Latest USA Headlines
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Furry Friends
May 23 2016 // Members of your family – specifically those with fur and a bark – are costing the industry mega dollars. Dog bites (and other dog-related injuries) now account for more than one-third of all homeowners...
Indiana Company to Pay $45K to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
May 20 2016 // Office Concepts Inc., a Fort Wayne, Ind., office product and service store, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
U.S. to Hear Concerns Over Coal Mines’ Self-Bonding
May 20 2016 // The United States is considering whether to reign in a subsidy on coal mine cleanup costs and in so doing shield taxpayers from those liabilities, a leading regulator for the mining industry said on Wednesday. The program,...
McGovern Leaving Lloyd’s as CRO to Join XL Group as Chief Compliance Officer
May 19 2016 // XL Group plc announced it has appointed Sean McGovern as chief compliance officer, head of Regulatory & Government Affairs, moving from Lloyd’s of London where he is chief risk officer and general counsel. In...
Aspen Announces New CEOs for Insurance & Reinsurance Units as Vitale Retires
May 18 2016 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. has appointed new leaders for its insurance and reinsurance segments, in response to the announced retirement of CEO Mario Vitale. Stephen Postlewhite, previously chief executive...
Manager’s Suit Alleges All-Male ‘Club’ Atmosphere, Gender Bias, Retaliation at Bank of America
May 18 2016 // A managing director suing Bank of America Corp. for gender discrimination by what she called an in-house “bro’s club” outlined a host of practices — including front-running, lying to customers and...
China’s Fosun Aims to Lead in Insurance, Tourism, Healthcare; Plans to Cut Debt
May 18 2016 // Fosun Group, China’s largest private conglomerate, is aiming to become a world leader in insurance, tourism and healthcare but also has a “clear plan” to reduce its debts, chairman and co-founder Guo...
U.S. Top Court Rejects Exxon’s Appeal of $236M Verdict in N.H. Pollution Case
May 16 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s appeal of a $236 million judgment against the oil company in a case brought by the state of New Hampshire over groundwater contamination linked to a...
Supreme Court Sidelines Class Action Alleging Injury from Inaccurate Internet Information
May 16 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to Spokeo Inc. over the online people-search company’s bid to avoid a class action lawsuit for including incorrect information in its database. The court, in a...
Ex-New York Senate Leader Skelos, Son Get Prison Terms
May 16 2016 // A once-powerful New York politician convicted of using his position as Senate majority leader to help his son extort hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced May 12 to five years in prison after each asked for mercy...
8 Suits Filed over Crude Oil Spill along Louisiana’s Bayou Teche
May 16 2016 // Eight lawsuits have been filed by people seeking damages from a Texas industrial services company that spilled about 12,500 gallons of crude oil in March along and into the Bayou Teche in Louisiana. The Advocate reports...
Vermont to Become 1st State Requiring Drug Makers to Explain Price Hikes
May 16 2016 // Vermont is poised to become the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases, and Bob and Deborah Messing think that’s a good idea. The Messings live in Montpelier and are in their early 70s....
Outdated SAP Software May Be Vulnerable to Hackers if Not Properly Patched
May 16 2016 // Europe’s biggest software company, SAP, is the subject of a U.S. security alert over a vulnerability the firm disabled six years ago that can still give outside attackers remote control over older SAP systems if the...
Previous Telecom Efforts Flopped But Google, Apple See Future for Telemedicine
May 16 2016 // Google and Apple Inc. have some bright ideas about the future of health care. Not so long ago, AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. had similar ideas: a networked world of devices and services that would...
Kentucky Doctor Gets 100 Months for Over-Prescribing Pain Pills
May 16 2016 // A former doctor with offices in Louisville, Ky., and southern Indiana has been sentenced to 100 months in prison for unlawfully distributing prescription drugs. Jamie Guerrero agreed to pay $827,000 in restitution to...
Lowe’s Pays $$8.6M for Firing Disabled Workers Who Sought Extended Medical Leave
May 13 2016 // Lowe’s Cos. has reached an $8.6 million settlement of a U.S. agency lawsuit accusing the nation’s second-largest home improvement retailer of illegally firing workers who went on medical leave for a long...
Blankenship Headed to Jail After Judge Denies Appeal Request
May 13 2016 // Former Massey Energy CEO Donald Blankenship is headed to prison even as he appeals his conviction for conspiring to flout mine-safety laws in connection with the worst U.S. coal industry disaster in almost 40 years. The...
Uber Tells Judge Not to Trust Cab Companies in Battle Over Safety
May 13 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. fired back at taxi operators accusing it of lying about superior safety, telling a judge the cab companies “fabricated” a customer endorsement with a photo of MySpace’s co-founder...
U.S. Judge Nixes Obamacare Funds to Insurers for Lower Income Insureds; Administration to Appeal
May 12 2016 // A U.S. judge on Thursday handed a victory to congressional Republicans who challenged President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, ruling that his administration overstepped its constitutional powers relating...
Number of Dog Bite Insurance Claims Falls But Average Claim Rises to $37K
May 12 2016 // The cost of dog-bite claims for U.S. insurers climbed 16 percent last year on higher medical expenses and larger settlements to resolve court disputes. The average claim increased to $37,214 in 2015 from $32,072 a year...
