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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Illinois Decision on $10.1B Tobacco Judgement

Jun 20 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place the top Illinois court’s ruling throwing out a huge $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA, rejecting an appeal focusing on accusations that a judge in the case was...

Supreme Court Upholds Quick Patent Cancellation Process in Speedometer Case

Jun 20 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Cuozzo Speed Technologies Corp. in its challenge to a federal agency’s procedures for canceling patents in a case involving a vehicle speedometer that tells drivers when...

Talking Cadillac Tries to Be Heard Over Silicon Valley on Airwaves

Jun 20 2016 // General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can automatically brake to avoid collisions, fulfilling a safety vision decades in the making.Yet the 2017 Cadillac CTS...

U.S. Says Judge Nixing MetLife Too-Big-to-Fail Tag ‘Profoundly Mistaken’

Jun 20 2016 // The U.S. properly labeled MetLife Inc. as “too big to fail,” the government said, arguing to overturn a ruling that dealt a major blow to efforts to rein in risk in the financial system.A federal judge...

U.S. Targets Internet Sites Selling Illegal Prescription Medicines

Jun 20 2016 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, said that it took action last week against 4,402 websites that illegally sell potentially dangerous,...

Tennessee Commish McPeak Elected Vice Chair of Global Insurance Committee

Jun 20 2016 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak has been elected by her fellow members of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to serve as vice chair of the...

Insurer’s Hospital Claims Study Corroborates High Death Risk from Medical Errors

Jun 20 2016 // Death claims are the most common hospital liability claims, according to an insurance company study released after researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine reported that medical errors are the third...

Have Injured Workers Benefited from Oklahoma’s Opt-Out Plans? It Depends, Study Says

Jun 20 2016 // A recent analysis of the workers’ compensation “opt-out” system in Oklahoma concludes that employer-run plans for injured workers may offer benefits that are equal to or better than those provided by...

People – Southeast

Jun 20 2016 // Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies throughout the country, has added new agency owners in North Carolina and Florida.New owners...

How Autonomous Car Sales Will Accelerate in Next Two Decades

Jun 20 2016 // Global sales of autonomous vehicles will reach nearly 21 million vehicles by 2035, a substantial increase from previous estimates, according to a forecast from auto industry information firm IHS Automotive.Roughly 600,000...

Smart Choices, Luck Help U.S. P/C Insurers Stay Stable: S&P

Jun 20 2016 // Good news alert: the U.S. property/casualty insurance sector “has been dealt a good hand” and remains stable due to smart choices and a little bit of luck, Standard & Poor’s said in a new...

Blue Moon ‘Craft Beer’ Suit in California against MillerCoors Tossed

Jun 17 2016 // MillerCoors LLC won the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit by a self-described beer aficionado who said the brewing giant tricked consumers into paying premium prices for Blue Moon by falsely portraying it as...

California’s Commissioner is Asking U.S. to Stop Anthem-Cigna Deal

Jun 17 2016 // California’s insurance commissioner wants the U.S. Department of Justice to block health insurer Anthem Inc.’s acquisition of Cigna Corp, saying he is concerned it will raise premiums in the state.California...

Video-Sharing Site Vimeo Wins Appeal of Copyright Infringement Claim

Jun 17 2016 // Video-sharing website Vimeo LLC cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for unknowingly hosting older music uploaded by its users, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, dealing a blow to record labels seeking...

Viewpoint: Fiduciary Rule Fight Isn’t About the ‘Little Guy’

Jun 17 2016 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants you to believe it is looking out for the little guy in its fight against new government regulation of the retirement investment advice industry.But that is a facade – as one...

Judge Skeptical of Widow’s Claim Twitter Aided Terrorist Group ISIS

Jun 16 2016 // A federal judge said he’ll probably dismiss a lawsuit against Twitter Inc. by the widow of a man killed at a police training center in Jordan that accused the social network of knowingly allowing the Islamic State to...

AIG CEO Hancock Finds Common Ground, Transparency with Activist Directors

Jun 16 2016 // Activist investors Carl Icahn and John Paulson are making American International Group (AIG) more transparent through their representation on its board, the U.S. insurer’s president and chief executive Peter Hancock...

Citigroup Sues AT&T, Says It Owns Trademark to ‘Thank You’

Jun 16 2016 // Citigroup Inc. sued AT&T Inc. on Friday, saying the phone company’s use of “thanks” and “AT&T thanks” in a new customer loyalty program infringed its trademark rights to the phrase...

Pro Global Files Company Application Under R.I.’s New Run-Off Reg

Jun 15 2016 // Pro Global Insurance Solutions plc announced that it has become the first company to file an application for a new domestic insurer in Rhode Island to facilitate insurance business transfers (IBT) under the August 2015...

New .Insurance Domain Names Become Available Today

Jun 14 2016 // The internet domain extension reserved for the global insurance industry— .insurance — will become available starting today, June 14, at 8 p.m. ET.The new extension means an independent agency at...