New York and Maryland are among several states planning to sue Volkswagen AG over the environmental damage done by devices that were designed by the carmaker to cheat on pollution-control tests. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said Monday in a …
Republican National Convention delegates approved a platform Monday that calls for reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act and scaling back the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, calling it the Democrats’ “legislative Godzilla.” The Glass-Steagall measure puts presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and his party in the company …
International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers today announced the appointment of Esther Ro as New York operations leader. She succeeds Anne Anderson, who has taken on the role of North America Client Stewardship leader. Ro joined Integro …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) reported that it has expanded into Transactional Liability Insurance team in the U.S. and Canada and named Robert Underhill as senior vice president, head of Transactional Liability. The company also appointed Dan Crosby as vice …
Insurance firm AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has filed to voluntarily dismiss all of its claims against one of its former insurance brokers in Italy who AmTrust alleged bribed an arbitrator called in to settle a business dispute between them. AmTrust’s …
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. was sued on behalf of Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka and dozens of other retired wrestlers who claim the company hid the long-term effects of neurological injuries from years of being pounded in and out of the ring. …
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reduced the assessment that private employers pay to the state on workers’ compensation policies to 5.6 percent of the policy premium for the new fiscal year, down from 5.75 percent during the last …
DuPont Co. and Dow Chemical Co. must tell shareholders before next week’s merger vote that they may face exposure to costly potential damages from claims that a chemical used to make Teflon caused cancer and other ailments, community activists told …
Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary National Indemnity Co. is acquiring Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co. of New York for an undisclosed price. The deal comes as the insurer completes its conversation from a mutual company to a stock insurer. The insurer is …
The “Pokemon Go” craze across the U.S. has people wandering into yards, driveways, cemeteries and even an off-limits police parking lot in search of cartoon monsters, prompting warnings that trespassers could get arrested or worse, especially if they cross paths …