How Data Privacy Laws Could Hamper Insurance Underwriting May 24, 2018 Complying with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation is leading insurers and reinsurers to dilute the types of...
J&J Loses Second Talcum Powder Trial May 24, 2018 By Jef Feeley, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson lost a second trial linking baby powder use to deadly asbestos cancer and jurors must next decide...
Bond Insurer Assured Guaranty Sues Puerto Rico Again Over Turnaround Plan May 23, 2018 By Nick Brown Bond insurer Assured Guaranty sued Puerto Rico and its federally-appointed oversight board on Wednesday, saying their plan to resuscitate the...
Insurers Welcome Global Regulation Provision in Banking Reform Bill May 23, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson The financial services regulatory reform measure passed by Congress yesterday, which contains parts of more than 25 different bills, includes...
What Banks Got, Did Not Get in Dodd Frank Rewrite Passed by Congress May 23, 2018 By Michelle Price and Pete Schroeder Congress on Tuesday rolled back some of the restraints imposed on banks after the 2007-2009 global financial crisis, but big...
U.S. Safety Board Urges Seat Belts, Automatic Brakes on School Buses May 23, 2018 By Ryan Beene The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended for the first time that all new school buses in the U.S....
Consumer Groups Accuse Tesla of Deceptive Marketing of Autopilot May 23, 2018 By Ryan Beene A pair of consumer advocacy groups want the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla Inc., charging that the company’s...
Cybersecurity Professional Deploys Insurtech to Simplify Small Business Cyber Market May 23, 2018 By Amy O'Connor A small business owner and cybersecurity professional frustrated by the complicated cyber coverage buying process decided to take matters into...
New Marsh Coverage Protects Businesses From Pandemic Losses May 22, 2018 Marsh has launched a new insurance product to provide financial protection to US-based businesses and their global operations affected by...
House Set to Vote on Dodd-Frank Rollback Today May 22, 2018 By Elizabeth Dexheimer U.S. lawmakers are set to give President Donald Trump a chance to make good on his vow to “do a...