9 05, 2023

Byron Allen Sues McDonald’s for Allegedly Lying About Commitment to Black Media

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The media entrepreneur Byron Allen has filed a second lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp over the fast-food chain’s alleged refusal to advertise with Black-owned media. In a complaint filed last week in Los Angeles, Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks Inc and Weather …

9 05, 2023

7th Circuit: D&O Insurer Must Pay Settlement for Drugmaker’s Kickback Case

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Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma, despite the carrier’s assertion that Illinois public policy forbids it from reimbursing the drugmaker for the cost of settling allegations …

9 05, 2023

Hottest Ever April Recorded in Spain, Portugal as Heat Wave Hits Europe

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Spain and Portugal recorded their hottest April on record as a mass of hot air brought temperatures above 30C and close to 40C in some areas at the end of the month. Last month was the fourth-hottest month of April …

9 05, 2023

EU Plans Tough ‘Value for Money’ Rules for Investment Products: Draft Proposals

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Banks, insurers and asset managers in the European Union would only be allowed to sell funds and other products across the bloc if they could prove to regulators they offer value for money, draft proposals seen by Reuters showed. The …

28 04, 2023

Fed Plans Broad Revamp of Bank Oversight After SVB Failure

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The Federal Reserve issued a detailed and scathing assessment on Friday of its failure to identify problems and push for fixes at Silicon Valley Bank before the U.S. lender’s collapse, and promised tougher supervision and stricter rules for banks. In …

28 04, 2023

Specialty Re/Insurer Canopius Has Management Shake-up With 3 Execs Exiting

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Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, has had a management shake-up, with three executives exiting the company. “Over the last 18 months, Canopius has reorganised our global underwriting operations to both enhance the focus on specialist underwriting capabilities and …

28 04, 2023

People Moves: Ryan Specialty Names Davies CEO and Smith President of PERse’s North American Operations

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Ryan Specialty Appoints Davies as CEO and Smith as President of PERse’s North American Operations Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. has made leadership appointments to its Power.Energy.Risk’s (PERse) North American operations, the Chicago, Illinois-based company’s renewable energy managing general underwriter (MGU). …

28 04, 2023

$1.6B Trial Starts Against Utility Over Fatal 2020 Oregon Wildfires

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon started Tuesday in Portland. The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than …

28 04, 2023

Suit Over Texas Woman’s Jail Death Settles for $7M

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DALLAS (AP) – A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other defendants, her family’s …

28 04, 2023

Mississippi River Flooding Prompts Evacuations, Sandbagging in Iowa

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Some residents along the swelling Upper Mississippi River evacuated their homes this week while others scrambled Wednesday to stack sandbags in preparation for what forecasters say could be near-record flooding caused by the rapid melting …