Opioid Kickback Probe Cites OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma: Reuters January 29, 2020 By Mike Spector and Tom Hals OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is the unnamed company that surfaced in criminal charging documents filed earlier this week in...
Rhode Island Judge Says Jury Should Decide if Uber Can Be Liable for Crash January 29, 2020 A jury should determine whether Uber ought to be held responsible for a passenger’s injuries, a federal judge in Rhode...
Group Preparing to Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution January 29, 2020 By Brian Witte A conservation group announced Monday that it’s preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce the Clean...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Group Brokerage Insurance Agency January 29, 2020 The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Group Brokerage Insurance Agency LLC (GBIA). The transaction became effective January 1, 2020....
Many Global Firms Face High Coronavirus Costs Due to Insurance Exclusions January 29, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain, Carolyn Cohn and Sumeet Chatterjee Many global companies from hotels and airlines to industrial houses are expected to have to foot the bill for disruptions...
Risk Strategies Acquires Maryland’s Weaver Brothers Insurance January 29, 2020 Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-based, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Weaver Brothers Insurance Inc.,...
Coronavirus Impact: Growing List of Global Firms Cut Back on China Business Activities January 29, 2020 By Bloomberg News Starbucks Corp. has closed more than half of its coffee shops in mainland China — about 2,000 of them —...
Travelex’s UK Money Transfer and Wire Services Operational After Ransomware Attack January 29, 2020 Travelex’s UK international money transfer service and wire offering is fully operational again, it said on Tuesday, almost a month...
Firms Involved in Building Work on London’s Grenfell Tower Take No Blame for 2017 Fire January 29, 2020 Firms involved in building work on London tower bloc that caught fire have sidestepped any responsibility for the 2017 tragedy...
Australia’s Capital, Canberra, Faces Worst Bushfire Threat in 17 Years January 29, 2020 By Jason Scott Canberra, Australia’s capital that’s surrounded by bush, is facing its worst wildfire threat in 17 years as a blaze sparked...