June 28, 2021
LONDON – Britain’s accounting regulator said on Monday it has opened investigations into the audits of Greensill Capital and Wyelands Bank as regulatory scrutiny of the companies intensifies. Wyelands Bank is owned by steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s metals-to-finance empire GFG …
June 28, 2021
Hiscox has agreed an arbitration settlement with a group of policyholders over business interruption losses due to the government’s COVID-19 lockdown last year, the Lloyd’s of London insurer said on Monday. Hiscox was one of six of the world’s largest …
June 28, 2021
Two more individuals have pleaded guilty to conspiring to stage automobile accidents in Louisiana in a scheme to defraud insurance and trucking companies, the U.S. Justice Department says. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported that …
June 28, 2021
The parents of an infant who died at a Sioux Falls hospital have agreed to settle their malpractice lawsuit against the healthcare provider. The terms of the mediated settlement between Avera McKennan Hospital and the baby’s parents, Khayyam and Tejumade …
June 28, 2021
Microsoft said on Friday an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers. The company said it had found the compromise during its response to hacks …
June 27, 2021
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that employers cannot subject all warehouse employees to random drug testing by designating them as having “safety sensitive” jobs. In its 4-3 ruling, the court ruled that companies must consider the specific …
June 27, 2021
An explosion and massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois that filled the sky with black smoke and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes for days was started accidentally during maintenance work, a senior fire official said. …
June 25, 2021
The man who gunned down 26 people at a Sutherland Springs church in Texas’ deadliest ever mass shooting should not have been able to buy the assault style weapon he used, but the store that sold it to him can’t …
June 25, 2021
A woman who said she and her three children became violently ill after using a splash park at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is suing the attraction, alleging unsanitary conditions led to an illness outbreak. The Kansas Department of Health and …
June 25, 2021
San Francisco city workers will be required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus when a vaccine receives full federal approval. The policy covering 35,000 municipal workers may be the first by any city or county in the U.S. Employees who …