A record 268 securities class actions were filed in 2019, a 20% increase from 2018, and policyholders can expect high directors and officers liability insurance premium costs to continue, said Woodruff Sawyer & Co. in a report issued Wednesday.... Read Article

A worker whose thumb and finger were crushed in a workplace accident is not entitled to workers compensation because he tested positive for marijuana and opioids.... Read Article

(Reuters) — Volkswagen AG and the German consumer protection organization have agreed to resume talks aimed at reaching a deal in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker's rigging of diesel emissions tests.... Read Article

(Reuters) — Boeing Co. and lawyers representing families of victims of a 737 MAX crash agreed in court on Wednesday to hold a conference call with U.S. government crash probe authorities over access to documents related to the now-grounded aircraft's design, deve... Read Article

A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling and held an insurer may have had a duty to defend an attorney sued in connection with a scam under terms of her malpractice claims-made policy.... Read Article

(Reuters) — Britain blamed Russia on Thursday for cyberattacks on Georgia, including a major assault that knocked out thousands of state, private and media websites last year.... Read Article

A bill introduced in the Connecticut legislature Thursday proposes to expand the reach of the state’s first responder post-traumatic stress disorder presumption law. ... Read Article

Willis Towers Watson PLC on Thursday said it is reviewing strategic options for its London-based wholesale business Miller Insurance Services LLP, the brokerage it acquired just over three years ago.... Read Article

Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday advanced to Gov. Ralph Northam a bill that would expand workers compensation coverage for hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis and HIV disease and death to correctional officers and those working in enforcement at the De... Read Article

Nexus Group has launched a financial lines division in the U.S., under its newly formed entity Nexus Specialty Inc., the London-based managing general agent said Thursday.... Read Article