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Grindr Sued in UK for Sharing Users’ HIV Data With Ad Firms Grindr Inc. was sued by users for sharing sensitive personal information, including their HIV status, with advertising companies in a London lawsuit. The LGBTQ+ app allegedly shared information to third parties for commercial purposes without the users’ consent, which included …
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 6:29 AM |
Sanofi to Pay $100 Million to Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits Sanofi will pay more than $100 million to settle about 4,000 lawsuits accusing the French drugmaker of failing to warn users that its Zantac heartburn medicine could cause cancer, according to people familiar with the deal. The settlement was announced …
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 5:36 AM |
Poll: Climate Change Concerns Grow, but Few Believe Biden’s Climate Law Will Help A poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year (six-in-10 Democrats and one-quarter of Republicans). However, the poll shows now …
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 5:26 AM |
Chubb to Acquire MGA Healthy Paws From Aon Chubb said it is acquiring managing general agent Healthy Paws from Aon plc. Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based Chubb has been the exclusive underwriter of Healthy Paws’ pet insurance program for Aon since 2013. Terms of the deal, expected to close …
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 5:14 AM |
Investment Funds File New Suits Over Lighthouse Insurance Collapse in 2022 Three investment firms connected to some of the best-known names on Wall Street have upped the ante in a legal dispute over now-insolvent Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp., based in Tampa. Fortinbras Enterprises, the managing partner of which is the well-known …
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 5:02 AM |
BNSF Says It Didn’t Know About Asbestos That’s Killed Hundreds in Montana Town BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. …
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 5:00 AM |
Alliant Insurance Services Acquires Advanced Benefits in Idaho Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, acquired Advanced Benefits, based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1993, Advanced Benefits offers employee benefit programs, and HR and compliance services. The entire Advanced Benefits team will join Alliant.
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 5:00 AM |
Home Explosion in Maryland Senda 1 Man to Hospital An explosion razed a home in suburban Baltimore, officials said, sending one person to the hospital for injuries and requiring aid from dozens of firefighters to douse the flames. Baltimore County fire officials said they were called to the scene …
POSTED APRIL 23, 2024 5:00 AM |
People Moves: MGA Nexus Taps Willett From Barents Re as Head of Development; PoloWorks Appoints CNA Hardy’s Borrel as Chief Risk Officer This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Nexus Group and PoloWorks. A summary of these new hires follows here. MGA Nexus Taps Willett From Barents Re as Head of Development Nexus Group, the London-based specialty managing general agent, …
POSTED APRIL 22, 2024 4:48 PM |
J&J, Kenvue Told to Pay $45 Million to Baby Powder User’s Family Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue Inc. were ordered to pay $45 million to the family of an Illinois woman who blamed the companies’ baby powders for giving her a fatal cancer in what was the first verdict against the J&J …
POSTED APRIL 22, 2024 4:40 PM |
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