Government
FIO Report on Global Reinsurance Industry Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office released a report outlining the role the global reinsurance industry plays in the U.S. insurance industry late last year. The report, ...
OSHA Rule Changes on Worker Death, Injury Reports Take Effect
Effective Jan. 1, 2015, all employers under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours. In ...
AAA: Americans Murky on Driving Risks with Pot and Prescription Drugs Alike
About 85 percent of Americans want to see laws that punish drivers impaired by marijuana, even as more states have legalized its recreational use. They remain less worried, however, about driving ...
BlackBerrys Could Serve As Cyber Security Solution
If there's one company that's gotten a bit of good press from the Sony Corp. hacking scandal, it's BlackBerry Ltd. The beleaguered entertainment company dug up old BlackBerrys to use after Sony's ...
First Bodies and Debris Discovered in AirAsia Indonesia Crash
Indonesian search crews recovered debris and bodies floating in the sea from the AirAsia Bhd. airliner that went missing three days ago with 162 people on board, as investigators seek to determine ...
North Korea May Have Had Outside Help in Sony Pictures Hacking
U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyber attack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation ...
U.S. Regulator Seeking New Accounts of Guardrail Accidents
A U.S. highway regulator opened an Internet portal this week allowing the public to report accidents tied to a Trinity Industries Inc. guardrail system, which has been linked by lawsuits to at least ...
GAO Report Questions U.S. Readiness For Nuclear Terror or Mega-Cat
Bhe U.S. government isn't fully prepared to handle a nuclear terrorist attack or a large-scale natural catastrophe, lacks effective coordination, and in some cases is years away from ensuring ...