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...in principle over violations of Texas environmental laws stemming from its diesel cheating scandal, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Thursday... ...VW, Audi agree to $85M diesel settlement in principle with Texas (Reuters) -- Volkswagen and its Audi unit have agreed to an $85 million settlement... ...Earlier this month, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the state environmental lawsuit against Volkswagen and Audi could go forward.... ...Environmental Protection Agency, which started looking into the matter in 2014....

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...The 2023 finalists are teams from the following organizations: Broker Team of the Year Connor Strong & Buckelew Cos.... ...Business Insurance on Friday announced the finalists for the 2023 U.S. Insurance Awards program.... ...unit of Alera Group Insurance Underwriting Team of the Year Axa XL, a unit of Axa SA Ryan Specialty Group Inc.... ...Community Outreach Project of the Year (Pro Bono and Volunteer) American International Group Inc. Axis Capital Holdings Ltd....

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...From 1991 through 2015, GlaxoSmithKline LLC, whose U.S. headquarters are in Philadelphia, designated Blue Bell, Pennsylvania-based Special Risk Insurance... ...A pharmaceutical manufacturer is not obligated to pay commissions on life and disability policies to a broker that is no longer its broker of record... ...Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in Special Risk Insurance Services Inc. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, trading as GlaxoSmithKline.... ...These included group life insurance policies with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and ACE American Insurance Co. and its disability insurance policy...

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...Tipster on Ericsson won SEC"s largest whistleblower award of $279M (Reuters) -- The record $279 million whistleblower award issued by the U.S.... ...Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month stemmed from a bribery case against Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, the Wall Street... ...The SEC declined to comment, while Ericsson did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment....

businessinsurance.com —  2+ day ago

...Distribution company to pay $710K to settle EEOC sex bias suit A distribution company will pay $709,971 to settle a U.S.... ...Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sex discrimination lawsuit in which it was charged with refusing to hire female job applicants for order... ...Lester Co., Inc. d/b/a/ PFG Customized Distribution – Indiana, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne, Indiana....

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...JAMA study targets 12 common symptoms of long COVID Experts in the workers compensation industry have pegged the mystery behind long COVID as an...

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...Allianz SE, Axa SA and Scor SE, three of Europe's biggest insurance-related firms, on Thursday became the latest to quit the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance... ...(Reuters) – “Political attacks” are interfering with insurers" efforts to price climate risks, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero said on... ...According to the NZIA website, it now has 23 members including Britain"s Aviva PLC and Lloyd"s and Japan's Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.... ...Lloyd"s of London CEO John Neal told Reuters this week the alliance needed to make its membership rules less prescriptive or it risked falling apart...

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..., JetBlue Airways Corp., after developing neurological disorders.... ...The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York on Thursday denied an appeal by pilot David Dunlap, who filed a comp claim against his employer... ...Dunlap didn't identify a written report of a toxicologist who reviewed his medical records for the airline.... ...Dunlap filed his comp claim in October 2019, a comp judge found he failed to establish work-related injury causation....

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...According to research from risk and strategic consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft, civil unrest in Africa has hit a six-year high due to an increase... ...Allianz to sell majority stake in Russian operations 4.... ...Tata AIG General Insurance takes over as Air India"s lead insurer...