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More Ride-Hailing Requirements Become Law in North Carolina

North Carolina has a new law focused on ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft that supporters contend will improve safety for both passengers and drivers. Governor Roy Cooper said Friday that he’s signed a bill that cleared the General Assembly …

Rhode Island Worker Sues City Over Alleged Whistleblower Retaliation

A Providence, Rhode Island, city employee who says she was compelled to resign from her previous position after years of reporting coworkers’ fraudulent credit card spending is suing the city. The Providence Journal reports that Charlene Oliver previously worked as …

James Levine’s Lawsuit Against Met Opera Has Been Settled

Conductor James Levine’s breach of contract and defamation lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera has been settled. A lawyer for Levine and the company made the announcement last Tuesday but did not disclose terms of the agreement. The 76-year Levine was …

South African Retailer Steinhoff to Sell Assets After $7B Accounting Fraud

Scandal-hit South African retailer Steinhoff said on Tuesday its only hope for survival is to sell off assets to become a retail-focused investment holding firm, as it fights to contain the fallout of a $7 billion accounting fraud. The company …

Canada’s Desjardins Reports Costs of $53M Related to Data Breach

Canadian lender Desjardins Group said on Monday it spent C$70 million ($53 million) in the second quarter related to a data privacy breach earlier this year that exposed personal information of 2.9 million members. The company offered the affected accounts …

BHSI Enhances Executive First D&O Liability Insurance in Asia

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has enhanced its Asia Executive FirstDirectors & Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance to include a provision that reinstates policy limits exhausted by the entity or by individual insureds. “Corporate regulatory investigations have become …

Ohio Jury Awards $50M to Man Who Alleged Police Locked Him in Closet

A jury in Cleveland on Friday awarded $50 million to a man who claimed police beat him while he was handcuffed and locked him in a storage closet for four days with no toilet and nothing to eat or drink …

Texas’ Tricolor Launches Auto Insurance Option for Low Income Consumers

Tricolor, a Dallas-based used vehicle retailer focusing on the sale and financing of vehicles to the Hispanic consumer, is now offering affordable auto insurance option for low-income and credit invisible customers through its affiliate company, Tricolor Insurance. After testing the …

Allianz Appoints Mitchell as Regional Head, Multinational for the Americas

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has named Ben Mitchell to the newly created role of regional head of Multinational Americas. He is based in Chicago. Mitchell has served as head of the Global Clients Unit, Americas, since July …

North Carolina Criminal Investigations Reserve Unit Formed to Fight Insurance Fraud

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has organized a Criminal Investigations Reserve Unit to combat the extensive number of insurance fraud cases in the state. Four veteran law enforcement personnel, were sworn-in Thursday as inductees at a ceremony in Raleigh …