Purdue Pharma’s Sacklers Increase Opioid Settlement Offer to $4.3B: Reuters March 12, 2021 By Mike Spector Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP have offered roughly $4.3 billion to resolve sprawling opioid litigation,...
How Dangerous Is Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant After 10 Years of Cleanup? March 12, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi OKUMA, Japan – A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its...
China’s Ant Group Issues Financial Self-Discipline Rules on Tighter Regulatory Oversight March 12, 2021 BEIJING – China’s Ant Group flagged a set of financial self-discipline rules on Friday amid intense scrutiny on its activities...
France’s AXA Drops German Power Giant RWE as a Client over Large Coal Operations March 12, 2021 By Alastair Marsh and Vanessa Dezem AXA SA, France’s biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights...
Insurer Sanlam Braces for More Virus Waves in South Africa March 12, 2021 By Roxanne Henderson South Africa may still be short of the halfway mark of the pandemic even after two distinct waves of the...
Florida Regulator to Hold Hearing for Proposed Citizens’ Rate Increases March 12, 2021 The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will conduct a rate hearing on Monday, March 15 on proposed rate increases from...
Oklahoma Contractor Again Cited for Trenching Hazards, Fined $205.5K March 12, 2021 Federal officials have cited an Oklahoma construction contractor for exposing its employees to trenching and excavation hazards, violations for which...
Hamilton Reappointed as Texas Public Insurance Counsel March 12, 2021 Melissa Hamilton has been reappointed as public counsel for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC), which represents insurance...
Security Firm to Pay $110K in Louisiana Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement March 12, 2021 A Pennsylvania-based security company will pay $110,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of an employee in...
Relation Insurance Services Enters Arkansas with Agency Asset Acquisition March 12, 2021 Relation Insurance Services Inc. (Relation), based in Walnut Creek, Calif., has acquired the assets of The McKinney Group, dba McGhee...