New York City Ending Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate for City Employees February 8, 2023 By Karen Matthews New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last...
Funeral Home Finds Woman Alive Hours After Nursing Home Pronounced Her Dead February 8, 2023 An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later...
Earthquakes Deliver Another Blow to Turkey’s Re/Insurance Industry: Reports February 8, 2023 By L.S. Howard Two powerful earthquakes, which hit southeastern Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023, deliver another blow to the local re/insurance industry, according...
Thwarted Plot to Attack Baltimore Power Grid Part of Growing Domestic Terrorism: Feds February 8, 2023 By Eric Tucker and Lea Skene A Maryland woman spent months conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader based in Florida to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power...
Samsung Chip Plant Sues Insurer Over $400 Million in Storm Damage Claims February 8, 2023 By Madlin Mekelburg A Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor plant in Texas sued its insurer over $400 million in damage claims tied to a...
Judge Upholds Punitive Damage Award in Prison Strip Search February 8, 2023 By Randall Chase A judge rejected a challenge on Monday by Delaware’s Department of Correction of a jury’s $15,000 punitive damage award to...
Rethink Needed on How to Regulate Big Tech in Finance Services: BIS Official February 8, 2023 By Huw Jones A rethink is needed on how to directly regulate activities of Big Tech companies in financial services, given their size...
Americanas’ $4B Accounting Scandal Puts More Scrutiny on PwC’s Auditing Record February 8, 2023 By Vinícius Andrade, Barbara Nascimento and Amanda Iacone A $4 billion accounting shortfall would typically raise alarm bells for an auditor. Somehow, a PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP affiliate didn’t catch...
Ruff Ruling for Nationwide: Ohio Court Says Insurer Must Cover Canine Bite February 8, 2023 By Ezra Amacher An Ohio Court of Appeals panel said that Nationwide must indemnify a canine owner whose bulldog bit a passer-by, ruling...
UK’s Royal Mail Faces Threat From Ransomware Group LockBit February 8, 2023 UK’s Royal Mail is facing a threat from ransomware group LockBit, according to information published on a website, at a...