Bayer’s Strategy on Roundup Litigation Rests on EPA Glyphosate Finding May 17, 2019 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG plans to argue that a $2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weed...
5 More States Sue Purdue Over OxyContin Marketing May 17, 2019 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners are being sued by five more states alleging the company’s aggressive marketing of...
Munich Re to Offer Coverage for Curv Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency May 17, 2019 Curv, a cloud-based institutional digital asset wallet service, has partnered with Munich Re to provide insurance protection of up to...
North Carolina Town Damaged by Tornado May 17, 2019 Officials say that a tornado roared through Wake County, North Carolina for up to eight miles, uprooting trees and damaging...
Arrest Made in Arson Fires to Homes Owned by South Carolina Gov May 17, 2019 By Meg Kinnard A 21-year-old man has been charged with intentionally setting a fire that damaged two Columbia rental properties owned by South...
California’s New Climate and Sustainability Chief in Talks with Insurers May 16, 2019 By Don Jergler Michael Peterson has had about five months to come in and tackle what promises to be unique job. Peterson is...
California Agent Allegedly Steals $65K from Small Business Owners May 16, 2019 California Insurance agent Francis Okyere, 67, self-surrendered this week at the Los Angeles County Superior Court after being charged with...
Hartford to Close on $2.1 Billion Acquisition of Navigators on May 23 May 16, 2019 The Hartford said it has received all regulatory approvals needed to complete its acquisition of specialty insurer Navigators Group on...
Commercial Insurance Prices Were Up 3% Globally, 1.1% in U.S. in Q1: Marsh May 16, 2019 Average global commercial insurance prices increased 3% in the first quarter of2019, according to broker Marsh. This represents the sixth...
A.M. Best Warns of Ratings Downgrades If Terror Reinsurance Act Not Renewed May 16, 2019 Property/casualty insurers that have relied heavily on the federal terrorism reinsurance program face the risk of rating downgrades if the...