COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections February 22, 2022 By Kristian Hernández Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last...
Meta’s Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking February 22, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even...
Sandy Hook Families to Focus on Gun Marketing After $73M Settlement February 22, 2022 By Dave Collins After agreeing to a $73 million lawsuit settlement with gun-maker Remington, the families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting...
Consumer Reports Finds Luxury Cars Trail ‘Mainstream’ Brands in Safety, Performance February 18, 2022 The best cars on the road are largely made by Japanese automakers, according to the latest Brand Report Card rankings...
People Moves: At Verisk, Shavel to Succeed Stephenson as CEO, Anquillare to Become President February 18, 2022 Financial data and analytics company Verisk announced that Scott G. Stephenson, chairman, president and chief executive officer, will be retiring...
Boeing, Reform Issues Await New U.S. Aviation Safety Chief February 18, 2022 By David Shepardson The next head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will face challenges overseeing Boeing Co. and a series of...
U.S. Investigates 416,000 Tesla Vehicles Over Unexpected Braking February 18, 2022 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday it is opening a formal investigation into 416,000 Tesla vehicles over...
Climate Change Could Push Flood Losses in U.S. to $40B by 2050 February 17, 2022 By Don Jergler Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the U.S. by...
AIG to Move High Net Worth Homeowners to E&S February 17, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Peter Zaffino, CEO of American International Group (AIG), said the company’s ongoing analysis of the increased frequency and severity of...
4 Insurers, 5 Policies to Pay $73M Sandy Hook Settlement Against Gunmaker Remington February 17, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal bankruptcy court in Alabama has approved insurance payments totaling $73 million by four insurers to the families of...