January 31, 2023
A woman who was seriously injured when the parked patrol car she was detained in was hit by a freight train filed a lawsuit against police, accusing three officers of acting recklessly and failing in their duty to take care …
January 31, 2023
A federal lawsuit in Nevada is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked rooms in Las Vegas since 2019, alleging that most hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip have used a third-party vendor to illegally fix prices. The …
January 31, 2023
Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge nearly one year ago are looking closely at damage to the legs of the structure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. An agency update on the Jan, 28, 2022, failure …
January 31, 2023
AIG late Monday terminated interim Chief Financial Officer Mark Lyons after he “violated his confidentiality/non-disclosure obligations,” the company said. Lyons was just appointed interim CFO earlier this month when CFO Shane Fitzsimons took a temporary medical leave of absence. Lyons …
January 30, 2023
As Louisiana lawmakers adjourn Monday for a special session to address the state’s property insurance crisis, a commentary from AM Best says Louisiana’s plan to appropriate $45 million in funds to incentivize insurance companies to take on more property risk …
January 30, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed $5.4 million settlement with The Dow Chemical Co. to recover costs for EPA’s cleanup work at the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River & Bay Superfund site in Midland, Michigan. EPA began a 30-day …
January 30, 2023
KEATCHIE, La. (AP) – About 130 people in north Louisiana are under a mandatory evacuation Saturday after a train derailed and at least two of the cars involved began leaking hazardous products, state police said. The Union Pacific Railroad train …
January 30, 2023
A hard market in short-tail lines – such as property and property catastrophe – across global geographies is likely to continue throughout 2023, after beginning the year with multi-decade-high pricing increases during the January reinsurance renewals, according to a report …
January 30, 2023
There is no one answer to the overall insurance industry’s place within its cyclical path. Each product line needs to be looked at individually, according to Robert Berkley, CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp. “Once upon a time, most P/C product …
January 30, 2023
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will not sign the measure on her desk that seeks to expand wrongful death damages as it is written. Instead, she wants lawmakers to amend the bill to exempt medical malpractice claims from the changes …