Jury Says J&J Should Pay Record $4.7 Billion in Talc Cancer Case July 13, 2018 By Tina Bellon A Missouri jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $4.69 billion to 22 women who alleged...
Willis Towers Watson Launches Cyber Coverage for Construction Industry July 13, 2018 Willis Towers Watson has launched tailored cyber insurance coverage for the construction industry. CyCon was developed in close cooperation with...
Survey Shows More Americans Believe There is ‘Solid Evidence’ of Global Warming July 12, 2018 By Don Jergler There’s a surefire way to get more people to believe in global warming. Just crank up the heat. A larger...
New Pass-Through Tax Guidance Now Expected by End of July July 12, 2018 By Laura Davison U.S. Treasury Department rules outlining which businesses structured as S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies can claim a 20...
Court Rules Airport Screeners Shielded From Passenger Abuse Claims July 12, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Fliers may have a tough time recovering damages for invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, after a federal appeals...
Ascot Brings On Navigators’ Piazza to Head New U.S. Marine Insurance Team July 12, 2018 Specialty insurance underwriter Ascot Group has appointed a new U.S. marine insurance team led by Chris Piazza as executive vice...
AXA, XL Choose Name for Combined P/C, Specialty Operations: ‘AXA XL’ July 12, 2018 Following the completion of the acquisition of XL Group by AXA SA – expected in the second half of 2018...
Veteran Legge Joins RT Specialty’s Transactional Liability, Private Equity Practice July 12, 2018 R-T Specialty announced the hiring of industry veteran Jonathan Legge as a senior vice president of its RT ProExec division....
Top 10 Metro Areas for Car Theft July 12, 2018 The Albuquerque, New Mexico metropolitan statistical area (MSA) repeats as having the highest per capita auto theft rate in 2017,...
How One Hedge Fund Has Pursued $360M Financial Fraud Claim Against Big Bank July 12, 2018 By Tracy Rucinski When the high-end property development Lake Las Vegas collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis, 31 funds that helped finance the...