United Airlines Settles Sexual Harassment Claim Over Explicit Internet Posts by Captain December 27, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson United Airlines has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit over a captain who continued to post explicit images of...
Why the Worst Case for Climate Change Doesn’t Look Realistic: Viewpoint December 27, 2019 By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion In recent years, much of the commentary about climate change has gone from sternly serious to wildly despairing. A new...
Long-Awaited U.S. Drone Safety Rules Call for Extensive Tracking Network December 26, 2019 By Alan Levin All but the smallest civilian drones would have to broadcast radio tracking data to ensure greater safety and prevent terrorism...
Must Gift Cards Be Available in Braille to Comply with ADA? December 24, 2019 By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg Opinion In this season of giving, nothing says I-waited-until-the-last-minute-and-didn’t-have-time-to-think-seriously-about-what-to-get like a gift card. In both their solid and virtual forms, the...
Vaping Lung Injury Cases Down; Link to Vitamin E Acetate Reinforced December 24, 2019 By Robert Langreth Most patients stricken in a wave of vaping-related injuries had vitamin E acetate in their lungs, U.S. health officials found,...
Workers’ Comp Profits at Risk from Growing Competition, Lower Rates: A.M. Best December 24, 2019 Workers’ compensation carriers’ ability to retain profitable accounts and maintain market share could be challenged due to declining rates and...
It’s Not Easy Getting Insurers to Defend in Sexual Harassment Cases December 24, 2019 By Jim Sams While Harvey Weinstein’s insurers have reportedly agreed to pay $47 million to settle civil suits against the movie producer, most...
Underwriters and Insureds Taking Harder Look at Commercial Property Risks December 24, 2019 By Andrea Wells Commercial property underwriters are adjusting to a market defined by rising catastrophe losses and dwindling profits. From increasing rates and...
AXA XL, Slice Labs, Microsoft to Offer Cyber Risk Management Tools December 23, 2019 AXA XL, the p&c and Specialty Risk Division of global insurer AXA, Slice Labs Inc. (Slice), an on-demand insurer of...
GEICO CEO Roberts to Retire End of 2020; Berkshire Hathaway’s Combs to Succeed December 23, 2019 Bill Roberts, GEICO’s president and chief executive officer, has announced that he will retire in December 2020 after 35 years...