Facebook Reported Agreeing to 20-Year Pact on Privacy Oversight by Government May 20, 2019 The social media giant Facebook Inc. is headed toward an agreement with the U.S. government over its privacy policies and...
Sompo Global Risks Forms Life Sciences Team Led by Ex-OneBeacon Exec Lauer May 17, 2019 Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS) has formed a new team offering insurance to clients in the life sciences industry. The...
Senators Urge Allies to Heed Trump’s Warning on China’s Huawei May 17, 2019 By Todd Shields and Daniel Flatley U.S. senators warned allies that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co. can’t meet security standards for advanced networks...
‘Pooey Puitton’ Lawsuit Against Louis Vuitton Goes Nowhere May 17, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Louis Vuitton has won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a California toy company that accused the French luxury goods...
Bayer’s Strategy on Roundup Litigation Rests on EPA Glyphosate Finding May 17, 2019 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG plans to argue that a $2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weed...
5 More States Sue Purdue Over OxyContin Marketing May 17, 2019 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners are being sued by five more states alleging the company’s aggressive marketing of...
Munich Re to Offer Coverage for Curv Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency May 17, 2019 Curv, a cloud-based institutional digital asset wallet service, has partnered with Munich Re to provide insurance protection of up to...
California’s New Climate and Sustainability Chief in Talks with Insurers May 16, 2019 By Don Jergler Michael Peterson has had about five months to come in and tackle what promises to be unique job. Peterson is...
Hartford to Close on $2.1 Billion Acquisition of Navigators on May 23 May 16, 2019 The Hartford said it has received all regulatory approvals needed to complete its acquisition of specialty insurer Navigators Group on...
Commercial Insurance Prices Were Up 3% Globally, 1.1% in U.S. in Q1: Marsh May 16, 2019 Average global commercial insurance prices increased 3% in the first quarter of2019, according to broker Marsh. This represents the sixth...