Environmentalists Sue Over Trump Rollback of Offshore Oil Safety Regulations June 12, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put...
Former UCLA Gynecologist Pleads Not Guilty to Patient Sex Abuse June 12, 2019 By Robert Jablon A retired gynecologist who worked at the University of California, Los Angeles for decades has pleaded not guilty to sexually...
E-Scooter Injuries on the Rise; Researchers Urge Helmet Laws June 12, 2019 Facial and head injuries from riding electric scooters have tripled over the past decade, according to a Rutgers study. Electric...
Union General in California Adds Five to Expanding Team June 12, 2019 Concord, Calif.-based Union General Insurance Services has added five people to its team. Included in that group are two managing...
Aon’s Specht Joins Cyber Insurance Agency Coalition as the Head of Affinity June 12, 2019 Cyber insurance and cybersecurity agency Coalition announced the addition of Brian Specht as the head of Affinity to help the...
California Heat Stokes Fire Risk, Residents Asked to Curb Power Use June 12, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan A second day of unrelenting heat is scorching California, sending temperatures to near record levels, raising risk of wildfires and...
BHSI Opens Office in S. Australia, Taps Holland from Chubb as Underwriting Manager June 12, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its presence in Australia to South Australia, opening an office in...
AXIS Re Names Sweeting from Vibe Syndicate as Head of Lloyd’s Casualty Reinsurance June 12, 2019 AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of Joe Sweeting as head of...
British Hacker Gets 4 Years in Jail for TalkTalk Data Breach June 12, 2019 By Jonathan Browning A British man who hacked TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc, blackmailed executives and offered to supply customer data has been jailed...
Medical Errors in Massachusetts Cost Hundreds of Millions June 12, 2019 A new survey has found that nearly 62,000 medical errors in Massachusetts in one year cost about $617 million for...