UK banks and insurers must appoint a senior manager to “champion” internal whistleblowers as regulators attempt to protect tipsters who come forward with evidence of illegal conduct. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority published the rules Tuesday, …
Consultants hired by Arkansas legislators to review the state’s “private option” Medicaid plan have recommended that the program continue but suggested changes that would move participants into jobs and ensure they are leading healthy lives. Under its own approach to …
The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) National installed new officers during the group’s board of directors meeting last month in New Orleans. Each of the officers will serve one-year terms from October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016. Robert W. Hansen …
An Ohio woman has been awarded $1.6 million in the trial of a lawsuit that alleged a chemical from a DuPont Co. plant contaminated drinking water and contributed to her contracting kidney cancer. A jury awarded the damages to 59-year-old …
The pungent stench of mildew greeted Asiah Lewis when she came home to her South Carolina apartment, her footsteps making squishing sounds on the carpet as she picked through soggy clothes and a lifted a moldy shoe from the …
The Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of John Alexander Fraga (aka Juan Alejandro Fraga) for his involvement in the alleged billing of more than $40,000 to multiple insurance companies for the treatment of …
ANV Underwriters, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of specialty insurance group ANV Holdings, announced the appointment of Florian Tischer to its Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance team. Tischer brings to ANV over five years’ legal experience, predominantly in …
Federal safety officials have cited Bancroft Bags Inc. in West Monroe, La., for failing to protect workers from amputation hazards. The company has been fined $84,000. Bancroft was cited for 16 serious violations on Oct. 7, 2015. The citations allege the …
The Carmel City Council in Indiana has passed an ordinance banning discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation, narrowly defeating efforts by social conservatives to defeat the measure in the affluent Indianapolis suburb. The council voted 4-to-3 on Oct. 5 …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched two new policies providing cyber liability and breach response coverage with risk management resources, the Professional First Network Security & Privacy Policy and the Professional First Professional Liability and Network Security & Privacy …