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Senators Push Regulator to Finalize Drone ID System
Apr 30 2019 // Two U.S. senators on Monday urged U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to finalize a long-delayed rule that would require the remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones. The U.S. Congress tasked the...
Boeing’s Legal Woes Over Crashes Mount with Negligence Suits by Families
Apr 30 2019 // Boeing Co. was sued Monday by two Canadians who lost 10 family members in the March crash of a 737 Max in Ethiopia, adding to the aircraft manufacturer’s legal woes stemming from two deadly crashes by the jet. Among...
Getting Americans to Stop Using Phones While Driving
Apr 29 2019 // The distracted driving report by Zendrive, a traffic-data startup, makes it clearer and clearer each year that millions of Americans can’t stop themselves from talking, texting and livestreaming—yes, even using...
How Much Do Facebook Users Really Care About Privacy?
Apr 29 2019 // Facebook Inc. is preparing for a record-setting fine from U.S. regulators over privacy issues, but Wall Street shrugged at the looming penalty after the company added users and trounced profit expectations for the first...
Florida Officials Call on U.S. Lawmakers to Pass Hurricane Michael Aid Package
Apr 29 2019 // A bipartisan group of Florida Cabinet members and state lawmakers is demanding that U.S. lawmakers pass a disaster-relief package for Hurricane Michael victims. Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, Attorney General...
In Race for New Personal Lines Insurance Business, Exclusive Agents at Disadvantage
Apr 26 2019 // Personal lines insurers have only one option when it comes to growing their business: they must steal market share from competitors. That’s because each year brings very few new customers. Only about two to three...
Marsh Rolls Out Proof of Insurance Blockchain for Select U.S. Clients
Apr 26 2019 // A year after it began a collaboration to develop the product, insurance broker Marsh has announced that it has begun the rollout of its proof of insurance blockchain platform to U.S. commercial clients. Originally...
U.S. Plans Global Summit on Boeing 737 Max Safety
Apr 26 2019 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration next month will brief international aviation regulators on the agency’s work evaluating when the Boeing Co. 737 Max can return to service, which some countries have signaled...
Services, Intellectual Property on U.S.-China Trade Talk Agenda for Next Week
Apr 24 2019 // U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will travel to Beijing for trade talks beginning on April 30, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. It said Chinese Vice Premier...
How a Business Can Move from Novice to Expert in Cyber Defense Best Practices
Apr 24 2019 // Sixty-one percent of firms surveyed for insurer Hiscox had a cyber attack in the past year, compared to 45% in 2018. Meanwhile, the median cost for cyber incidents losses soared from $229,000 to $369,000. While those...
Lawyers Expect Wave of Litigation Targeting Popular Heart Drugs
Apr 24 2019 // Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against drug makers and sellers over widely prescribed generic heart medications tainted with potential carcinogens, the first claims in what some lawyers expect to be a wave of...
Alphabet’s Wing Is First Commercial Drone Unit Certified as Airline
Apr 24 2019 // An offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the legal authority to begin dropping products to actual...
U.S. Charges New York Drug Firm Executives with Opioid Distribution Conspiracy
Apr 24 2019 // Federal prosecutors unveiled the first criminal charges against pharmaceutical executives for illegally diverting opioids, accusing the former chief executive officer and the head of compliance at a major U.S. drug...
Texas Company to Pay $85K to Settle Age Discrimination Suit
Apr 23 2019 // Federal officials say a Fort Worth, Texas-based company will pay $85,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit. The suit against Atlas Energy Group LLC was brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Weinstein’s Companies, Directors, Officers Off the Hook for Sexual Misconduct Claims
Apr 23 2019 // Harvey Weinstein’s former companies and their officers and directors were dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed by 10 women, who claim the firms and executives aided the alleged sexual misconduct that led to the...
J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts
Apr 23 2019 // Johnson & Johnson wants a federal judge to take over more than 2,000 baby-powder lawsuits it faces instead of allowing the cases to be heard by state-court juries, where the company has a mixed record. The...
NOAA Upgrades Hurricane Michael to Category 5
Apr 22 2019 // Hurricane Michael, which devastated a swath of the Florida Panhandle last fall, has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, only the fourth to make recorded landfall in the United States and the first since 1992. The...
SCOR Global P&C Grows Reinsurance Premiums by 9.6% During April Renewals
Apr 22 2019 // SCOR Global P&C grew its gross written premiums by 9.6 percent, at constant exchange rates, to €548 million ($616 million), during the April 1 reinsurance renewals. In the aftermath of the events in 2018, catastrophe...
Supreme Court to Weigh If U.S. Job Bias Law Protects Gay, Transgender Employees
Apr 22 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether federal law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, accepting cases that could let the court’s new conservative majority...
Sports Sponsorship: It’s a New Ball Game for Insurers. Learn How Leading Carriers are Winning.
Apr 22 2019 // Brad Auerbach Head of Industry for Insurance, Facebook Insurance carriers invest heavily in sports activations, from stadium rights to tour sponsorships. Historically, the traditional sponsorship model has been an...
