Automakers Unveil Steps for U.S. to Speed Up Self-Driving Vehicle Deployment December 3, 2020 By David Shepardson A group representing major automakers is unveiling a detailed proposal Wednesday aimed at making it easier to deploy thousands of...
2020 Hurricane Season Set Multiple Records December 3, 2020 A record-setting Atlantic hurricane season that saw the highest number of named storms officially came to a close Monday. The...
U.S. Employers Have Right to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine. But Will They? December 3, 2020 By Tina Bellon Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Newly Legal States Could Yield $6B in Next 5 Years December 2, 2020 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring...
China Renews OK of Oceanwide’s Stalled $2.7 Billion Purchase of Genworth December 2, 2020 U.S.-based Genworth Financial Inc. reported that Chinese officials have renewed their approval of China Oceanwide Holdings Group’s acquisition of Genworth’s...
Crum & Forster Acquires Aspen’s Food and Beverage Product Recall Business December 2, 2020 Specialty insurer Crum & Forster (C&F) has acquired the renewal rights of Aspen’s U.S. food and beverage product recall insurance...
Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice December 2, 2020 Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff...
Former Tesla Employee Settles Over Theft of Trade Secrets, False Claims to Media December 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A former Tesla Inc. factory employee will pay Elon Musk’s electric car maker $400,000 after it accused him of tipping...
Trumps Want Court to Approve Arbitration for Marketing Fraud Lawsuit December 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to halt a lawsuit accusing the U.S. president...
Health Workers, Nursing Homes Should Get First COVID Vaccines, Says CDC December 2, 2020 By Julie Steenhuysen and Manojna Maddipatla A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday voted 13 to 1...