California Department of Insurance Investigation Leads to $5.5M Settlement July 16, 2020 A settlement has been announced between Libre by Nexus Inc. in which it will cease transacting immigration bonds in the...
AHT Insurance Acquires Mason & Mason Insurance July 16, 2020 AHT Insurance has acquired Mason & Mason Insurance. Mason’s offices in Whitman, Mass., located near Boston, and North Conway, N.H.,...
Maryland’s Frederick Mutual Promotes Stenbjorn to Chief Information Officer July 16, 2020 Frederick Mutual, a Frederick, Md.-based insurance company, has promoted Paul Stenbjorn to chief information officer. Stenbjorn has been a technology...
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Office Firebombing July 16, 2020 A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to charges that he firebombed a child welfare office during a custody dispute has...
Report Says COVID-19 Brought to N.Y. Nursing Homes By Infected Staff, Visitors July 16, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield A New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) report says the coronavirus outbreak that has afflicted nursing homes throughout the...
Adviser to EU Judges Says Online Platforms Not Liable for User Copyright Violations July 16, 2020 By Marine Strauss Google’s YouTube and other online platforms are not liable when users illegally upload copyrighted works onto their platforms, but rightholders...
Houston Rockets Becomes First NBA Team to Sue Insurer Over Denied Covid-19 Claims July 16, 2020 By Jef Feeley and Katherine Chiglinsky The Houston Rockets and billionaire owner Tilman Fertitta are suing their insurer for denying the National Basketball Association team’s bid...
Shipping Losses at Record Lows, but COVID-19 Impact Could Threaten Safety: Allianz July 16, 2020 Large shipping losses dropped by 20% last year, in a continuation of decade-long trend when losses declined by almost 70%,...
Coordinated Twitter Hacking Raises Concerns About Platform’s Security July 16, 2020 By Joseph Menn and Raphael Satter The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed...
European Union Court Invalidates Special Data Privacy Shield Granted U.S. Firms July 16, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee and Marine Strauss LUXEMBOURG – Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday that a transatlantic data transfer deal is invalid because of concerns about...