Archive for November 2016

Unicorn start-ups are facing increasing scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for several reasons, including the potential for inflated valuations and misleading statements both of which pose a risk to investors, according to Kim Melvin, a partner … Source: Claims Journal

Total U.S. economic losses from Hurricane Matthew were forecast to range as high as $10 billion, while public and private insurance losses were estimated to possibly reach $5 billion, according to Impact Forecasting. Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team released … Source: Claims Journal

California, Massachusetts and Nevada voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a huge boost to the campaign to allow pot nationwide. Six more states also voted on marijuana measures. In all, five states considered whether to legalize the … Source: Claims Journal

Despite an improving job market, workers are still experiencing high levels of stress, according to the 2016 ComPsych StressPulse report, “Stress and Generational Differences Among Workers.” Looking across three different age groups – Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers – … Source: Claims Journal

Dozens of times since beginning their work on the brains of former football players, boxers and military members who suffered repeated blows to the head, researchers have announced their findings with slides of damaged tissue, strong words about the danger … Source: Claims Journal

A state system to track prescription painkillers in Wisconsin to prevent abuse shows a nearly 10 percent drop in the number of opioid prescriptions written and filled compared to this time last year. Wisconsin’s Controlled Substance Board recently published its … Source: Claims Journal

The first time someone called to say his one-of-a-kind, award-winning classic car was at the bottom of a South Carolina lagoon, Ralph Marano Sr. thought it was a joke. Then he got another call, and everything after that seemed like … Source: Claims Journal

Coverys Announces Acquisition of Med-IQ Coverys announced the acquisition of Med-IQ, a global provider of medical education and healthcare quality improvement. Baltimore-based Med-IQ provides certified educational courses for clinicians; offers a suite of educational services to hospitals, academic medical centers, … Source: Claims Journal

Is advertising injury in the bag? In a recent decision the United States Second Circuit Court Of Appeals found that the sale of counterfeit branded goods was not covered as advertising injury. In United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. … Source: Claims Journal

Ronald De Feo has watched robots take factory jobs for years. Now he sees them threatening a new class of worker: People who drive for a living. “I am in Pittsburgh; it’s a test market for Uber’s autonomous vehicle,” says … Source: Claims Journal