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Two Business Groups Urge Govt. Agency to Probe Medical Funding Industry
Two business lobbying groups this week called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate the medical funding industry after a Reuters investigation revealed that private investors are ...
A Strengthened Tropical Storm Erika Heads Toward Florida
Tropical storm warnings were in effect on Wednesday for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, closed in on the Eastern Caribbean and ...
Buffett’s GEICO Agrees to California Settlement Over Misleading Price Quotes
GEICO, the auto-insurance unit at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., agreed to a settlement with California regulators after its online price quotes misrepresented some coverage as the ...
Uber Lobbies Heavily To Reshape Driver Regulations in California
Uber has spent more on lobbyists in California than Facebook and Apple combined to fend off regulations aimed at the heart of its worldwide business model. The San Francisco company's lobbyists are ...
Hurricane Katrina Led to Big Improvements in Coastal Building Codes
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall 10 years ago, it caused a whopping $41 billion in insured losses and more than $151 billion in overall economic losses. The storm left massive damages in coastal ...
North Atlantic Hurricanes and Amazon Wildfires Linked: Research
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and NASA have uncovered a remarkably strong link between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the devastating hurricanes that ravage North ...
U.S. Regulators Accuse Two Pension Advance Companies of Cheating Retirees
U.S. regulators on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing two companies of preying on retirees and military veterans by advancing high-cost loans disguised as pension advances, jeopardizing victims' ...
Towers Watson: Top Talent + Analytics Will Help Advance Claims Operations
Large numbers of U.S. property/casualty insurers say they're struggling to attract and keep talented claims operations employees. They're also still figuring out how to best leverage analytics to do ...