Heavy Rains Lash Haiti, Complicating Rescue Efforts for Earthquake Survivors August 17, 2021 By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti – Heavy rains lashed Haiti on Tuesday night, complicating rescue efforts and drenching thousands left homeless by...
Shell to Pay $111 Million to Resolve Long-Running Oil-Spill Dispute in Nigeria August 17, 2021 By William Clowes Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a local community $111 million to resolve a long-running dispute over...
Hudson Structured Capital Management Buys Majority Stake in MGA Occam August 17, 2021 Occam Underwriting, the London-based specialist lines managing general agency, announced that Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) has recently acquired a...
One Dead in Mount Vernon, Georgia Fire August 17, 2021 Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced that Ricky Bell, 57, was killed in a Montgomery County...
County in Washington to Settle Suit Over Harassment by Deputy for $72K August 17, 2021 Clark County, Washington, has agreed to pay $72,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who said...
People Moves: Alliant Names Caterino Senior VP in Nevada; LP Adds Micco August 17, 2021 Alliant Insurance Services named Karen Caterino senior vice president in its public entity practice. Caterino is based in Nevada and...
Why Snow, Hail and Wildfire Are Expensive for Insurance Industry August 17, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around the spree of natural catastrophes currently plaguing the world—from deadly July floods...
Court Revives 6,000 Lawsuits Against 3M Over Surgical Device August 17, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A federal appeals court on Monday revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits alleging that a widely used device produced by 3M Co....
Bayer Asks Supreme Court to Reverse Roundup Cancer Claim Verdict August 17, 2021 By Ludwig Burger Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse...
Tropical Storm Fred Makes Landfall Along Florida Panhandle August 16, 2021 Tropical storm Fred made landfall near Cape San Blas, Florida Monday Aug. 16 at approximately 3:15 p.m. EST, according to...