Court Revives Whistleblower Claim Against Wells Fargo September 10, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel Wells Fargo & Co. faces a new legal worry after a federal appeals court last Thursday revived a whistleblower lawsuit...
Chemical Fallout from Hurricane Irma Could Be Worse than Harvey’s September 8, 2017 By Jack Kaskey, Ryan Collins and Bryan Gruley Before flames and smoke leaped into the sky over the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, last week, Jolyn Masters...
Rethinking Freight Flood Risk Management After Hurricane Harvey September 8, 2017 By Nick Carey A week before Hurricane Harvey walloped Houston, workers for Union Pacific Corp. began moving rail cars out of the railroad’s...
Now May Be the Time for Homeowners to Buy a Dam September 8, 2017 By Polly Mosendz Traveling from Louisiana, four 18-wheelers and more than a dozen workers rolled into the heart of Houston last Tuesday morning....
Equifax Breach Exposed Credit Data of 143 Million U.S. Consumers September 8, 2017 By Yashaswini Swamynathan Equifax Inc, a provider of consumer credit scores, said on Thursday that personal details of as many as 143 million...
HDI Launches Cyber Coverage for Manufacturing Companies September 8, 2017 International insurer HDI Global Insurance Company (HDI) has introduced a new cyber product, Cyber+ Smart, designed to support the manufacturing...
Congress Eyes More FEMA Disaster Aid, Short-Term Flood Insurance Renewal September 7, 2017 By David Shepardson The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency will run out of disaster assistance funding on Friday unless Congress approves more money,...
Hurricane Irma Devastates Chain of Caribbean Islands, Now Setting Sights on Florida September 7, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Irma barreled toward Florida after battering Puerto Rico and devastating a chain of small Caribbean islands, as the Category 5...
Risk Managers Cautious When It Comes to Use of Drones September 7, 2017 When it comes to commercial drones usage, 61 percent of risk managers are concerned about the potential for invasion of...
Former Chubb Executive Spiro Named CEO for The Hilb Group September 7, 2017 Richard G. Spiro, a former senior executive of The Chubb Corp., has been named chief executive officer of The Hilb...