Poaching, Sexual Harassment, Sabotage? Alabama Insurance Agency Suits Air it Out November 6, 2023 By William Rabb A dispute between two veteran west Alabama insurance agents has made it all the way to the state Supreme Court...
Mining Giants BHP, Vale Accused of Colluding to Cut Payouts to Victims of Dam Collapse October 26, 2020 Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims...
McDonald’s Seeks to Recoup Severance Paid Ousted CEO Over Sexual Affairs August 11, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel McDonald’s Corp. said on Monday it sued former Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook to recoup tens of millions of dollars in...
Mining Groups Should Be Required to Buy Insurance for Tailings Dams: Report June 30, 2020 Mining companies should be required to buy private insurance for tailings dams and their board of directors should be held...
Oil & Gas Companies Seek More D&O Insurance as Bankruptcies Loom June 10, 2020 By Laura Sanicola and Shariq Khan The U.S. oil and gas industry is paying a hefty price to protect its top brass against potential bankruptcy and...
Brazil’s Vale Knew Deadly Tailings Dam Was Unsafe as Far Back as 2003: Report February 24, 2020 By Anthony Boadle and Gram Slattery An independent investigation requested by Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA into the causes of the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster...
Preferred Property Program Launches D&O Policy for Community Associations December 3, 2019 Preferred Property Programs (PPP), a division of Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott, Inc. (JGS Insurance), has released a national insurance product...
Public Consultation Launched to Help Set Global Standards for Tailings Dams November 15, 2019 By Barbara Lewis A six-week public consultation launched [in London] on Friday will help set global standards to improve mining safety, aiming to...
Vale’s ‘Negligence’ May Have Cost Lives, Says Brazil Mining Regulator November 12, 2019 By Jake Spring and Christian Plumb Brazil’s mining regulator on Tuesday blasted iron ore miner Vale SA for failing to disclose problems with a mining dam...
Vale CEO Received Emailed Warning Ahead of Brazil Dam Collapse: Report November 5, 2019 By Christian Plumb The former chief executive of Brazilian iron ore miner Vale received an anonymous email weeks before the deadly collapse of...