Court Battles Begin as U.S., States Sue to Halt Anthem, Aetna Mergers July 21, 2016 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Zachary Tracer U.S. antitrust enforcers roundly rejected a pair of proposed deals that would consolidate the nation’s five biggest health insurers into...
MetLife to Change Brand Name of Spinoff Retail Brand to Brighthouse July 21, 2016 By Katherine Chiglinsky MetLife Inc., the New York-based insurer that traces its roots to the 1860s, said it’s come up with a new...
Zika Case in Utah Raises Questions over How Virus Spreads July 21, 2016 By Lindsay Whitehurst The case of a Utah man who contracted the Zika virus after caring for his infected father raised new questions...
University of Oregon Settles Whistleblower Suit with Former Employees July 21, 2016 The University of Oregon has agreed to pay $425,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two former employees over allegations...
Idaho Investment Firm at Heart of Trade-Secret Lawsuit July 21, 2016 By Rebecca Boone An Idaho-based software company is being sued after it hired two former employees from another company. The lawsuit, brought by...
CNA Appoints Childs as VP of Underwriting for Construction July 21, 2016 CNA has appointed Rick Childs to the post of vice president of underwriting for the company’s construction segment. In this...
Travelers Hit Hard with Catastrophe Losses in Q2 July 21, 2016 The Travelers Companies reported an 18 percent drop in net profit for the second quarter largely due to a 50...
New York Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Going Up Oct. 1 July 21, 2016 New York has approved a 9.3 percent average hike in workers’ compensation loss costs. The new benchmarks will go into...
How Tesla Liability in AutoPilot Crash Could Turn on Data Collected by Car July 21, 2016 By Jessica Dye The large volume of data Tesla Motors Inc. collects from its cars on the road has armed it with information...
SoftBank & Honda Aim to Develop Talking Cars that Read a Driver’s Emotions July 21, 2016 On the heels of its $32 billion takeover of chip designer ARM Holdings, SoftBank Corp. founder Masayoshi Son is embarking...