Civil Rights Ruling Protecting Gay Employees Likely Headed to Supreme Court: View April 7, 2017 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Everyone agrees that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers are forbidden from discriminating on the...
OSHA Delays Obama Silica Safety Standard for Construction Industry April 7, 2017 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a delay in enforcement of the crystalline silica...
Trump’s FDA Chief Cites Opioid Epidemic As Top Priority April 7, 2017 By Anna Edney Opioid painkillers that have led to thousands of deaths and new drug addicts should be the highest priority of the...
U.S. Weather in March to Cost Insurers More than $2 Billion: Aon April 7, 2017 Four severe weather outbreaks in the U.S. throughout March led to extensive damage in the central and eastern parts of...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Sues Goodyear Over Asbestos Claims April 7, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel An insurance unit of Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it has sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co to...
Hanover Stone Practice Aims to Control Workers’ Comp Costs April 7, 2017 Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, has established a dedicated, national practice group to help employers manage workers’...
On-Demand Insurance App Trov Grabs $45M Led by Munich Re/HSB Ventures April 6, 2017 On-demand insurance provider Trov has $45 million in new capital to expand its operations, thanks to a Series D funding...
Through the Roof: Drone Startup Cites Milestone of 6,000 Inspections April 6, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson BetterView, an insurance technology startup that captures and analyzes data from drones, said it has performed more than 6,000 roof...
17 States Sue to Halt Trump Rollback of Climate Change Regulations April 6, 2017 By Richard Valdmanis A coalition of 17 U.S. states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to...
IVANS Index: Commercial Rates Up in Q1 Except Workers’ Compensation April 6, 2017 Insurance premium renewal rate change for the majority of standard commercial lines products including auto, business owners, general liability, property...