Coke Gets Taste of a Lawsuit Over Health Risks of Sugary Drinks January 6, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel Coca-Cola Co. and the American Beverage Association trade group were sued on Wednesday for allegedly misleading consumers about the health...
U.S. Claims Home-Networking Firm D-Link Poses Hacking Risk January 6, 2017 By Kartikay Mehrotra A U.S. consumer protection watchdog sued a Taiwan-based maker of home-networking equipment over claims that lax security left its products...
Judge Rules VW Must Face U.S. Investor Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal January 6, 2017 By David Shepardson Volkswagen AG and former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn must defend an investor lawsuit in California over the company’s diesel...
Starr Promotes Greytok to Lead New Excess Casualty Unit January 5, 2017 Starr Companies has promoted Layla Greytok, vice president, to be the leader of its newly formed Excess Casualty division, a...
Driverless Cars Mapping Route from Labs to Driveways January 5, 2017 By Keith Naughton Car electronics supplier Delphi Automotive Plc went coast-to-coast in 2015 in a self-driving Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle to prove the...
Device Insurer Bought by Allstate for $1.4 Billion Lost Money Last 5 Years January 5, 2017 By Sonali Basak – Allstate Corp. said that the mobile-device insurer that it acquired for $1.4 billion had posted five years of losses...
How to Gain ‘Digital Trust’ of Employees in Age of Internet of Things January 5, 2017 Employers will need to accept tradeoffs to foster “digital trust” with employees if they want to gather the workplace data...
New Hurricane Research Looks Like Good News for Atlantic Coast January 5, 2017 Active Atlantic hurricane periods, like the one now, are not necessarily a harbinger of more, rapidly intensifying hurricanes along the...
Duck Creek Technologies Acquires Data Management Software Firm Yodil January 4, 2017 Duck Creek Technologies, a Boston-based provider of core system cloud services and software to the global property/casualty insurance industry, said...
24 Independent Insurance, Benefits Agencies Form National Brokerage, Alera Group January 4, 2017 There is a new national independent insurance brokerage and wealth management firm that opens its doors with more than 20,00...