Even though the New England Patriots already have 10 Super Bowl appearances behind them, its fans will be showing up in droves to this year’s game, which pits them against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, February 3 in Atlanta. …
Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agents and brokers last year broke several records in 2018, with private equity/hybrid buyers accounting for 68 percent of the total. According to consultants at OPTIS Partners’ annual report, there were a record 626 deals …
Establishing a California Wildfire Commission is just one idea an expert is tossing out to help the state deal with worsening fire seasons. James Woods was formerly co-leader of Mayer Brown’s Global Insurance Industry Group and chair of the LeBoeuf, …
Power provider PG&E Corp. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, succumbing to liabilities stemming from wildfires in Northern California in 2017 and 2018. The owner of the biggest U.S. power utility has filed a motion seeking court …
Tinder agreed to settle an age-discrimination lawsuit by users in California older than 28 who claimed they had to pay more for the dating app’s premium features than younger users. The settlement covers about 230,000 subscribers to Tinder Plus and …
The Delaware Department of Transportation says a contractor who fell through a trench on a construction site broke both his legs. The News Journal reports that the Carrow Construction crew was digging a trench Friday as they replaced drainage pipes …
Connecticut’s largest electric utility has asked the state for permission to charge ratepayers for the more than $150 million it has spent to repair damage caused by five major storms over the past two years. Eversource spokesman Mitch Gross told …
Police say four girls and women were wounded, one critically, in a shooting during a candlelight vigil in New Jersey for two males killed in the crash of a stolen vehicle. Police in Newark say the victims, who range in …
Accenture Plc, the global consulting firm, will begin selling software and services that it’s already used internally to automate tasks and redeploy about 40,000 workers. The new platform, that’s been five years in development, suggests ways to streamline and automate …
A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to exclude from upcoming trials. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria during a hearing …
