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Florida Appeals Court Ruling Puts New Scrutiny on Wind Experts’ Credibility
Expert testimony is subject to a well-established standard set forth by the US Supreme Court 30 years ago in Daubert v. Merrel Dow Pharms., Inc. Under the Daubert standard, trial judges are gatekeepers of expert testimony, tasked with determining whether …
Stanford University Says It’s Investigating a Cyber Incident
Stanford University said on Friday that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident that struck its Department of Public Safety. The university said in a statement that the breach didn’t appear to “impact police response to emergencies,” and that the affected …
Brokers Report Strong Revenues During Q3 as Favorable Trading Climate Continues
Some of the largest insurance brokers reported strong third quarter revenues, with executives using adjectives such as “outstanding,” “excellent,” and “strong” to describe their companies’ financial performances. In a wrap-up of the brokers’ results, listed in descending order by revenue …
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Intends to Delist From London Stock Exchange
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. gave notice of its intention to delist from the London Stock Exchange. Marsh & McLennan explained the action by saying that the majority of trading in the company’s securities occurs on the New York Stock …
US Probes GM’s Cruise Robocars Over Pedestrian Close Calls
General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit, Cruise, is facing multiple federal investigations over its cars’ safety, including two incidents where the robot cars appeared not to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, according to a U.S. regulator’s letter released on Friday. Cruise …
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident” and, while they had not provided an explanation as of Wednesday, experts say it …
Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination in Minneapolis Housing Code Enforcement, Targeting Communities of Color
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A new lawsuit accuses the city of Minneapolis of discrimination by lax housing code enforcement, especially for rental properties in a part of the city with high populations of people of color. The lawsuit was filed last …
Alera Group Acquires Michigan’s Rick Young Insurance
Alera Group announced the acquisition of Rick Young Insurance, an insurance agency offering employee benefits services including health insurance, life insurance, Medicare and Medicaid redetermination. Rochester Hills, Michigan-based Rick Young Insurance offers personalized employee benefits services. This includes tailored health …
Panama Removed From Gray List of Financial Crime Watchdog FATF
Panama has been removed from the gray list of financial crime watchdog FATF, a register which includes countries deemed to be doing too little to combat money laundering, according to a government statement on Friday. The Central American country’s first …
Otis Likely to Be One of Costliest Hurricanes for Mexico Insurance Market: Gallagher Re
Hurricane Otis is expected to be one of the costliest natural catastrophe events in Mexico’s history with initial economic losses expected to top US$10 billion, according to Gallagher Re. Further, insured losses are expected to run into the billions of …
Chinese Online Insurer Shouhui Weighs Hong Kong IPO in 2024
Shenzhen Shouhui Technology Group Ltd., a Chinese online insurance platform, is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter. China International Capital Corp. and Huatai Securities Co. are …
Boeing Assessing Lockbit Hacking Gang Threat of Sensitive Data Leak
Boeing Co said on Oct. 27 that it was assessing a claim made by the Lockbit cybercrime gang that it had “a tremendous amount” of sensitive data stolen from the aerospace giant that it would dump online if Boeing didn’t …