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Marsh Brokers Specialty Insurance for Class-Action Lawsuit Settlements
Marsh is now selling specialty insurance designed to help companies address the cost of class-action lawsuit settlements. Class Action Managing General Agency created the coverage, which is known ...
Researchers Making Cameras Talk to Each Other to ID, Track Pedestrians
It's not uncommon to see cameras mounted on store ceilings, propped up in public places or placed inside subways, buses and even on the dashboards of cars. Cameras record our world down to the ...
Air Bag Accident Victims Unable to Access Details of Other Settlements
Confidential settlements over defective Takata Corp. air bags are sealing off relevant information that other victims could use to pursue injury claims. The accords make financial sense for the ...
Driverless Cars Will Have the Most Impact in Cutting Accident Rates
As millions of cars are under recall for potentially lethal air bags, designers are trying to reduce the need for the device—using sensors, radar, cameras and lasers to prevent collisions in the ...
East Coast Hurricanes Can Flood the Midwest: University Research
Located hundreds of miles inland from the nearest ocean, the Midwest is unaffected by North Atlantic hurricanes. Or is it? With the Nov. 30 end of the 2014 hurricane season just weeks away, a ...
Monsanto Resolves GMO Wheat-Related Farmer Lawsuits
Monsanto Co. said on Wednesday it reached a settlement with U.S. wheat farmers who sued the seed company over market disruption after unapproved genetically engineered wheat was discovered growing ...
Liberty Mutual: Most Parents Lack Extra Coverage For Play Dates
Most parents lack umbrella liability insurance for everyday routines such as carpooling and hosting other children in their homes, Liberty Mutual determined in a new survey. The auto and home insurer ...
HSBC Slammed By Turkey Cyber Attack; 2.7M Customers’ Bank Data Lost
HSBC Holdings Plc's Turkish unit said it lost 2.7 million customers' bank data in a cyber-attack, after a similar security breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co. The hack resulted in the theft of data on ...