Washington City Settles Shooting Lawsuit for $8M December 7, 2020 By Gene Johnson The city of Tacoma, Wash., has agreed to an $8 million settlement for a man who was paralyzed and had...
PG&E Rate Hike in California Aimed at Easing Wildfire Risk December 7, 2020 By Michael Liedtke Pacific Gas & Electric’s household customers will be hit with an average rate increase of 8% to help the once-bankrupt...
Norway Bank DNB Faces Fine for Failure to Comply with Money Laundering Rules December 7, 2020 By Stephen Treloar and Frances Schwartzkopff Norway’s biggest bank has been warned that it may be fined 400 million kroner ($45 million) for failing to comply...
Bankrupt Store Chain Sells $175M Unpaid COVID Insurance Claim to Pay Debt December 7, 2020 By Jeremy Hill There’s an unusual asset up for grabs in Century 21 Stores’ going-out-of-business sale: a stake in its long-shot legal fight...
BRP Group Acquires Virginia’s Armfield, Harrison & Thomas December 7, 2020 BRP Group Inc., an independent insurance distribution firm delivering tailored insurance solutions, has acquired all of the outstanding equity interests...
Crawford & Company Appoints Hagenbucher as Managing Director in New York December 7, 2020 Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has...
Virginia Governor to Name Ex-Administration Official as Top Regulator December 7, 2020 By Sarah Rankin Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said Wednesday he will appoint an attorney and former member of his administration to a soon-to-be...
EU Privacy Agency Does Not Expect New EU-US Data Privacy Accord Any Time Soon December 7, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Companies hoping the EU and the new U.S. administration will soon strike a new transatlantic data transfer pact to replace...
Nice Home Office You Got There. Who’s Paying for It? December 7, 2020 By Chris Taylor In the past, home offices were often an afterthought: Ill-equipped, cramped, and a little dusty from only occasional use. Now...
Cost of Postponing Tokyo Olympics Could Reach $2.8 Billion December 7, 2020 By Stephen Wade TOKYO – The cost of the postponement for the Tokyo Olympics could reach about $2.8 billion, according to figures released...