California Wants Hospitals to Test All Workers for Virus December 2, 2020 By Adam Beam and Don Thompson California has asked hospitals to ramp up their coronavirus testing amid a surge of new cases, urging them to test...
Pennsylvania Governor Strikes Down Bill That Would Have Limited COVID-19 Lawsuits December 2, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a bill that would have expanded liability protection against COVID-19-related lawsuits for various businesses...
Hawaii Gets Through 2020 Hurricane Season Sans Major Impact December 2, 2020 The 2020 hurricane season set records with the number of storms in Atlantic Ocean regions, but Hawaii escaped largely unscathed...
California Will Provide $500M in Virus Aid for Small Businesses December 2, 2020 California will provide temporary tax relief and $500 million in aid to small businesses struggling because of coronavirus outbreak restrictions,...
Fairfax Announces Sale of RiverStone Europe to Private Equity Firm CVC December 2, 2020 Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a binding agreement with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) to sell all...
Crum & Forster Acquires Aspen’s Food and Beverage Product Recall Business December 2, 2020 Specialty insurer Crum & Forster (C&F) has acquired the renewal rights of Aspen’s U.S. food and beverage product recall insurance...
Hub International Acquires Quebec-Based Seymour Alper December 2, 2020 Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired Seymour Alper Inc. Terms of the transaction were...
Gale-Force Winds, Rain and Snow Lash Much of Northeastern U.S. December 2, 2020 Gale-force winds lashed much of the northeastern U.S. on Monday, prompting tornado watches and flash-flood warnings. “Hold on to your...
Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice December 2, 2020 Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff...
Former Tesla Employee Settles Over Theft of Trade Secrets, False Claims to Media December 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A former Tesla Inc. factory employee will pay Elon Musk’s electric car maker $400,000 after it accused him of tipping...