Bankruptcy Judge Grants Purdue Pharma Time Out from Government Opioid Litigation October 13, 2019 By Steven Church and Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker...
Vaping-Related Illnesses Could be Due to Multiple Causes: U.S. Health Agencies October 11, 2019 U.S. health officials said on Friday there may be more than one cause to the outbreak of the mysterious lung...
What Agents Should Know Before Joining an Insurance Agency Network October 11, 2019 By Matt Masiello Today is a great time to be an independent agent, but running an independent agency is not easy. Without an...
Cyber Insurance Will Reshape Cybersecurity October 11, 2019 By Asaf Lifshitz Cybersecurity is broken. It’s a bold statement, but given the increasing frequency of cyber breaches, along with the presence of...
How TRIA Would Handle Another 9/11: I.I.I. October 11, 2019 By James Lynch The Insurance Information Institute’s new white paper, “A World Without TRIA: Incalculable Risk,” shows how the market for terrorism insurance...
Court Allows Judge Opposed by Drug Firms to Oversee Nationwide Opioid Trial October 11, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for a landmark trial over the nation’s opioid crisis, rejecting a...
Global Safety Regulators Fault U.S., ‘Undue Pressure’ from Boeing for 737 Max Approval October 11, 2019 By Alan Levin U.S. aviation regulators assessing Boeing Co.’s 737 Max sometimes didn’t follow their own rules, used out-of-date procedures and lacked the...
Travelers Joins MIT Research Groups Focused on Autonomous Transportation October 10, 2019 The Travelers Companies has joined the Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Partners...
How States, Cities Compare on Rates of Health Uninsured October 10, 2019 With the national rate of Americans lacking health insurance on the rise again, the personal finance website WalletHub released a...
Holocaust Survivors Want Congress to Let Them Sue Insurers Over Nazi-Era Losses October 10, 2019 By Curt Anderson When David Schaecter was a child in Slovakia in the 1930s, he counted more than 100 people in his extended...