$5 Billion Lawsuit Accuses Google of Tracking Users’ Private Internet Activity June 3, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy...
AXA XL Construction Ecosystem Platform Offers Risk Insights for Contractors June 2, 2020 AXA XL’s North America Construction insurance business is launching the Construction Ecosystem, a digital platform that aggregates data to provide...
Big Publishers Sue Digital ‘Emergency Library’ Offering Free Books During Coronavirus June 2, 2020 By Hillel Italie Four of the country’s biggest publishers have sued a digital library for copyright infringement, alleging that the Internet Archive has...
How Family-Work-Neighbor Networks May Make Things Worse in Disaster Response June 2, 2020 Faced with a common peril, people delay making decisions that might save lives, fail to alert each other to danger...
QBE North America Promotes Gransbury to Head New Specialty Unit; Krauss to A&H June 2, 2020 QBE North America has promoted Steve Gransbury to head of Specialty Insurance, a new group of existing QBE businesses, and...
States Adding Laws to Shield Businesses From Liability for Coronavirus Claims June 2, 2020 By Jim Sams Four states have passed laws that grant businesses immunity from civil liability for claims relating to COVID-19, while legislation in...
How COVID-19 Court Lockdowns May Turn the Social Inflation Tide June 2, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane Defense attorney Ellen Greiper reported receiving more than the usual number of phone calls from plaintiffs attorneys earlier this month,...
Pandemic Stay-at-Home Experience Raises P/C Insurers’ Bar for Delivering Digitally June 2, 2020 Significant investments in direct-to-consumer website and mobile design have helped property/casualty insurance companies improve their digital service and shopping experiences....
Federal Court Allows Counties’ Clean Air Claims Against VW for Diesel Scandal June 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and David Shepardson A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen AG cannot escape potential financial penalties from two counties in Florida...
Aon Appoints Rieth as U.S. Practice Leader for E&O/Cyber Broking Team June 1, 2020 Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. Practice Leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team....