Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits that claimed the hospital system paid kickbacks to one of the physicians and bought his practice for more than it was worth, …
Pacific Gas & Electric reported to California utility regulators that its equipment may have been involved in the start of a fire burning in the Sierra Nevada that is threatening hundreds of homes. PG&E said in a report Sunday to …
Two Boston, Mass.-based advisory and research firms for the insurance industry are now one. Aite Group and Novarica Inc. said they have merged to create Aite-Novarica Group. The move comes with an investment by Pamlico Capital, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based …
Virginia Tech says it was targeted in two recent cyberattacks but feels confident no data was stolen. Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski told the Roanoke Times that a few university units used Kaseya, a U.S. software company exploited in early …
DuPont Co. and two spinoffs will pay at least $50 million to Delaware to help clean up toxic chemicals, the Delaware Department of Justice announced. It’s the first time the state’s Department of Justice has resolved environmental damage claims on …
Police on Block Island seized 21 mopeds after their drivers were seen operating them unsafely and in violation of their rental contracts over the weekend. New Shoreham, Rhode Island, police said in a release Monday that an off-duty police officer …
A man died after he was struck by lightning while playing golf last week in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. Lackawanna County Coroner Timothy Rowland said Monday that Joseph Slivinski. 71, of Blakely was at Pine Hills Golf Course when severe …
Self-driving startup Argo AI, carmaker Ford Motor Co. and ride-hail company Lyft Inc. on Wednesday said they partnered to offer robotaxi trips to Lyft customers in Miami and Austin. The service is expected to launch in Miami later this year …
Casualty is proving its value as a good diversifier for reinsurers, especially given the positive primary rate movement seen in recent years, according to an Aon report. The combination of challenged property experience, robust primary casualty rate levels and thoughtful …
With a $26 billion nationwide settlement in sight over claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic, state and local governments will soon turn their attention to pharmacies and a …
