U.S. Drone Regulations Delayed January 1, 2015 By Alwyn Scott and Roberta Rampton The United States missed a year-end deadline for publishing new rules on remote-control aircraft, delaying an eagerly awaited step toward...
Brown & Brown Sells Reinsurance Broker Axiom Re to Beach Re January 1, 2015 Brown & Brown Inc. sold certain assets of one of its subsidiaries, Axiom Re, to Beach Re Limited effective December...
Mississippi City’s Rescue Workers Welcome New Hydraulic Tools January 1, 2015 New hydraulic rescue tools will let crews extract people from smashed cars much faster, says Olive Branch Fire Capt. Dave...
West Virginia Resident Sues DuPont Over Drinking Water January 1, 2015 A West Virginia man has filed suit against chemical company DuPont for contaminating his home’s drinking water. Fifty-two-year-old Scott Chapman...
Sony Case Among Growing Number of Cyber Ransoms: Benner January 1, 2015 By Katie Benner, Bloomberg View Just three days before cyber-attackers crippled Sony Pictures, the hackers sent an e-mail to executives Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal...
Redmer to Return as Maryland’s Insurance Commissioner December 31, 2014 By Young Ha Maryland’s Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has named Al Redmer, Jr. to be the state’s insurance commissioner.
New York Regulator Surveying Insurers on TRIA Risk December 31, 2014 New York’s Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky has directed insurers that are licensed to write commercial property or liability business...
Police: Fewer Pennsylvania Crashes, Injuries Over Christmas Weekend December 31, 2014 Happy holidays meant safer driving this year in Pennsylvania. State police say they investigated 728 crashes during the five-day Christmas...
Climate Change in 2015 Could be Bigger Than Religion – or Selfie December 31, 2014 By Don Jergler The phrase “climate change” yields roughly 108 million results in a Google search – in the ballpark in terms of...
Education Dept.: Harvard Law School’s Response to Sex Assaults Violated Title IX December 31, 2014 By Chris Staiti Harvard Law School was found in violation of Title IX, the law that prohibits gender discrimination in education, for its...