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Maine Employers Not Required to Reimburse Employees for Medical Marijuana Use
The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that employers in the state are not required to reimburse employees for their use of medical marijuana under the Maine workers compensation system because federal ...
AmTrust Shareholders Approve Revised $2.95B Plan to Go Private
Insurer AmTrust Financial Services said that AmTrust stockholders have approved a deal for it to become a private entity, a deal that values it at $2.95 billion and was negotiated after activist ...
Industry Shocker: Reserves Still Adequate
Although analysts at Conning didn't actually use the word "shocked" in their latest report on the property/casualty industry's loss reserve position, the title of the report—and the image on the ...
The Next Tobacco? Climate Litigation Threat Growing: Opinion
Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the EU's second highest court. All claim to have suffered loss from climate change. ...
How Do You Count Deaths From a Hurricane?
How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It's a question that has been debated since the powerful storm slammed into the island and devastated the U.S. territory last year. It's also ...
Chubb Insists No Insurance for Weinstein, Who Wants Jury to Settle Coverage Issues
Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is asking that a jury decide whether his insurer must defend him against 14 lawsuits accusing him of sexually harassing and assaulting women over several ...
Fracking Doesn’t Impact Groundwater: Studies
New research suggests drinking water supplies in Pennsylvania have shown resilience in the face of a drilling boom that has turned swaths of countryside into a major production zone for natural gas. ...
New Designs Make Homes Almost Catastrophe-Proof, But Adoption Slow
In a private waterfront resort on the northern tip of Key Largo, nestled between a tropical forest and the Caribbean, Eric Soulavy is marketing luxury for the age of climate change: coastal homes ...