Claims / Legal
Using Technology to Solve Carrier/Broker Inefficiencies
During the annual International Association of Claim Professionals (IACP) conference held in Sonoma recently, Claims Journal hosted an executive roundtable with board members to discuss ...
RBS Agrees to Pay Up to $1B to Settle Investor Lawsuits Over 2008 Offering
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc moved closer to clearing a backlog of charges for misconduct that have slowed its return to profitability, agreeing to pay as much as 800 million pounds ($1 billion) ...
Texas Jury Orders J&J to Fork Over $1B for Faulty Hip Implants
Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Texas jury to pay more than $1 billion to patients who claimed the company hid flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that had to be surgically removed, in ...
D&O Liabilities Are Becoming More Complex Around the Globe: Allianz Report
Company directors and senior managers across the globe are increasingly likely to face costly regulatory investigations, criminal prosecutions or civil litigation, which not only put their company's ...
Using Graph Analysis to Root Out Complex Fraud Rings
A new form of predictive analytics offers the ability to detect fraud committed by a group or ring in real time. According to Philip Rathle, vice president of products for California-based Neo4j, ...
NFL Players With CTE Seek Workers Comp Benefits in New Lawsuit
A group of 38 former National Football League players have sued to force the NFL to pay them workers compensation benefits for the chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) they say they developed as a ...
Is Uber an App or Transport Company? EU Judges to Decide
Fifteen judges at the European Union's top court are trying to decide, once and for all, whether Uber Technologies Inc. is an app or a transport company. The question has long vexed regulators and ...
Cyber Risk Management Essential Even Though Security Can’t Be Foolproof
No company is fully secure from cyber breaches, no matter how sophisticated its cyber defense mechanisms, which is why every company should develop a cyber risk management strategy, according Marsh ...