Gun Maker Appeals to Supreme Court Over Liability for Sandy Hook August 2, 2019 By Nate Raymond The maker of the assault-style rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, school asked the U.S....
Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience August 1, 2019 By Don Jergler Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five...
Former Swett & Crawford CEO, NAPSLO Leader Hartoch Passes Away August 1, 2019 David Hartoch, an executive long active in the wholesale insurance business, passed away on July 29. Hartoch served as president...
Court Upholds Facebook Immunity in Case Brought by Terrorist Attack Victims August 1, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook Inc. on Wednesday defeated an appeal by American victims of Hamas attacks in Israel, who sought to hold the...
Closely-Watched Oklahoma Public Nuisance Case Over Opioids Now in Judge’s Hands August 1, 2019 By Nate Raymond Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its...
Bayer Cites Safety Concerns in Pulling Monsanto NemaStrike Crop Product August 1, 2019 Bayer AG has scrapped plans for wide sales next year of a chemical that is intended to protect U.S. crops...
Senators Question Federal Oversight of Boeing, Certification Deferrals to Manufacturers August 1, 2019 By David Shepardson A group of U.S. senators on Wednesday questioned the Federal Aviation Administration oversight of Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX as the...
Capital One Breach Clouds Technology Strategy; Puts $400M Cyber Insurance in Play August 1, 2019 By Jenny Surane and Lananh Nguyen Capital One Financial Corp., in recent years, has beat the drum every chance it got: The cloud is cheaper. The...
Space Insurance Premiums Could Double After European Vega Rocket Crash July 31, 2019 By Carolyn Cohn, Tom Sims and Noor Zainab Hussain Space rockets and satellites are likely to cost more to insure after the European Vega rocket crash this month, which...
Allstate Says Q2 Results Reflect Strategy Momentum July 31, 2019 The Allstate Corp. said its second quarter results show that its strategy of increasing its market share in property and...