Insurtech M&A: Applied Systems to Acquire Indio to Digitize Commercial Lines Sales December 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Leading insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire digital insurance technology startup Indio Technologies. The move will enable...
New York Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Funds for October Storm December 4, 2019 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for federal funding to help New York communities recover from Halloween storms packing...
Verisk Signs Agreement to Acquire New Jersey’s FAST December 4, 2019 Verisk, a Jersey City, N.J.-headquartered data analytics provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FAST, a privately held software...
Maine Municipal Employee Hit and Killed by City Truck He Was Using December 4, 2019 Maine police say a city employee was struck and killed by the bucket truck he had been driving while he...
Supreme Court Justices Question Landowners’ Claims in Montana Superfund Cleanup December 4, 2019 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to shield a unit of British oil major BP Plc from claims...
How Sex Abuse Claims Laws Have Changed in 15 States December 4, 2019 Fifteen states have revised their laws in the past two years extending or suspending statute of limitations to allow child...
Under New State Laws, Catholic Church Could See New Wave of Abuse Suits December 4, 2019 By Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian A wave of new laws in 15 states that allow people to make claims of sexual abuse going back decades...
Directors and Officers Face Significantly Higher Range of Risks: Allianz Report December 4, 2019 The range of risks facing company executives, or directors and officers (D&Os), has increased significantly in recent years along with...
Art Thefts, Such as Dresden Jewelry Heist, Are Here to Stay: Opinion December 4, 2019 By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg Opinion The management of Dresden’s Green Vault, where the biggest museum heist in post-World War II German history took place on...
Death Toll from Typhoon Kammuri Rises as Storm Passes South of Manila in Philippines December 4, 2019 By Ditas Lopez and Siegfrid Alegado The death toll from Typhoon Kammuri rose to 17 people after destroying houses and displacing hundreds of thousands on its...