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Fatal Houston Fender-Bender Shows Shortcomings of Recalls
Feb 2 2015 // By the time Carlos Solis IV laid eyes on the silver Honda Accord in a Texas used-car lot last April, the sedan had changed hands twice, been in at least two crashes and still had a defective air bag that had been recalled...
Uber Probed by U.S. Judge in San Francisco on Driver Employment Status
Feb 2 2015 // A U.S. judge appeared skeptical on Jan. 30 about Uber’s bid for a quick pretrial ruling that its drivers are contractors and not employees, a critical question facing Silicon Valley’s sharing economy. App-based...
Obama Budget: Taxes, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Crop Insurance, Wildfires
Feb 2 2015 // President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and...
California Judge Questions Lyft’s Refusal to Pay Drivers as Employees
Jan 30 2015 // Lyft Inc.’s practice of treating drivers as independent contractors was questioned by a federal judge who said that under California law they may be considered employees who would qualify for minimum wage and other...
Democrats File Bill to Create U.S. Food Safety Agency
Jan 30 2015 // U.S. lawmakers proposed a bill this week that would create a single food safety agency by bringing together the oversight functions of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other...
Deloitte Insurance Report Keys in on Climate Change
Jan 29 2015 // The potential impact of climate change on the insurance industry was important enough for consulting giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. to include the topic as a significant part of its recent 2015 Property and Casualty...
U.S. to Update Sex Discrimination Guidelines for Federal Contractors
Jan 29 2015 // The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing to clarify federal contractors’ requirements to prohibit sex discrimination. The recommended changes would revise the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’...
Canopius Expands U.S. Business, Adds Ironshore’s Winfield
Jan 29 2015 // Canopius Group Limited, the global specialty insurance and reinsurance platform of Sompo Holdings, is expanding its its U.S. operations with the appointment of Bradley Winfield as head of U.S. Direct Property. Bradley...
Lawmakers Revive Export-Import Bank Legislation
Jan 29 2015 // A group of U.S. Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to extend the term of the U.S. export credit agency for five years past its current June deadline. The Export-Import Bank, which provides support to U.S....
New York City Blizzard Proves Dud as Weather Forecasters Miss Mark
Jan 28 2015 // Reopen Broadway, start up the trains, get the commuters back on the road. The great New York City blizzard of ’15 was a bust. Not that there was no snow — Manhattan’s Central Park had 7.9 inches (20...
U.S. Says Affordable Care Act Enrollment Hits 9.5 Million
Jan 27 2015 // More than 9.5 million people have signed up for 2015 individual health insurance on the new exchanges created under the national healthcare reform law, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, a number that surpasses its...
U.S. Trade Rep Sees Progress on Pacific Trade Pact
Jan 27 2015 // The final form of an ambitious Pacific trade pact is coming into focus, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Tuesday as he urged Congress get behind the U.S. trade agenda. In remarks prepared for delivery to...
Supreme Court Backs Employer on Retirees’ Pay for Health Benefits
Jan 27 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a company that amended a collective bargaining agreement to force retirees to pay toward healthcare costs, throwing out a lower-court ruling that favored the former employees who...
BP Witness Praises Oil Spill Response at Fines Trial
Jan 27 2015 // BP Plc “conducted an extraordinarily effective response” to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, the company’s first witness testified Monday as the oil producer sought to minimize potential pollution fines. BP...
Deputy US Marshal Admits Guilt in Texas Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jan 26 2015 // A San Antonio-based deputy U.S. marshal has pleaded guilty to wire fraud relating to an insurance fraud scheme. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Reynaldo Gonzalez entered his plea in San...
White House Drone Landing Complicates Regulation Debate
Jan 26 2015 // The discovery of a radio-controlled copter on the White House lawn injects a new complication into the debate over the growing popularity of drones used by civilians. The unintentional security breach Monday at the U.S....
New York, Northeast May Get 3 Feet of Snow in Historic Storm
Jan 26 2015 // A blizzard forecasters call “life-threatening” that may drop three feet of snow from New York to Boston has caused more than 1,800 flight cancellations and will likely block road and rail traffic, close schools...
Insurance Pool May Unlock India-U.S. Atomic Trade
Jan 26 2015 // Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a plan centered on insurance on Sunday that they hope will convince U.S. companies to build nuclear power stations in India, but stopped short of...
People – South Central
Jan 26 2015 // David Mattax has been appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to serve as Texas insurance commissioner to replace Julia Rathgeber, who has been tapped as deputy chief of staff for Gov.-Elect Greg Abbott. Mattax previously was deputy...
Mexican Motor Carriers Can Apply to Cross Border for Long-Haul Trucking
Jan 26 2015 // The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that Mexican motor carriers will soon be able to apply for authority to conduct long-haul, cross-border trucking services in the United States. This marks a milestone in...
