Moody’s to Weigh City Efforts to Cope with Climate Change in Bond Ratings For Moody’s Investors Service, it’s no longer enough for cities to have plans addressing their risks from climate change. The... Read More
J&J Says No Legal Reserves Needed Amid Wave of Lawsuits Johnson & Johnson won’t set aside any legal reserves for the more than 100,000 lawsuits it faces across its portfolio... Read More
Pregnancy Discrimination Continues, 41 Years After Banned by Federal Law For 41 years, federal law has banned pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. But the stories tumbling out this week show... Read More
J&J Faces 100,000 More Damage Claims After Taking $8 Billion Hit Johnson & Johnson has taken some costly beatings in court this year. And it could get worse. Just last week,... Read More
Purdue Judge Halts Government Opioid Suits Against Drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker... Read More
Growing Private Flood Market Will Test Claim Professionals A nudge into the market by carriers offering private flood insurance is becoming more of a shove, which might bring... Read More
Nike to Shut Down Oregon Project After Top Coach Is Banned Nike Inc. is ending its Oregon Project supporting elite track athletes after a top coach was banned for violating anti-doping... Read More
FEMA Bought 44,000 Flood-Prone Homes and May Have to Buy Millions More As the climate crisis worsens, more Americans will be forced from their homes. Many won’t be able to afford it,... Read More
U.S. Appeals Court Will Not Disqualify Judge in Opioid Cases or Delay Trial A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for a landmark trial over the nation’s opioid crisis, rejecting a... Read More
Viewpoint: Streamlining Claims Processing with Intelligent Process Automation In recent years, the insurance industry has seen an influx of new market entrants seeking to disrupt and reinvent specific... Read More