Litigation/Liability Trends
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 ...
World Bank May Help Indemnify Ebola Vaccine Makers
The World Bank may help indemnify Ebola vaccine makers in case any liabilities arise, as countries and international aid groups support drugmakers racing to develop preventions for the virus. ...
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 ...
General Motors Dogged By More Ignition Switch Injury Claims
A program to compensate the victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors Co vehicles found last week that the part was linked to two additional deaths and four injuries, bringing the total ...
AIG Chairman: Corporate Behavior Can Be “Stupid,” Not Criminal
American International Group Inc. Chairman Steve Miller said prosecutors must distinguish between management blunders and criminal actions when investigating corporate behavior. "A lot of executives ...
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Obamacare Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a legal challenge to a key part of the Obamacare health law that, if successful, would limit the availability of federal health insurance subsidies for ...
Virgin Galactic Crash Could Help Trigger Aviation Rate Hikes: A.M. Best
Aviation insurance could get more expensive in the coming months, thanks in part, to the recent crash of the Virgin Galactic test flight and the NASA Antares rocket explosion A.M. Best concluded in a ...