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Calif. Misclassification Suit Continues Even as Insurers Win Appellate Victory
Insurers and service companies won a major victory this week against lawyers who were trying to bind a group of 1,550 California property appraisers together to sue Farmers Group and Allstate ...
Cell Phones Could Still Be a Safety Issue on Some Boeing Jets
U.S. government officials in 2014 revealed an alarming safety issue: Passenger cellphones and other types of radio signals could pose a crash threat to some models of Boeing 737 and 777 airplanes. ...
Another Opioid Distributor Is Charged Over Its Role in the U.S. Drug Epidemic
An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives were charged on Thursday with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were ...
Brexit Can Be Postponed Again if Needed, Germany’s Merkel Says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the U.K. should be given more time to leave the European Union if it needs it, as she pointed to a way out of the Brexit impasse that falls far short of what the ...
ProSight Global Discloses IPO Plans
ProSight Global Inc. announced its IPO terms, which include expectations of raising at least $140 million. The specialty insurer said the company's initial public offering would involve more than 8.8 ...
Hamilton Insurance Group Adds ‘Chief Technology Officer’ to Its Ranks
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. has added a "chief technology officer" to its roster of executives. Venkat Krishnamoorthy will fill the newly created slot starting on Aug. 5, 2019, reporting to Group ...
Markel Says It Is Resolving Suits Filed by Fired CatCo Execs Over Unpaid Bonuses
Markel Corp. appears on the way to settling with two former employees who sued over unpaid bonuses after they were dismissed for allegedly having a personal relationship that Markel said violated ...
Allied World CEO Carmilani Moves Up to Corporate Parent Fairfax in New Role
Scott Carmilani, the founder and longtime CEO of Allied World, is moving up to corporate parent Fairfax Insurance Group in a newly created executive role. With his promotion, the veteran president at ...