Health Insurers Warm to Replacing Individual Mandate with Incentives December 7, 2016 By Zachary Tracer U.S. health insurers signaled Tuesday that they’re willing to give up a cornerstone provision of Obamacare that requires all Americans...
Report Criticizes FAA Safety Oversight of Drones as Lax December 7, 2016 By Alan Levin U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few...
Supreme Court Upholds Katrina Fraud Verdict Against State Farm December 6, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to two whistleblower sisters by upholding a jury verdict that found State...
Supreme Court Orders Refiguring of Samsung’s Damages in Patent Fight with Apple December 6, 2016 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Samsung in its big-money smartphone patent fight with Apple, throwing out an...
Verisk Teams with Driveway Software on Smartphone Telematics for Autos December 6, 2016 Property/casualty insurance data supplier Verisk Insurance Solutions has formed a strategic alliance with Silicon Valley’s Driveway Software to jointly develop...
Swiss Re Veteran Hudzik to Head North America Casualty Operation December 6, 2016 Swiss Re has named Mike Hudzik as head of its North America Casualty unit, effective Jan. 1, 2017. He will...
Apple Urges Regulators to Go Easy on Autonomous Vehicle Testing December 6, 2016 By David Shepardson Apple Inc. is wading in to the debate over regulation of self-driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential...
Court Delays Appeal Over Obamacare’s Insurer Reimbursements Until After Trump Takes Office December 6, 2016 A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to put on hold until after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office in...
Berkley to Launch High Net Worth Personal Lines Brand ‘Berkley One’ December 6, 2016 W.R. Berkley Corporation has launched a new high net worth personal lines brand, Berkley One. Set to launch its products...
Supreme Court Takes Up Case on Liability When Police Provoke Violence December 6, 2016 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Los Angeles County and two police officers must pay a $4 million...