U.S.-EU Continue Talks on Insurance Regulation Covered Agreement May 31, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Trade representatives for the United States and the European Union, who met May 24 and 25 to negotiate a bilateral...
Copyright Claim Targets Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’ Vocal Riff May 31, 2016 By Jonathan Stempel Canadian pop star Justin Bieber and the co-writers of his 2015 smash hit “Sorry” are being sued for allegedly stealing...
Americans on Road to Driving Record Number of Miles May 31, 2016 By David Shepardson American drivers logged a record number of miles in the first three months of the year, as travel rose 4.2...
XL Catlin Adds Rectification Expense Coverage to Contractors’ Policies May 27, 2016 XL Catlin’s Environmental insurance business has added new protection to its Contractor’s Professional and Pollution Legal Liability insurance to help...
NOAA’s 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: 45% Chance of Near-Normal; 30% Above Normal May 27, 2016 Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center say the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30,...
With Hurricane Season About to Open, Forecasters Already Eyeing East Coast May 27, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan When the Atlantic hurricane season starts next week, the most active area might just be off the U.S. East Coast....
Jury Sides with Google; Oracle Loses $9 Billion Copyright Claim May 27, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt Google won a jury verdict that kills Oracle Corp.’s claim to a $9 billion slice of the search giant’s Android...
Liability Insurer Accuses Surgical Robot Maker of Hiding Injury Claims May 27, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra It’s health insurers’ cardinal rule: disclose pre-existing conditions. Now comes a case in which that familiar decree involves not a...
What University of Washington’s Climate Risk and Insurance Summit Has in Common with Paris May 26, 2016 By Don Jergler It may not be a climate change summit for the ages like last year’s Paris meeting in which world leaders...
The Unpleasantness of Selling and Buying Insurance May 26, 2016 By Ben Steverman Do you have a minute to talk about your death? It isn’t easy to sell life insurance. Investing in a...