July 14, 2017
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved allocating a larger consolidated block of spectrum for use by motor vehicle and aircraft radar systems to help avoid crashes. The FCC first approved 1 GHz of spectrum in 1995 for motor …
July 14, 2017
The political fissure between an Obama-appointed financial overseer and regulators hired by U.S. President Donald Trump is widening, with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray threatening to challenge in court any attempt to kill his agency’s new arbitration …
July 14, 2017
PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Dorothée Burkel has been appointed to the new position of chief corporate and people operations officer, effective October 2, 2017. As a member of PartnerRe’s executive management team, Burkel will have executive responsibility for human resources, …
July 14, 2017
The revolution in China’s insurance industry that helped unleash about $80 billion of acquisitions started with a whimper and ended with a bang. With little fanfare, China’s top insurance official, Xiang Junbo, in 2012 rolled out rules giving insurers greater …
July 14, 2017
Medicinal marijuana dispensaries will be banned from Collier County, Florida, until at least the end of the year. Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to keep the dispensaries from opening in Collier until Dec. 31 to give the county a chance …
July 14, 2017
The battle over now-famous selfie photographs taken by a macaque monkey will head back to federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco on Wednesday will hear arguments on whether an animal can own …
July 14, 2017
A federal appeals court has upheld $1.23 million in civil contempt fines ordered against one of Gov. Jim Justice’s family coal companies. The court says it lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal of the $30,000 daily civil fines intended by …
July 14, 2017
Centauri Insurance has hired Cindy Gaul as assistant vice president of Claims. Gaul will be responsible for contributing to the company’s focus on customer service orientation, accuracy, innovation and oversight in the claims process. According to the company her role …
July 13, 2017
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) awarded Lyndell Haigood, former regional vice-president for governmental relations at State Auto, with the 2017 Raymond Mauk Leadership Award. Haigood is the 20th recipient of the award, which was presented in Austin at ICT’s …
July 13, 2017
Crystal & Company has hired David House is an executive director within its National Sales and Marketing department, responsible for growing and managing a broad range of upstream, midstream, and downstream domestic and foreign energy companies. He is based in …