Following Chemical Plant Fires, Texas’ Harris County to Hire More Environmental Experts September 13, 2019 Harris County plans to hire additional environmental personnel to better respond to dangerous chemical plant and refinery fires like ones...
Coast Guard Issues Safety Recommendations After California Dive Boat Fire September 13, 2019 The Coast Guard announced it has issued new safety recommendations in the wake of a fatal boat fire off the...
California Lawsuit Over Profits From Fox Series “Bones” is Settled September 13, 2019 A lawsuit over profits between the producers and stars of the show “Bones” and 21st Century Fox has been settled....
Uber Being Sued Over Resistance to California ‘Gig’ Contractor Law September 13, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A driver for Uber has sued the company for misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors, hours after California legislators voted...
Alaska Grand Jury Indicts GE’s Baker Hughes for Exposing Workers to Toxic Chemicals September 13, 2019 By Liz Hampton A grand jury in Alaska this week indicted General Electric’s Baker Hughes, two of its subsidiaries and an employee, for...
PG&E Reaches $11B Settlement with Insurers Over California Wildfire Claims September 13, 2019 Bankrupt California utility giant PG&E Corp. resolved a key battle by agreeing to pay $11 billion to settle insurance claims...
U.K. Police Drop Probe Into Pro-Brexit Group Leave.EU, Co-Founded by Insurance Exec September 13, 2019 By Franz Wild U.K. police dropped an investigation into whether Brexit supporting campaign Leave.EU breached electoral law, saying there was insufficient evidence to...
Euro Zone to Launch Public Cryptocurrency in Response to Threat of Facebook’s Libra September 13, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio Euro zone governments and central banks are working on a long-term plan to launch a public digital currency that they...
Insurers Looking to Add Jobs in Low Unemployment, High Tech Environment September 13, 2019 About 62 percent of insurance companies polled said they intend to increase staff in the next 12 months, according to...
U.K. Telematics Insurer Finds Motorists 32% More Likely to Crash on Friday the 13th September 13, 2019 Analysis of almost five billion miles of driving data and associated claims in the U.K. shows that Friday is the...