Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Biometric Privacy Violation Claims January 30, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson In what the plaintiffs’ lawyers are calling the largest cash settlement ever resolving a privacy related lawsuit, Facebook has agreed...
Where Purdue Pharma-Sackler Legal Maters Stand Now January 30, 2020 By Tom Hals and Mike Spector OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its controlling Sackler family have been negotiating with cities, counties and states on a...
With Premiums Up Due to Accidents, Chemical, Refinery Plants Cut Back on Insurance January 30, 2020 By Laura Sanicola U.S. refineries and petrochemical plants are cutting back on insurance because several years of severe accidents have driven up the...
California’s Topa Insurance Company Promotes Yates, Tillinghast January 30, 2020 Topa Insurance Company, one of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Topa Insurance Group – a boutique insurance holding company based...
Judge Finds Ransomware Damage to Computer a ‘Direct Physical Loss’ January 30, 2020 By Jim Sams State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Co. is liable for the cost of replacing a computer server that was damaged...
Coon Named Deputy Commissioner for Maryland Insurance Administration January 30, 2020 Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. has named Jay Coon as deputy commissioner for the Maryland Insurance Administration. Coon is...
Massachusetts’ Morse Insurance Agency Acquires Connolly Insurance January 30, 2020 Morse Insurance Agency Inc., a provider of personal and business insurance in Southeastern Massachusetts, has acquired Connolly Insurance. The transaction...
New York’s The Stahlka Agency Names Berg as a Partner January 30, 2020 The Stahlka Agency has named Shawn Berg as a partner in the insurance agency. Berg joined the agency in 2011....
MS Amlin Appoints 4 Senior Leaders Within Specialty Business January 30, 2020 MS Amlin, the global re/insurer, announced the appointments of four senior leaders within the Specialty business, who will report to...
Brexit Day Is Finally Here; Now the Hard Part Begins: Opinion January 30, 2020 By Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg View London and Brussels are two hours apart by train but on Friday, the day the U.K. officially leaves the European...