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MGM Files Suit to Limit Liability for Las Vegas Shooting

Jul 18 2018 // MGM Resorts International sued the victims of a Las Vegas music festival mass shooting in an effort to block any potential compensation claims against it.The owner of the Mandalay Bay hotel claims a 2002 federal statute...

U.S. Labor Judge Nixes McDonald’s Deal to Avoid Joint Employer Tag

Jul 18 2018 // A judge with a U.S. labor agency on Tuesday rejected McDonald’s Corp.’s proposed settlement of a major case on whether the fast-food company is accountable for alleged labor law violations by franchisees across...

Mueller Industries Settles Disability Discrimination Suit in California for $1M

Jul 17 2018 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit in California against a global metal goods manufacturer Mueller Industries Inc. for $1 million and other injunctive...

Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Seen as Business Friend, Regulation Skeptic

Jul 17 2018 // Brett Kavanaugh could add a powerful new voice on the Supreme Court to restrain what government agencies can do, ushering in a new era of tougher scrutiny of federal regulations loathed by businesses.In a dozen years on...

FDA Cites Drug Warning Scam Over Online Medications

Jul 17 2018 // People who tried to order medicine online or over the phone have received fake U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letters instead of the products they bought, in what appears to be an international extortion scam,...

Legal Experts See Obstacles for J&J Appeal of $4.7 Billion Talc Verdict

Jul 16 2018 // Johnson & Johnson has vowed to appeal a $4.7 billion verdict awarded to 22 women who claim asbestos-contaminated talc in the company’s products gave them ovarian cancer by arguing the plaintiffs’ science...

U.S. Sanctions Likely to Ban Use of Lloyd’s IT Platform for Processing Iran Insurance

Jul 16 2018 // New U.S. sanctions are likely to prevent the use of a Lloyd’s of London IT platform for any Iran insurance, adding to difficulties for European insurers providing cover for the country.European insurers, reinsurers,...

P/C Insurers Double Q1 Profit on Tax Changes, Growing Economy, Lower Cat Losses

Jul 16 2018 // Tax reform, a growing economy and lower catastrophe losses helped U.S. property/casualty insurers more than double their first quarter profit this year.Insurers’ net income after taxes surpassed $17 billion during...

U.S. Intelligence Warning: Cyber Threats Against U.S. Occurring Daily

Jul 16 2018 // Warning lights about cyber threats to U.S. national security are “blinking red” and the digital attempts to undermine America are occurring daily, not just at election time, the nation’s top intelligence...

Florida Man Gets 5 Years’ Probation for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Jul 16 2018 // A Trinity, Fla., man has been sentenced to five years’ probation, with the first six months to be served on home detention, for making a false statement connected to his workers’ compensation benefits,...

Global Premiums Rise by 1.5% in 2017, Driven by Emerging Markets: Swiss Re

Jul 16 2018 // Global insurance premiums continued to rise in 2017 with emerging markets leading the way, according to a study published by Swiss Re Institute’s sigma, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary of market...

Researchers Use Supercomputers to Quantify Quake Risk

Jul 16 2018 // Scientists and engineers are simulating precisely how a large-magnitude earthquake along the Hayward Fault would affect different locations and buildings across the San Francisco Bay Area.A team from Lawrence Berkeley...

People

Jul 16 2018 // Hanover Stone Solutions, an advisory firm providing risk consulting services to U.S. property/casualty and life insurance companies, has appointed Joanne Morrissey and Gary Dubois as senior advisors based in New York...

Trump Apologizes to UK Prime Minister for ‘Fake News’ Criticisms of Brexit Plan

Jul 14 2018 // President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Britain could secure a “great” post-Brexit trade deal, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Theresa May and contradicting his own withering assessment...

It’s Too Soon to Regulate Self-Driving Cars, Says U.S. Safety Official

Jul 13 2018 // It’s premature to regulate the self-driving vehicles being tested by companies such as General Motors Co. and Waymo LLC, the U.S. government’s top auto safety official said.“At this point the technology...

Trump Criticizes UK Prime Minister’s Brexit Plan, Saying He Would Have Done It Better

Jul 13 2018 // U.S. President Donald Trump said a free trade deal with Britain might be impossible if London went ahead with Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposals for post-Brexit ties with the European Union, in damaging remarks...

New Pass-Through Tax Guidance Now Expected by End of July

Jul 12 2018 // U.S. Treasury Department rules outlining which businesses structured as S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies can claim a 20 percent tax deduction are likely to be delayed until the end of July,...

Court Rules Airport Screeners Shielded From Passenger Abuse Claims

Jul 12 2018 // Fliers may have a tough time recovering damages for invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, after a federal appeals court on Wednesday said screeners are immune from claims under a federal law governing...

Ascot Brings On Navigators’ Piazza to Head New U.S. Marine Insurance Team

Jul 12 2018 // Specialty insurance underwriter Ascot Group has appointed a new U.S. marine insurance team led by Chris Piazza as executive vice president and head of U.S. Marine Insurance.Piazza will lead all aspects of Ascot’s...

Appeals Court Upholds Volkswagen’s $10 Billion Diesel Settlement with Owners

Jul 11 2018 // A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Volkswagen’s $10.03 billion settlement with the owners of nearly 500,000 polluting diesel vehicles announced in 2016.The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...