Justice Department Charges Facebook With Hiring Bias Against U.S. Workers December 4, 2020 By Sarah N. Lynch, Nandita Bose and Katie Paul The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc. on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers, saying in a new lawsuit the...
SEC Fines Cheesecake Factory for Misleading Disclosures About COVID Financial Impact December 4, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The Securities and Exchange Commission said it has settled charges against The Cheesecake Factory Inc. for misleading disclosures about the...
Women’s Team Settles With U.S. Soccer Federation Over Work Conditions December 4, 2020 By Anne M. Peterson and Ronald Blum U.S. women’s national team players and the U.S. Soccer Federation have settled their long-running lawsuit over inequitable working conditions with...
Inspector General Urges Mine Safety Agency to Tighten Silica Dust Rules for Miners December 4, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Labor is urging the government’s mine safety agency to tighten restrictions on...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Insurance Expert Unpacks Green Wave Election December 4, 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...
IBM Warns COVID Vaccine ‘Cold Chain’ Process Has Been Targeted by Hackers December 4, 2020 By Raphael Satter IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that digital...
Environmentalists Say U.S. Insurers Lag Behind Peers on Fossil Fuels December 3, 2020 By Don Jergler U.S. insurance companies lag behind their global peers by enabling the fossil fuel industry, according to a report from an...
Insurance Journal’s Annual Charity Issue: Deadline Tomorrow December 3, 2020 This is the last week to submit for Insurance Journal’s Charity Issue. This annual special issue of Insurance Journal’s print...
Travelers to Acquire Plymouth Rock’s Digital Agency InsuraMatch December 3, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The Travelers Companies has agreed to acquire InsuraMatch, a national digital independent insurance agency, from the Plymouth Rock Group of...
Small Business Insurtech Huckleberry to Offer Pandemic Business Interruption Plan December 3, 2020 Huckleberry, a small business insurance purchasing platform, has launched a new offering designed for small businesses impacted by pandemic-related stressors...