Cops Draw Blood to Catch Impaired Drivers April 23, 2019 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline It was about 6:30 on a Friday night in January when Phoenix Police Det. Kemp Layden pulled over a white...
J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts April 23, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Steven Church Johnson & Johnson wants a federal judge to take over more than 2,000 baby-powder lawsuits it faces instead of allowing...
Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest April 23, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Apple is being sued for $1 billion in damages by an 18-year-old college student who blames the company’s facial recognition...
Tokio Marine’s ProAg to Acquire AmTrust Financial’s Crop Insurance MGA April 22, 2019 Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Leawood, Kan.-based managing general agent AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services. The deal,...
Supreme Court to Weigh If U.S. Job Bias Law Protects Gay, Transgender Employees April 22, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether federal law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and...
Class Action Defense Costs Rising; Wave of Cyber Actions Predicted April 22, 2019 The overall cost to large businesses of defending against class action lawsuits continues to rise even as the number of...
Fitch Keeps Stable Outlook for P/C Insurers After Underwriting Profit in 2018 April 22, 2019 After two consecutive years of combined ratios above 100, the U.S. property/casualty industry returned to a modest statutory underwriting profit...
Fight Against Floods Enlists Supercomputers, Drones, Sonar April 22, 2019 By Adrian Sainz and Jeff Martin An arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and...
Lower Catastrophe Losses Help Boost Q1 Profit for Travelers April 21, 2019 By Siddharth Cavale Insurer Travelers Companies Inc.’s quarterly profit beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as improved underwriting and lower catastrophe losses offset a...
Car Sharing Lobbyists Battle Car Renting Lobbyists, Driving State Lawmakers Crazy April 19, 2019 By Joshua Brustein The bill that turned Illinois into the focal point of a bitter debate over car-sharing last year started as a...