9 12, 2022

OSHA Fines Arkansas Contractor $287K for Worker Deaths

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Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that an Arkansas construction contractor failed to test oxygen levels in the confined space before two workers entered a sewer 20 feet below ground at an Edmond work site and died because of a …

9 12, 2022

People Moves: Chubb Global Mkts Promotes O’Brien to Head of Cargo; AXIS Promotes Maher to Head of Cyber and Technology, London

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Chubb Global Mkts Promotes O’Brien to Head of Cargo Chubb announced the appointment of Alex O’Brien as head of Cargo for Chubb Global Markets (CGM), the company’s London Market wholesale and specialty business including its Lloyd’s platform. In his new …

9 12, 2022

Santander Fined £108 Million by UK Watchdog for Lax Money-Laundering Controls

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Santander UK Plc was fined £108 million ($132 million) by the UK financial watchdog over repeated anti-money laundering failures that included a series of missteps over its monitoring of hundreds of millions of pounds of suspicious funds. The bank had …

8 12, 2022

Cosby, NBC, Studio Face New Sex Abuse Lawsuit Under New York’s Filing Extension

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Five women who have long accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them early in their careers have filed the latest lawsuit against the 85-year-old comedian — and this one calls NBCUniversal, a studio and a production company complicit in the …

8 12, 2022

Coast Guard Blames Pilot for Cargo Ship Grounding in Chesapeake Bay in March

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A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay faulted the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the waterway, saying he relied too much on one piece of equipment to navigate …

8 12, 2022

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Wisconsin’s Badger Mutual

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AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Badger Mutual Insurance Company (Badger) (Milwaukee, WI). The Credit Ratings (ratings) …

8 12, 2022

Credit Suisse Clears 1st Hurdle Toward $440M Greensill Lawsuit Against SoftBank

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Credit Suisse Group AG cleared the first hurdle toward kick-starting a long-awaited $440 million lawsuit against SoftBank Group Corp. stemming from the spectacular collapse of finance firm Greensill Capital. A London judge said Wednesday that the Swiss lender’s supply chain …

8 12, 2022

Collapse of FTX Provides ‘Sobering Warning’ for Insurers About Governance Failings

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The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX demonstrates the dangers of failures of corporate governance, according to a commentary published by AM Best. While FTX is not an insurance company, the series of events leading to its collapse should provide …

8 12, 2022

AM Best: Commercial Lines ‘Stable’ With a Close Eye on Inflation

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As a whole, the outlook for the U.S. commercial lines segment continues to be stable, according to AM Best, but the industry rating agency had some warnings in its latest report. Rate changes at renewal remained strong, catastrophe losses have …

8 12, 2022

Judge Dismisses 1,000 Shingles Vaccine Claims Against Merck for Lack of Evidence

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After four years of multidistrict litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed 1,189 lawsuits claiming the Zostavax shingles vaccine by drugmaker Merck did not do what it was supposed to do and instead caused them to suffer from shingles …