Final Four a ‘Big-Ticket’ for Insurers Covering NCAA Tournament March 29, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones If the NCAA’s Final Four basketball games were to be cancelled or postponed for any reason, that would be really,...
House Committee Passes Bill to Protect Banks, Insurers Serving Marijuana Businesses March 29, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A House committee has advanced a bill to protect financial institutions from criminal prosecution for providing services to legal marijuana...
Rates, Lower Loss Frequency, Innovation Drove Personal Auto Market Turnaround March 29, 2019 After a weakened performance in 2015-2016, the U.S. private passenger auto segment has turned around as rate actions and underwriting...
Court Rules Dating App Not Liable for Harassing Content March 29, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court refused to hold Grindr liable to a New York man who said his former boyfriend...
California Commissioner Yet to Move on Petition from Climate Activists for More Insurer Regs March 28, 2019 By Don Jergler Nobody’s saying much as California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara considers how he will respond to a petition submitted by climate...
Supreme Court May Overturn Tradition of Courts Deferring to Regulatory Agencies March 28, 2019 By Greg Stohr and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices expressed doubts about a precedent that business groups and the Trump administration say gives...
Distracted Driving Habit Is Proving Tough for Americans to Break March 28, 2019 Nearly eight in 10 consumers talk on the phone while driving and more than 30 percent admit to having been...
How One Company, AT&T, Is Using Models to Prepare for Natural Disaster Costs March 28, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle By 2050, residents of southern Florida could become familiar with storms borne on 90-mph winds. Water levels during floods will...
Jury Clears Johnson & Johnson in Talc Asbestos Case; J&J Settles 3 Other Cases March 27, 2019 By Tina Bellon A New Jersey jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a lawsuit brought by a man who...
Bayer Must Pay $80 Million in Monsanto Roundup Cancer Trial, Says Jury March 27, 2019 By Alexandria Sage and Tina Bellon A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded $80 million to a man who claimed his use of Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed...