How J&J Shaped Report on Talc’s Links to Cancer November 9, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Anna Edney Unsealed emails reveal the role baby-powder maker Johnson & Johnson played in a report that an industry group submitted to...
Robinhood Reports Data Breach and Extortion Payment Demand November 9, 2021 The stock trading platform Robinhood Markets reported that it experienced a data breach on Nov. 3 that could potentially affect...
US Court Rejects Israeli Firm’s Immunity From Facebook Suit Over Malware November 9, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its...
Judge Upholds United Airlines’ COVID Vaccine Mandate for Employees November 9, 2021 By Tom Hals and Rajesh Kumar Singh A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled United Airlines Holdings Inc. can impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its employees...
Top 20 Cyber Insurers in U.S. Including Loss Ratios: NAIC November 9, 2021 The cyber insurance market in the U.S. grew to roughly $4.1 billion in direct written premiums in 2020, an increase...
EagleView and Verisk Agree to End Litigation; EagleView’s Patents Affirmed November 8, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurance technology firms EagleView and Verisk have patched up their differences and are vowing to move ahead “enabling joint innovation.”...
People Moves: Pancoast Moves to Ironshore E&S; PwC’s Coggins Leads Actuaries; McLean Joins Lockton from Willis November 8, 2021 Pancoast to Head Ironshore’s E&S Primary Casualty Adam Pancoast has been named to lead the excess and surplus Primary Casualty...
Justice Department to Escalate Fight Against Cybercrime, Ransomware: Interview November 8, 2021 By Eric Tucker The Justice Department is stepping up actions to combat ransomware and cybercrime through arrests and other actions, its No. 2...
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Losses Continued in Q3 on Catastrophes, Pandemic November 8, 2021 Overall net income fell at giant Berkshire Hathaway in the third quarter from $30.1 billion a year ago to $10.3...
Boeing Directors Reach $237.5M Settlement of Shareholders’ 737 MAX Safety Lawsuit November 8, 2021 By David Shepardson Boeing Co. current and former company directors have reached a $237.5 million proposed settlement with shareholders to settle a lawsuit...