Medical Boards Under Pressure to Discipline Doctors Pushing False Covid-19 Claims December 21, 2021 By Heather Hollingsworth They have decried COVID-19 as a hoax, promoted unproven treatments and pushed bogus claims about the vaccine, including that the...
Ransomware Attacks Not High-Profile or Front Page News But Still Happening Frequently December 21, 2021 By Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware gangs...
Regulators Warn of Climate Change, Stablecoins as Systemic Financial Risks December 21, 2021 By Pete Schroeder Climate change, the rapid growth of “stablecoins” and financial innovations that led to frenzied trading of GameStop Corp shares early...
People Moves: Chubb Changes Commercial P/C Leadership; BHSI Promotes Meyer in Life Sciences; AIG Adds Hunter to ESG; J.D. Power Hires Ellingsworth December 20, 2021 Chubb Bolsters Leadership in its North America Commercial P/C Businesses Chubb has changed the leadership in its North America commercial...
EPA Releases $1 Billion to Clean Up Toxic Waste Sites in 24 States December 20, 2021 By Michael Rubinkam Nearly 50 toxic waste sites around the U.S. will be cleaned up, and ongoing work at dozens of others will...
Infrastructure Investment Package Expected to Boost Surety Market: AM Best December 20, 2021 The recently enacted $1.2 trillion U.S. infrastructure package is expected to result in more business opportunities for surety companies given...
UK Brokerage Insurtech Eyes U.S. Expansion After $7.9M Capital Raise December 20, 2021 A commercial insurance brokerage technology company that is up and running in the UK is targeting the U.S. after raising...
Ruling Against Purdue’s Sacklers Puts Controversial Bankruptcy Tactic in Spotlight December 20, 2021 By Mike Spector and Dan Levine A federal judge’s decision to unravel a settlement shielding members of the Sackler family from future opioid litigation could upend...
Court OKs Biden Covid Vaccine Mandate for Employers; Supreme Court Appeal Likely December 19, 2021 By Geoff Mulvihill and Andrew DeMillo A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move...
Update: After Latest Court Ruling, Must Employers Follow Biden’s Vaccine Mandates? December 19, 2021 By David A. Lieb and Geoff Mulvihill Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to...