Why Less Data May Be More for Employers Using Wearables in Workplace May 15, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Employers deploying wearables in the workplace are possibly exposing themselves to more risk than they realize by collecting more data...
Marsh/JLT Suit Against Competitor NFP Alleges Poaching of 13 Employees May 10, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Jardine Lloyd Thompson Specialty Insurance Service (JLT), which became a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan on April 1, is suing...
GEICO Helps Boost Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 Profit May 7, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday said gains in its stock investments were behind its good first-quarter profit. Better results from...
Sniffing Out Particles, Singling Out Pigs: Food Industry Urged to Embrace Robots, AI May 6, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson E.coli in beef. Metal shavings in bread crumbs. Contaminated water on vegetables. The food industry has its share of quality...
Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest April 23, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Apple is being sued for $1 billion in damages by an 18-year-old college student who blames the company’s facial recognition...
Markel Internal Review Finds ‘No Bad Faith’ Related to Loss Reserves Under Investigation April 15, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Markel Corp. said that an internal review conducted by outside counsel found “no evidence that personnel of its CATCo unit...
Why Uber ‘Depends Heavily’ on Insurance April 15, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Uber Technologies Inc., on its way to an initial public offering that some media reports say could raise $10 billion,...
Gun Maker Remington to Appeal Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Ruling to Supreme Court April 10, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Having failed in Connecticut state court to block all claims brought by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook...
AIG Offers to Settle 7 Defamation Claims Against Cosby; Comedian Asserts Innocence April 8, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson American International Group, acting under a homeowner’s insurance policy it issued for comedian Bill Cosby, has settled defamation claims filed...
Microsoft Insurer Loses Bid To Recoup $175M from Xbox Chipmaker Hit by Fire April 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Microsoft Corp.’s captive insurer has lost its bid to recover $175 million in costs the software maker said it incurred...