China’s Communist leaders will this week introduce sweeping new laws that codify social responsibilities for the country’s 1.4 billion citizens while also providing some modest new protections. The preamble of what state media is calling China’s “declaration of rights” will …
The Republican plan backed by President Donald Trump to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system cleared its first hurdles in Congress on Thursday, but its chances for passage looked uncertain and top Republicans scrambled to bring disgruntled conservatives aboard. In the …
Insurance companies are running out of ideas. They’ve bolstered their balance sheets since the financial crisis but have few racy growth prospects in a world of low interest rates, pricing pressure and regulatory hassles. Big mergers may be the most …
Luxembourg is becoming a serious contender among nations bidding for business to come their way after the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, as insurers, asset managers and financial-technology companies are interested in setting up shop in the Grand Duchy. …
A Brexit trade deal needs to benefit both the UK and the EU – while protecting clients’ access to the London insurance market, according to the London Market Group (LMG), an association representing London’s re/insurance underwriters and brokers. The LMG …
The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in support of decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana and expanding access to medical marijuana for people suffering from chronic pain or post-traumatic stress disorder. The bills won support from more than 300 of …
An appeals court says an aviation company was wrong to reject a workers’ compensation claim from a woman who lost her leg on the job. Starr Aviation had said Modesty Colquitt wasn’t entitled to compensation because she wasn’t working when …
Mississippi lawmakers may be unable to decide this year how to spend $750 million in oil spill damage payments, with sniping between House and Senate members after a bill died at a Tuesday deadline for action when the House Appropriations …
Golf carts could become part of package-delivery fleets if a bill advancing in the Kentucky General Assembly becomes law. The measure won passage in the state House on a 61-36 vote after a long debate Wednesday. The proposal now goes …
The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT) elected Kenneth A. Distel of Avon, Conn., as president at the association’s Annual Convention held in March at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. PIACT is a trade association representing professional, …
