Audit Hits Regulator for Not Testing Brokerage Firms’ Cyber Security Policies December 2, 2016 By Sarah N. Lynch The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission failed to verify whether futures and swaps brokerage firms have adequate policies to help...
Senate Bill Would Let Wells Fargo Customers Sue in Court, Bypass Arbitration December 2, 2016 By Suzanne Barlyn Legislation introduced by two Democratic lawmakers on Thursday would allow Wells Fargo & Co. customers to go to court, instead...
FM Global Explores Next-Generation Fire Sprinklers December 2, 2016 Warehouses, served by increasingly powerful automated materials-handling equipment, are steadily getting taller, posing new fire risks and stressing traditional fire...
J&J Hit with $1 Billion Verdict in Hip Implant Product Liability Case December 2, 2016 By Jef Feeley and Tom Korosec Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Texas jury to pay more than $1 billion to patients who claimed the...
How GM’s ‘Super Cruise’ Self-Driving Car Is Evolving December 2, 2016 By David Shepardson General Motors Co.’s semi-autonomous “Super Cruise” system will allow drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel for extended...
Swiss Re’s U.S. Solar Power Plant is One Part of Its Climate Change Commitment December 1, 2016 By Don Jergler Swiss Re’s solar power installation at its U.S. headquarters in Armonk, N.Y., a 2-megawatt facility expected to be up and...
As Reinsurance Market Evolves, So Must Distribution, Say Experts at Forum December 1, 2016 The flow of so-called alternative capital into the global reinsurance market is continuing, bringing it closer to the “convergence” in...
H.W. Kaufman/Burns & Wilcox Promotes Paulin, Bates, Manuelidis, Shipley, 14 Others December 1, 2016 Michael S. Paulin has been named chief information offer and vice president of H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns &...
House Passes Bill to Speed Up Drug Approvals December 1, 2016 By Toni Clarke The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping, $6.3 billion bill that supporters say will spur medical innovation,...
Trump Transportation Chief’s Record Signals Slowdown in Safety Regulation December 1, 2016 By Joan Lowy and Jonathan Lemire Elaine Chao’s record as secretary of labor suggests she’d have a light hand when it comes to safety regulation as...