Archive for July 2020
Weinstein Reaches Tentative $19M Deal With Accusers
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein and his former studio’s board have reached a nearly $19 million settlement with dozens of his sexual misconduct accusers, New York state’s attorney general and lawyers in a class-action lawsuit said Tuesday. The agreement was … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePortland’s Downtown Police Precinct Boarded Up
PORTLAND, Ore. — Workers have installed plywood over windows and washed off graffiti near the entrance to the downtown Portland police headquarters after police say windows were smashed and plywood was removed from doors. The vandalism happened after the Multnomah … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePortland’s Downtown Police Precinct Boarded Up
PORTLAND, Ore. — Workers have installed plywood over windows and washed off graffiti near the entrance to the downtown Portland police headquarters after police say windows were smashed and plywood was removed from doors. The vandalism happened after the Multnomah … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBusiness News: Hi Marley, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Triple-I and The Institutes
Hi Marley Raises $8M in Funding Round Hi Marley, a chatbot designed for the insurance industry, announced that it raised $8 million from investors, bringing total financing for the company to $18.6 million. The Boston based insurtech said the new … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBusiness News: Hi Marley, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Triple-I and The Institutes
Hi Marley Raises $8M in Funding Round Hi Marley, a chatbot designed for the insurance industry, announced that it raised $8 million from investors, bringing total financing for the company to $18.6 million. The Boston based insurtech said the new … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims People: SCA, AqualisBraemar and Munich Re
SCA Appraisal Appoints Director and Managers SCA Appraisal has created a new Customer Success division and appointed Monica Diaz as its senior director. SCA, based in Burbank, California, appointed Lucano Figueroa to lead the division’s Financial Services/Government Group, Yesenia Barreto … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims People: SCA, AqualisBraemar and Munich Re
SCA Appraisal Appoints Director and Managers SCA Appraisal has created a new Customer Success division and appointed Monica Diaz as its senior director. SCA, based in Burbank, California, appointed Lucano Figueroa to lead the division’s Financial Services/Government Group, Yesenia Barreto … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWirecard Exposes Big 4 Accounting Lapses Endure Post-Enron
Two decades of financial disasters from Enron Inc.’s collapse in 2001 to Wirecard AG’s meltdown have left the Big Four accounting firms facing a major cultural problem that regulators may struggle to resolve. The 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) missing … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLloyd’s Calls For State-Backed ‘Black Swan’ Reinsurance
LONDON — “Black Swan” reinsurance schemes backed by governments could help businesses get insurance pay-outs after huge shocks such as the coronavirus pandemic, Lloyd’s of London said. Commercial insurance market Lloyd’s has said insurers worldwide will pay out more than … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBoeing 737 MAX Report May Boost Effort to Reform U.S. Airplane Certification
WASHINGTON — A new report into the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to certify the Boeing 737 MAX may help proponents seeking reforms to the long-standing practice of delegating some aircraft certification tasks to manufacturers. On Wednesday, the Transportation Department’s inspector … Source: Claims Journal
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