Government Data Shows How Opioid Epidemic Spread Across America July 18, 2019 By Mark Gillispie Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s...
Boeing Creates $50M Crash Victims’ Fund; Hires Feinberg to Oversee July 18, 2019 By David Shepardson Boeing Co. said on Wednesday it will dedicate half of a $100 million fund it created after two crashes of...
FAA Hit for New Delay in Remote Drone Tracking Program July 18, 2019 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration has again delayed plans to propose new rules requiring the remote identification of drones, according to...
Senators’ Flood Insurance Measure Includes Premium Cap, Mitigation, Claims Reforms July 17, 2019 A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from coastal states — including three running for president– unveiled a comprehensive flood insurance...
Insurance AI Firm RiskGenius Reports Additional Financing July 17, 2019 RiskGenius, which provides natural language tools for improving the quality and accuracy of insurance policies, has completed a Series B...
Financial World’s Blockchain Euphoria Gives Way to Pragmatism as Projects Stall July 17, 2019 By Anna Irrera and John McCrank Two years ago Nasdaq Inc. and Citigroup Inc. announced a new blockchain system they said would make payments of private...
Digital Workers’ Compensation Provider Pie Insurance Enters 4 Additional States July 17, 2019 Pie Insurance said it has begun providing workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses in Mississippi, New Hampshire, Utah and West...
Senators Want to Reconsider Lawsuit Immunity for Google and Internet Giants July 17, 2019 By Gerrit De Vynck and Rebecca Kern U.S. senators used a Congressional hearing on Tuesday to push the idea of overhauling a law that protects YouTube, Facebook...
J&J Vows to Overcome Baby Powder, Opioid Liability Claims Against It July 17, 2019 By Riley Griffin Johnson & Johnson said that the health-care conglomerate will come out on the winning side of thousands of legal claims...
Markel Says It Is Resolving Suits Filed by Fired CatCo Executives July 16, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Markel Corp. appears on the way to settling with two former employees who sued over unpaid bonuses after they were...