Was It an Act of War? That’s Merck Cyber Attack’s $1.3 Billion Insurance Question. December 3, 2019 By Riley Griffin, Katherine Chiglinsky and David Voreacos, Bloomberg By the time Deb Dellapena arrived for work at Merck & Co.’s 90-acre campus north of Philadelphia, there was a...
Musk Defamation Trial Over ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet Set to Begin December 3, 2019 By Rachel Parsons Tesla boss Elon Musk is set to go on trial on Tuesday after he described a British cave explorer who...
Reuters Special Report: Powder Keg- Regulators Bowed to Industry for Decades Over Talc Risks December 3, 2019 By Lisa Girion and Chad Terhune At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to...
Vape Crisis Prompts Calls for Greater Clarity in Cannabis Regulation December 3, 2019 By Elizabeth Blosfield Cannabis industry lawyers are calling for greater clarity around regulation of the cannabis industry. Panelists at the 2019 Professional Liability...
Reinsurers Pressure Life Insurers Over Vaping Health Risks December 3, 2019 By Carolyn Cohn, Suzanne Barlyn and Noor Zainab Hussain Global reinsurers are stepping up their warnings to life insurer clients about the potential risks of vaping, putting pressure on...
Last Day to Submit to Insurance Journal’s Charity Issue December 2, 2019 Insurance Journal Magazine’s Charity Issue highlights some of the many charitable tales in the insurance industry. Don’t miss your chance...
Cryptocurrency Fraud Losses Surge to $4.4 Billion: CipherTrace Report December 2, 2019 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Cryptocurrency theft has surged in 2019 compared with last year, with more money flowing through digital exchanges and criminals looking...
AXA XL Names AIG’s Wilbanks as Casualty, Environmental Risk Engineering Manager December 2, 2019 AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed has appointed Sheri Wilbanks as its global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business manager....
Judge Blocks Facebook Data Breach Victims from Suing for Damages as Group December 2, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc. users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018...
Argo Shareholders Not Alone in Wondering About CEO Corporate Jet Use December 2, 2019 By Tim McLaughlin As U.S. corporate jet use approaches pre-financial crisis levels and chief executives take an increasing number of personal trips on...