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Winner in J&J Baby Powder Asbestos Suit Gets $4 million in Punitive Damages
Jurors weighing how to punish Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit asked a judge if they could force the company to warn consumers that its Johnson's Baby Powder could be contaminated with asbestos, ...
Apple Getting Another $539M From Samsung in Long Fought Patent Battle
Apple Inc. won $539 million from Samsung Electronics Co. in the final throes of the companies' U.S. court struggle over smartphone technology, seven years after the start of a global patent battle. ...
Forms are the foundation of every insurance product. So why does managing them still feel like the slowest part of...
Much More M&A Is Coming as Companies Seek Scale/Tech Advances: A.M. Best
Expect more property/casualty insurance and reinsurance M&A deals in the months ahead — particularly among smaller carriers — as companies continue seeking scale and technology to improve ...
Executives On The Move at AIG and The Hanover Insurance Group
AIG is bringing on a veteran executive from Zurich Insurance and Liberty Mutual to lead its China operations. The Hanover Insurance Group expanded its surety leadership team to support its growth in ...
Insurers Back Global Regulation Provision in Newly-Passed Banking Reform Bill
The financial services regulatory reform measure passed by Congress yesterday, which contains parts of more than 25 different bills, includes a provision on international insurance regulation that is ...
J&J Loses Talc Asbestos Cancer Case With $21.7M Verdict
Johnson & Johnson and its talc suppliers on Wednesday were hit with a $21.7 million jury verdict in a lawsuit by a woman who said she developed cancer after being exposed to asbestos in the ...
Critics Worry FEMA Isn’t Ready for Hurricane Season
With just a week to go before hurricane season, top jobs at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency remain vacant and critics say that will make it harder for the government to respond to ...
InsurTech Next Insurance Transforms From Digital Agency to Carrier
Next Insurance debuted in 2016 as a digital insurance agency for small to medium-size businesses. Today, the California startup officially announces its new status as a licensed insurance carrier, ...