Bill Would End Federal Criminal Penalties for Marijuana February 11, 2019 By Michael R. Blood Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden proposed legislation Friday that would give states a free hand to allow legal cannabis markets without...
Accidents Could Ground Drone Industry, House Committee Chair Warns February 11, 2019 By David Shepardson The commercial drone industry could be torpedoed if there were a serious accident involving a drone and a commercial aircraft,...
Bipartisan Bill Would Require Secondary Cockpit Door on All Existing Airplanes February 11, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski U.S. lawmakers are pushing for stronger aviation security with a bipartisan bill that would require passenger airlines to install secondary...
Financial Stability Board Chair Targets Unknown Threats February 11, 2019 By Pete Schroeder The Financial Stability Board needs to commit more resources to identifying new threats while reviewing existing reforms for refinement, its...
QBE North America Launches Business Unit for Financial Institutions February 8, 2019 QBE North America has launched QBE Integrated Advantage for Financial Institutions—a new dedicated business unit specializing in the segment The...
Allstate Q4 Catastrophe Loss Tempered by Higher Premiums, Reduced Auto Claims February 8, 2019 The Allstate Corp. lost $312 million in its 2018 fourth quarter, which was attributable to higher catastrophe losses, lower investment...
Affluent Market Rivals Not Making Much of a Dent in Chubb’s Business February 8, 2019 By Mark Hollmer Chubb’s high-net-worth personal lines insurance business may have some new competition, but Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg and a key...
How a ‘Sharing’ Workplace Can Undermine Leadership February 8, 2019 Sharing personal information with friends and family has long been held by researchers as a way to build rapport and...
Microsoft’s Home State’s Facial Recognition Privacy Bill Could Be Model for Others February 8, 2019 By Dina Bass Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft Corp. is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill...
Senators Pitch Baseball-Like Arbitration to End Unexpected Medical Bills February 8, 2019 By John Tozzi In most markets, when a buyer and a seller can’t settle on a price, they walk away. Medicine is different....