Death Toll from Fire in Oakland Artist Loft Reaches 33 December 5, 2016 By Rory Carroll A fire that devastated an Oakland, California, loft building during a weekend dance party has taken at least 33 lives...
Update: Hackers Steal $31M from Russian Central & Commercial Banks December 5, 2016 Hackers stole more than 2 billion roubles ($31 million) from correspondent accounts at the Russian central bank and from accounts...
China’s Insurers Have Major Risk Management Deficiencies, Warns Regulator December 5, 2016 Chinese insurance firms have significant risk management deficiencies, as they overly focus on asset management for profits and growth, a...
Xceedance Opens Insurance Operations Center in Krakow, Poland December 5, 2016 Xceedance, the Boston-based provider of property/casualty insurance technology, analytics and consulting services, announced the launch of an operations center in...
Talbot Underwriting Beefs Up Cyber Offering, Hiring ANV’s Mayes & Anderson December 5, 2016 Talbot Underwriting Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Validus Holdings Ltd., has appointed a dedicated team of cyber underwriters. Phil...
BMW to Test Autonomous Vehicles in Munich in 2017 December 5, 2016 By Edward Taylor BMW will test autonomous vehicles in Munich next year as it seeks to keep up with ride-hailing firms like Uber,...
$122.5M Award Upheld in Imprisoned Arkansas Doctor’s Bombing Case December 5, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones A former Arkansas doctor has lost his appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court of a $122.5 million jury award stemming...
Residents Return to Tennessee City Demolished by Fire December 5, 2016 By Adam Beam and Jonathan Mattise Charlotte Moore needed a phone charger. “I’ll just get it at home,” she shrugged. Then she remembered that her home...
Supreme Court to Hear Hospitals’ Religious Exemption from ERISA December 5, 2016 By Brendan Pierson The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear appeals by Christian-affiliated hospital systems of lower court rulings that gave...
Wal-Mart to Settle Bias Suit Over Gay Benefits for $7.5 Million December 5, 2016 By Erik Larson Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against gay workers...