Investors Back Startups for Commercial Auto, Climate Risk, High Risk Homes August 14, 2020 By Mark Hollmer An insurtech managing general agency focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing, a...
Risman Insurance Agencies Acquires Massachusetts’ Insurance Associates August 14, 2020 Risman Insurance Agencies acquired Insurance Associates Inc. of Burlington, Mass., on August 3, 2020. Insurance Associates has been a family-owned...
Cable Appointed Chief of New Data Privacy and Security Division in Mass. AG’s Office August 14, 2020 Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced the creation of the Data Privacy and Security Division within her office to...
Drugmakers Shielded from COVID Vaccine Liability But Funds for Injury Claims in Doubt August 14, 2020 By Valerie Bauman and Susan Decker Americans who suffer adverse reactions to coronavirus vaccines that the U.S. is racing to develop will have a hard time...
Maine Firefighters Get Meters to Prevent Future Explosions August 14, 2020 Twenty fire departments in Maine are getting gas detection meters from the state to help prevent another disaster like the...
Metal Shredder to Pay $875K to Settle Rhode Island Air Pollution Claims August 14, 2020 A company that shreds scrap metal has agreed to pay the largest fine ever imposed under Rhode Island’s air pollution...
Mercedes-Benz Maker Daimler to Pay Nearly $3 Billion to Settle U.S. Diesel Claims August 14, 2020 By David Shepardson and Emma Thomasson Daimler said on Thursday it has reached agreements costing nearly $3 billion to settle civil investigations by U.S. regulators and...
Calif. Court Rules Amazon Liable Like Other Retailers for Defective Products August 14, 2020 By Lisa Baertlein Amazon.com can be held liable like other traditional retailers for injuries from defective products sold via its sprawling e-commerce marketplace,...
Justice Department Alleges Yale Illegally Discriminates Against Asians, Whites August 14, 2020 By Jan Wolfe and Eric Beech The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its...
Explainer: Assessing Liabilities from Massive Mauritius Oil Spill August 14, 2020 A Japanese bulk carrier struck a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilling...