Brookfield Reinsurance to Acquire Insurer Argo Group in $1.1B Deal February 8, 2023 By L.S. Howard Financial services firm Brookfield Reinsurance announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Argo Group International Holdings in an...
Hurricane Irma Deaths at Florida Nursing Home: Accident or Manslaughter? February 8, 2023 A Florida nursing home administrator charged with causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after Hurricane Irma in 2017 went...
California Fines Online Health Provider $3.2M over Claims Practices February 8, 2023 The Pill Club Holdings Inc. (dba The Pill Club) paid $3.2 million after the California Department of Insurance alleged it...
Lawmakers Focus on Aviation Safety After 2 Near-Miss Crashes February 8, 2023 By David Shepardson The U.S. Congress needs to address serious concerns about the country’s aviation system after recent incidents including two near miss...
New York City Ending Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate for City Employees February 8, 2023 By Karen Matthews New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last...
Funeral Home Finds Woman Alive Hours After Nursing Home Pronounced Her Dead February 8, 2023 An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later...
Earthquakes Deliver Another Blow to Turkey’s Re/Insurance Industry: Reports February 8, 2023 By L.S. Howard Two powerful earthquakes, which hit southeastern Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023, deliver another blow to the local re/insurance industry, according...
Thwarted Plot to Attack Baltimore Power Grid Part of Growing Domestic Terrorism: Feds February 8, 2023 By Eric Tucker and Lea Skene A Maryland woman spent months conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader based in Florida to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power...
Samsung Chip Plant Sues Insurer Over $400 Million in Storm Damage Claims February 8, 2023 By Madlin Mekelburg A Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor plant in Texas sued its insurer over $400 million in damage claims tied to a...
Judge Upholds Punitive Damage Award in Prison Strip Search February 8, 2023 By Randall Chase A judge rejected a challenge on Monday by Delaware’s Department of Correction of a jury’s $15,000 punitive damage award to...