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Uber’s Co-Founder, Board Win Dismissal of Investor Trade Secret Suit
Travis Kalanick, the co-founder of ride-hailing company Uber, and the company's directors won the dismissal of an investor lawsuit that sought to hold them liable for a fight over trade secrets that ...
Ethiopian Airlines Crash Could Become Largest Non-War Aviation Reinsurance Claim on Record: Willis Re
Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim on record, hitting reinsurers' ...
Crop Insurance Planting Deadlines Stressed by Massive U.S. Farmland Flooding: Reuters
At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the "bomb cyclone" storm left wide swaths of nine major grain producing states under water this month, satellite data ...
InsurTech Startup Sees Room for Chatbots for Workers Comp Claims
For years, automobile insurers have used automatic dialogue devices, called chatbots, to field calls from policyholders when they report claims. Last year, personal insurance startup Lemonade took ...
Family Sues Boeing in U.S. Over Ethiopian Airlines Crash
A lawsuit against Boeing Co was filed in U.S. federal court on Thursday in what appeared to be the first suit over a March 10 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people. The lawsuit was ...
J&J Reaches Confidential Settlement Over Another Baby Powder Asbestos Suit
Johnson & Johnson reached a confidential settlement resolving an Oklahoma lawsuit alleging its iconic baby powder caused a 77-year-old woman to develop a rare cancer connected to asbestos ...
‘FEMA Is Worthless’ as U.S. Midwest Farms Pursue Post-Flood Recovery Process
Missouri farmer Richard Oswald needs a lot of help to recover from flooding that left his home and farm looking like a manmade island in an inland sea. Relief groups are giving tetanus shots and ...
Lloyd’s CEO Neal Pledges to Name/Shame Those Who Commit Sexual Harassment
Lloyd's of London will publicly name and shame anyone it bans from its insurance market for sexual harassment, according to Chief Executive Officer John Neal. "When we do see instances of bad ...