J&J $80 Million Damages Award Could Signal More Talcum Cancer Claims April 12, 2018 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson and a talc-mining company were ordered by jurors to pay $80 million in punitive damages for hiding...
Tesla Insists Driver to Blame for Fatal Crash; Family Hires Lawyer April 12, 2018 By Keith Naughton and Dana Hull Tesla Inc. again placed blame for a fatal crash involving a Model X last month on the driver as the...
Judge Sets Schedule for Opioid Lawsuits Against Drug Companies April 12, 2018 By Nate Raymond A federal judge pushing for a settlement in lawsuits seeking to hold drug companies responsible for their roles in the...
Specialty Insurance Group Launches Online Coverage Portal for Special Events April 11, 2018 Specialty Insurance Group (SIG), a unit of Everest Insurance and a member of the Everest Re Group companies, has released...
Cautious Facebook CEO Tells Congress ‘Details Matter’ On Any Privacy Regulation April 11, 2018 By David Ingram and Dustin Volz Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that his own personal data was included in that of...
FEMA Criticized for Suppliers Not Delivering Hurricane Aid as Promised April 11, 2018 By Michael Biesecker The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded contracts for hurricane supplies without adequately researching whether winning bidders could deliver what they...
Safety Worry: Keeping Humans In and Around Autonomous Vehicles Engaged April 11, 2018 By Keith Naughton, Ryan Beene and Alan Levin After partially faulting Tesla Inc.’s automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators last year called on carmakers...
EPIC Holdings Names Beecher Carlson’s Denton as President April 11, 2018 EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced the addition of insurance industry veteran Steve Denton as president of its parent company...
Cyber Risk Score Could Help Insurers Refine Cyber Coverage April 11, 2018 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP The rapidly emerging and evolving world of cyber risk poses a paradox for property/casualty insurers, according to two panelists addressing...
Court Rules Employers Cannot Use Salary History to Justify Gender Wage Gap April 11, 2018 By Robert Iafolla A U.S. appeals court on Monday ruled employers cannot use workers’ salary histories to justify gender-based pay disparities, saying that...