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Entertainment Insurance Challenges Laid Bare by Fyre Festival Collapse
Already facing numerous lawsuits, Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland was arrested on federal charges last week. The government alleged he defrauded investors who bought into Fyre Media Inc., the ...
Liberty Mutual Wins Appeal in $3.6M ‘Guaranteed Cost’ Workers Comp Premium Suit
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has won a case against a company that refused to pay $3.64 million in additional workers' compensation premium after a payroll audit revealed it had more high risk ...
NotPetya Global Cyber Attack Leaves Ukraine Scrambling to Contain New Threat
The Ukrainian software firm used as part of last week's global cyber attack warned on Wednesday that all computers sharing a network with its infected accounting software had been compromised by ...
J&J Hit With Australian Class Action Suit Over Pelvic Mesh Complications
Australian women have brought a class-action case against Johnson & Johnson over complications arising from vaginal mesh implants - a lawsuit that follows many others in the United States, Canada ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore and Kinsale
Ironshore disclosed its Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax unit updated its transactional liability product to cover healthcare sector-related regulatory risks. Kinsale Insurance Company's Public ...
UK Urged to Reassess Building Design in Age of Global Warming
Britain must reassess the way it designs buildings to cope with a warming climate, stepping away from huge expanses of glass and beyond air conditioning that consumes too much energy, a panel ...
Takata, Felled by Massive Air Bag Recalls, Gets China Backing After Bankruptcy Filing
Japan's Takata Corp , at the center of the auto industry's biggest-ever product recall, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan, and said it had agreed to be largely acquired ...
Business Interruptions Galore: Global Ransomware Attack Hobbles FedEx, Others
The global cyberattack that has been wending its way across continents since Tuesday started creating real consequences at some businesses even as the virus's spread seemed to be abating. FedEx Corp. ...