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Supreme Court Declines to Revive Wrongful Death Suit over Mississippi Police Shooting
Feb 22 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not revive a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a black man shot to death by a white police officer in Mississippi. Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert was killed in June 2016 in...
Shipping Company Fined $2M for Dumping Oily Waste into Gulf
Feb 21 2019 // A federal judge ordered a shipping company to pay $2 million in fines after one of its tankers illegally dumped oily waste into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Interorient Marine Services Limited was fined...
NASA Warns SpaceX, Boeing on Space Program Safety Concerns
Feb 21 2019 // NASA has warned SpaceX and Boeing Co. of design and safety concerns for their competing astronaut launch systems, according to industry sources and a new government report, threatening the U.S. bid to revive its human...
One of Lawsuits by Kids Against Trump Climate Policies Dismissed
Feb 21 2019 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two Pennsylvania boys and an environmental group seeking to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from rolling back regulations addressing climate change, saying the court does not...
AXA Reports 66% Drop in 2018 Net Profit on U.S. Unit’s IPO Costs, Natural Disasters
Feb 21 2019 // Net profits at AXA, Europe’s second biggest insurer, fell sharply as a result of charges related to its U.S. unit’s initial public offering (IPO) and a spate of natural disasters, although AXA hoped for higher...
Louisiana Flood Victims Still Waiting for Federal Recovery Grants
Feb 20 2019 // The month-long partial federal government shutdown likely further delayed aid grants to homeowners still trying to recover from the 2016 flooding, Louisiana’s top disaster recovery official said. As many as 6,000...
Ironshore’s Shrubb Joins AXA XL’s Terrorism Insurance Team in U.S.
Feb 20 2019 // Morgan Shrubb has joined AXA XL Insurance as underwriting manager for War, Terrorism & Political Violence insurance. Shrubb joins AXA XL from Ironshore International where she served as a production specialist, charged...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Limit Clean Water Act
Feb 19 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider limiting the scope of a landmark law aimed at curbing water pollution in a dispute pitting environmentalists against local authorities in Hawaii over a wastewater...
VW Wins Diesel Emissions Case in Germany Brought by Customer Who Plans Appeal
Feb 19 2019 // A German court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Volkswagen in a case brought by a customer seeking compensation for having bought a diesel car affected by emissions cheating, but the plaintiff’s lawyer plans to appeal. A...
China Abandons Pledge, Returns to Very Active Hacking of U.S., Report Says
Feb 19 2019 // China largely abandoned a hacking truce negotiated by Barack Obama as President Donald Trump embarked on a trade war with Beijing last year, according to the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike Inc. A slowdown in Chinese...
Accidents Could Ground Drone Industry, House Committee Chair Warns
Feb 18 2019 // The commercial drone industry could be torpedoed if there were a serious accident involving a drone and a commercial aircraft, the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
Insurers Seek to Deny Boat Owner’s Claim in Rhode Island Case
Feb 18 2019 // The National Liability & Fire Insurance Co. and the Boat Owners Association of the United States are suing a Vermont man in federal court in Rhode Island and are seeking to deny his claim on an $85,000 policy for his...
Business Moves
Feb 18 2019 // National AmWINS, The Flood Agency Specialty insurance broker AmWINS Group has agreed to acquire The Flood Insurance Agency, a Florida-based managing general agency that specializes in private market flood insurance. The...
People
Feb 18 2019 // National MetLife has named Darla Finchum as head of the company’s U.S. property/casualty business, MetLife Auto & Home. Finchum had been serving in this role on an interim basis since last August. She will be...
Age Bias Law Protects Current Employees But Not Job Applicants
Feb 18 2019 // Court Says Only Congress Can Extend the ADEA in Ruling Involving 58 Year Old Law Firm Job Seeker A divided U.S. appeals court has dealt a setback to older job applicants, saying they cannot invoke a federal law against age...
Hanover Partners with RSA Group to Expand International Specialty Offerings
Feb 15 2019 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has a new agreement with the multinational insurer RSA Group to join its global network as a U.S. strategic network partner. This relationship expands The Hanover’s international...
New Ventures, Driver Shortage Among Challenges in Trucking Insurance Market
Feb 15 2019 // The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking – including a shortage of qualified drivers, low...
J&J Talc Supplier Files for Bankruptcy Over Lawsuits
Feb 14 2019 // A key supplier of talc used in Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday in the wake of multibillion-dollar lawsuits alleging its products caused ovarian cancer and...
USI Insurance Services to Acquire U.S. Risk Insurance Group
Feb 12 2019 // Dallas-based property/casualty program and specialty brokerage firm, U.S. Risk Insurance Group (U.S. Risk), announced it has agreed to be acquired by USI Insurance Services (USI). The transaction is expected to close in...
Doctors Alerted to Cancer Risk Linked to Breast Implants
Feb 12 2019 // U.S. health officials are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare cancer linked to breast implants after receiving more reports of the disease. The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to family doctors,...
