Blue Cross Could Reduce Costs, Be More Competitive
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is taking the rare step of weighing in on the state’s handling of a hefty health insurance rate increase request, asking Illinois regulators to press the state’s leading insurer of...
Maine Denies Progressive’s Appeal to Raise Premiums for Older Drivers
Aug 16 2016 // Maine Bureau of Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa has denied Progressive’s request to raise auto insurance rates for new customers above the age of 65. Cioppa stated in the August 10 ruling that the move would...
New Audi Cars to Tell Drivers in U.S. When Traffic Lights Will Change
Aug 15 2016 // German carmaker Audi is rolling out technology that will allow its vehicles in the United States to communicate with traffic signals, allowing for a more stress-free ride in what it says is the car industry’s first...
Couple Sues Pokemon Claiming Neighborhood Unsafe with Gamers
Aug 15 2016 // Wahby Park in St. Clair Shores, Mich., used to be a quiet spot for a dozen or so residents to go for a stroll around sunset. Then came hundreds of smartphone-wielding, garden-stomping Pokemon players. Now a couple in the...
Court Absolves Twitter of Liability for Terrorists’ Tweets
Aug 15 2016 // Twitter Inc. won a court ruling that it can’t be held responsible for the so-called Islamic State’s use of the social network to spread propaganda that may have led to the death of an American in Amman,...
Judge Drops NCAA from ‘Academic Sham’ Lawsuit by Ex-North Carolina Athletes
Aug 15 2016 // A federal judge has granted the NCAA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two former North Carolina athletes seeking to hold college sports’ governing body at least partly responsible for the school’s...
