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Louisiana Court Rules Flood Board Can Hire Outside Lawyers for Oil Suit
Feb 22 2016 // A south Louisiana flood board has won a legal round in its fight against oil and gas companies over coastal wetland damage. A state appeal court ruled last week that the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East...
Capital Adequacy Is Key Strength of Reinsurers in Difficult Market: S&P
Feb 22 2016 // Strength of capital and good enterprise risk management are two of the main reasons the global reinsurance industry will be able to maintain a stable outlook during 2016 from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,...
Gig Economy Now 6.5% of U.S. Workforce; Provides Extra Income for 10 Million
Feb 22 2016 // It’s a job market revolution: an estimated 10.3 million Americans earned income through web-based platforms like Uber and Airbnb between 2012 and 2015. That’s more people than reside in the entire state of...
Texas Economist: U.S. in a ‘Pretty Good Place Right Now’
Feb 22 2016 // The world economy may seem like a mess right now but that doesn’t necessarily mean the United States is headed for a recession, according to an internationally recognized Texas-based economist. While the dive in the...
Carfax: 1 in 5 Vehicles Needs Recall Repair; Texas Has the Most
Feb 22 2016 // Nearly one-in-five vehicles on U.S. roads is in need of repair of a safety issue serious enough to be involved in a federal government recall, according to used-car history provider Carfax. There are more than 47 million...
U.S. Safety Agency to Google: Software Qualifies as a Driver
Feb 22 2016 // U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step toward ultimately winning approval for...
Merger and Acquisition Activity Sets New High-Water Mark
Feb 22 2016 // Merger and acquisition activity for 2015 set a new record with 456 deals, sailing past the previous high-water mark of 325 deals set in 2012, according to recent data. The fourth quarter closed with 104 announced...
Agency Compensation: Unequal Pay For Women?
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Oklahoma Gun Range Sued for Refusing Muslim Man Service
Feb 19 2016 // A U.S. Army reservist from Tulsa asked to leave a gun range in eastern Oklahoma after identifying himself as a Muslim sued the owners Wednesday, the latest in a series of cases across the nation alleging anti-Islamic...
Update: Aegon Reports Q4 Pretax Profit of $534.9M, Down 14% on U.S. Income
Feb 19 2016 // Aegon NV, the Dutch owner of U.S. insurer Transamerica Corp., fell in Amsterdam trading after decline in U.S. income pushed down fourth-quarter pre-tax earnings. The stock dropped as much as 4.5 percent and was down 3.2...
How Employer Joint Liability Is Changing
Feb 18 2016 // Businesses known for their uniforms are worried about lawyers in business suits in the wake of a change in the nation’s labor laws affecting their liability for employment practices. The change could unravel the...
Law Enforcement, Private Firms Look to Evolving Drone Defense Industry for Protection
Feb 18 2016 // The drone intruder was roaming around the Rose Bowl Stadium as 94,000 fans cheered, oblivious to the threat. But scientists testing a new security device at the game knew: they detected its radio signals and seized control...
Allianz Transfers $1.1B of Policy Obligations to Reinsurer Enstar, Limiting US Risks
Feb 18 2016 // Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, struck a deal to limit risks in the U.S. by transferring policy obligations to reinsurer Enstar Group Ltd. Enstar will assume net reinsurance reserves of about $1.1 billion and...
Aon Loss Model Offers Insurers 7.5 Million U.S. Thunderstorm Scenarios
Feb 17 2016 // Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, Impact Forecasting, has launched a U.S. severe thunderstorm (STS) scenario model that it says can help insurers more accurately estimate annual losses based on...
Coast Guard Panel Questions If Captain Responsible for El Faro’s Sinking
Feb 16 2016 // The captain of the U.S. cargo ship that sank off the Bahamas in a hurricane last fall, killing all 33 people on board, was responsible for decisions that put the vessel in the path of the storm, the company that operated...
U.S. Risk Hires Guadagno as EVP of Binding Operations in New York
Feb 16 2016 // John L. Guadagno U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has hired John L. Guadagno as executive vice president of Binding Operations for its affiliate company, U.S. Risk Underwriters. At U.S. Risk, Guadagno’s focus will...
Starr Companies Expand Travel Insurance Services to Cuba
Feb 16 2016 // Starr Companies has expanded the availability of its travel insurance and assistance services for travel to Cuba. These plans provide trip cancellation and trip interruption insurance as well as accident and sickness...
Takata Engineer Pleads 5th Amendment in Florida Air Bag Lawsuit
Feb 16 2016 // A Takata Corp. engineer involved in testing the company’s air bags invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination in declining to testify in a lawsuit brought by a woman left paralyzed in a 2014...
New York-Based Insurer Says U.S. Has Lifted Sanctions for Iranian Oil Cargoes
Feb 12 2016 // A U.S.-based insurer to the global shipping industry said it got government authorization to cover non-American companies transporting oil from Iran, potentially helping the Persian Gulf country to revive exports of crude...
AIG Reports $1.8 Billion Q4 Net Loss on Weak Underwriting, Investments
Feb 12 2016 // American International Group Inc. reported an operating loss of $1.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to after-tax operating income of $1.4 billion in the prior-year quarter. Disappointing underwriting and...
