National Hockey League Reaches $19M Concussions Settlement with Retired Players November 14, 2018 By Stephen Whyno The National Hockey League announced a tentative $18.9 million settlement Monday with more than 300 retired players who sued the...
Tesla Settles Most Sudden Acceleration Claims November 14, 2018 By Edvard Pettersson Tesla Inc. resolved most of a purported class-action lawsuit by customers who alleged that their Model S and Model X...
Solutions to Wildfires in Time of Climate Change Are Costly, Unpopular November 14, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle California’s deadly wildfires have a straightforward solution, experts say: stop building homes in places that are likely to burn —...
Seeman Holtz Agency Acquires Insurtech Goji November 14, 2018 Fast-growing insurance agency Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty has taken a technology leap forward by acquiring Boston-based online home and...
QBE North America Sells National Farmers Union to National General November 14, 2018 National General Holdings Corp. has agreed to acquire National Farmers Union Property and Casualty Co. from QBE North America. The...
Waymo’s First Driverless Car Service Seen Right Around the Corner November 13, 2018 By Tom Randall In just a few weeks, humanity may take its first paid ride into the age of driverless cars. Waymo, the...
Anxious Farmers Look to Lame Duck Congress to Pass Safety Net Farm Bill November 13, 2018 By Humeyra Pamuk U.S. soybean farmer Mike Schlosser does not expect President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, the single biggest headwind to...
Marsh Forms Specialty Business, ‘Marsh-JLT Specialty;’ Names Executive Team November 13, 2018 Marsh announced the formation of Marsh-JLT Specialty, a new specialty business within Marsh that will combine the specialty teams of...
U.S. Pilots Maintain Boeing Never Warned of System Linked to 737 Crash in Indonesia November 13, 2018 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein Two U.S. pilots’ unions say the potential risks of a safety feature on Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft that has...
Airbnb Will No Longer Require Arbitration for Employee Bias and Harassment Claims November 13, 2018 By Olivia Zaleski Airbnb Inc., following Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc., said it would not force employees who filed...