Claims & Reserving
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon Back EPA in Climate Rule Lawsuit
Technology companies Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon on Friday declared support for the Obama administration in a lawsuit facing its central plan to combat climate change, saying the rule is ...
California Slaps Morgan Stanley with Suit Over Mortgage Losses
The state of California sued Morgan Stanley on Friday, accusing the bank of hiding the risks of complex mortgage debt and other securities it sold, causing big losses for the state's public pension ...
Ex-QBE Executive Sentenced in $2.6M Embezzlement Scheme
A former executive of QBE Insurance Group was sentenced on Thursday to 1-1/2 years in prison for conspiring to embezzle $2.6 million from the insurance company, some of which he used to buy a house ...
Uber Will Pilot Use of Progressive Insurance to Cover Texas Drivers
Uber Technologies Inc will use Progressive Insurance to provide coverage for drivers in Texas beginning on April 1, in a pilot that could lead the ride-hailing market leader to diversify its U.S. ...
MetLife Beats Back U.S. Government’s Too-Big-to-Fail Label
MetLife Inc. beat back a U.S. attempt to label it too big to fail, which would've put America's biggest life insurer under tougher government scrutiny and forced it to put more money in reserves. A ...
Full U.S. Adoption of Self-Driving Cars Likely By 2055: Moody’s
Near-universal adoption of self-driving cars in the United States is likely by around 2055 and poses a long-term threat to auto insurance companies, Moody's Investors Service said in a research ...
Industry Groups Vow to Fight New OSHA Rule for Silica Exposure Limits
Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic dust ubiquitous in ...
VW Faces April 21 U.S. Deadline for Diesel Cheat Fix
Volkswagen AG hasn't finished a plan for getting 600,000 diesel vehicles off U.S. roads as it faces hundreds of lawsuits for rigging pollution control systems to cheat emissions tests. U.S. District ...