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McDonald’s Corp. Risks Liability in Employee Complaints, NLRB Rules
McDonald's Corp, not just its franchisees, can be held liable in complaints that the company violated employee rights, an official at the U.S. National Labor Relations Board said in a letter made ...
Investment Income Counters Volatility of Energy Sector Coverage
Specialty insurers covering the energy sector all carry a high-risk profile. Despite that volatility, investment income has helped the group produce positive operating results over the last five ...
The Trouble With Incentive Compensation
Incentive compensation in many organizations has evolved over recent years. What started with the intent to increase the alignment of top management with shareholder interests, later developed into a ...
Primary-Enforced Texting Laws Save Drivers’ Lives: University Research
New research appears to confirm that laws against texting while driving do reduce traffic fatalities if they are primary enforcement laws. Primary texting bans are associated with a 3 percent ...
Rate Slump Has Led to ‘Naive’ Risk Taking: JLT
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc's Dominic Burke said the worst slump in prices for insurance policies since Sept. 11, 2001 has led some insurers to take on too much risk to win business. Burke, the ...
12% Chance of Damaging Solar Storm Over 10 Years; Preparation Key: Reuters Columnist
The probability of a solar storm striking Earth in the next decade with enough force to do serious damage to electricity networks could be as high as 12 percent, according to solar scientists. One ...
Latest El Niño 2014 Forecast: Weak and Late
El Niño will probably develop as a weak event in late summer or early fall in the Northern Hemisphere, according to MDA Weather Services, while Commodity Weather Group LLC said it may be delayed for ...
With Premium Refunds in Process, Criticism of Flood Insurance Program Ebbs
Insurance agent, insurance carrier and real estate lobbyists praised federal regulators in charge of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) last week on Capitol Hill, agreeing that the process ...