Litigation/Liability Trends
Endoscope Cleaner Tied to Superbugs Still Used in Hospitals
When going in for a medical procedure, you probably want to be certain the doctor's instruments are clean. Following a recent turnabout by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, that certainty may be ...
Navigators, Chubb’s Illinois Union Accuse Surgical Robot Maker of Hiding Claims
It's health insurers' cardinal rule: disclose pre-existing conditions. Now comes a case in which that familiar decree involves not a patient, but rather a $1.5 million surgical robot known as the da ...
Arab Bank Settlement Over Militant Attacks Linked to U.S. appeal
Arab Bank Plc's agreement to settle litigation brought by Americans who accused it of facilitating militant attacks in Israel is linked to the outcome of an appeal of a jury's 2014 verdict finding it ...
Earthquake Insurance Rate Spikes Worry Oklahoma Regulators
Oklahoma regulators grappling with a massive increase in small earthquakes in the state linked to growing oil and gas production said on Tuesday they were concerned with spiking rates for earthquake ...
A.M. Best: ‘Benefits to Be Gained’ From Flood Insurance Market Expansion
The U.S. Senate is gearing up to consider a bill that would revamp and expand the U.S. flood insurance market, and its passage appears likely. A.M. Best said this will be a very good development for ...
Rio Olympics Proceeds Despite Health Risk Reservations
Should the Olympics proceed in Rio de Janeiro in August as planned? With the lighting of the torch set to take place in less than three months, a handful of medical experts are calling for the games ...
BofA Scores During Appeal in $1.2B Mortgage Loan Fraud Case
Bank of America Corp.'s Countrywide Financial unit was exonerated of allegations that it sold defective residential mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with an appeals court throwing out a ...
La Niña May Be Coming, Along With Higher Atlantic Hurricane Risks
Think of it as Mother Nature's roller-coaster ride: the shift between the weather patterns known as El Nino and La Nina that, at their worst, can cause havoc worldwide. El Nino—spurred on by a ...