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Personnel Announcements: Maltman International, Transcom Solutions, Orchid Medical

Maltman International Appoints New Executive General Adjuster Maltman International, a claims management provider based in Toronto, has appointed Brian McCulloch as executive general adjuster. McCulloch has been active in the Canadian market for 40 years, with experience on the carrier …

Troubles With Tesla’s Automated Parking Feature Summon Safety Regulators

WASHINGTON/BENGALURU — U.S. regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla Inc cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s Smart Summon feature, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday. Several users have posted videos …

Safety Board Urges Limo Safety Standards After Deadly Crash

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday said federal regulators should require lap and shoulder seat belts throughout limousines after probing a series of deadly crashes including one in a October 2018 that killed 20 people. The …

Google Faces iPhone Privacy Lawsuit After Court Reinstates Case

A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was given the go-ahead by London appeals judges who overturned an earlier ruling that had thrown out the case. The group, known as Google You Owe …

J&J Avoids Risky Opioid Trial With ‘Chump Change’ Ohio Deal

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay more than $20 million to avoid the first federal trial in which it faced accusations of helping fuel the opioid epidemic by mishandling its painkillers. Under the deal, announced late Tuesday, J&J will pay …

Walmart Suspends Sales of Zantac as Tainted-Pill Worries Grow

Walmart Inc. plans to suspend the sale of all over-the-counter versions of Zantac, becoming the latest retailer to take such a step as concern over the presence of cancer-causing contaminants in the stomach drug increases. The world’s largest retailer said …

Insurance Innovation Will be Shaped by Regulators

It’s no secret: Innovators and regulators often clash. But both are needed to help enable a dynamic, consumer-friendly property/casualty industry in the future, insurance and InsurTech industry experts said recently. “There will be more innovation and empowerment of the consumer, …

How Drones Are Accelerating Digital Transformation in the Insurance Industry

Somewhere in central Michigan, a pickup truck drives into a sleepy suburban neighborhood. An autonomous drone takes flight off the truck’s flatbed and, nearly silently, heads a half-mile east, slowing above a mid-20th century craftsman home that has clearly suffered …

State Protects Abusers, Women Harassed in Public Jobs Say

ALBANY, N.Y. — He was accused of calling his female co-workers “whores,” grabbing one woman’s head and forcing it between his legs, threatening another with sexual assault and exposing himself in the office. Now, more than a year after he …

Business News: Carpe Data, Betterview and Synpulse, Aon Make Announcements

Carpe Data Launches Data Set for Carriers Carpe Data announced the launch of a new commercial data set that it says will help property and casualty insurers better classify and understand risks. “With this launch, we’re delivering brand new data …

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