Monthly Archives: <span>January 2024</span>

EU Auditors Say Real CO2 Emissions From Most Cars Have Not Fallen

Real CO2 emissions from most passenger cars on EU roads are the same as 12 years ago despite reduction targets set in 2010 for newly registered vehicles, putting in jeopardy Europe’s green agenda, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said …

After $70 Billion Hit, Insurers Wake Up to Growing Risks of Severe Convective Storms

The insurance industry is grappling with a new kind of weather risk that’s increasingly driving its biggest loss category. While no single weather event caused more than $10 billion in losses for insurers last year, there were 37 thunderstorms that …

Brown, Yale, Columbia Among Latest to Settle Financial-Aid Lawsuit

Brown, Yale and Columbia universities have agreed to pay a combined $62 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused them and others of favoring wealthy applicants, pushing total settlements in the case to $118 million. Lawyers for a proposed class …

People Moves: Coalition Nabs AIG’s Jones as Head of Global Claims

Robert Jones has joined Coalition as the head of global claims. He will step into the role Feb. 5. Jones previously spent 32 years at AIG where he most recently served as the executive vice president of financial lines, specialty …

Fox Can Challenge Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Claim Over 2020 Election

Fox Corp. can proceed with its claims that Smartmatic Corp.’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit wildly exaggerates the financial harm it suffered from broadcasts falsely accusing it of rigging the 2020 US election, a New York judge ruled. Rejecting the voting …

Lawsuit Alleges HIV-Positive Inmate in California Died After Being Denied Medication

A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being held in a Northern California jail alleges he contracted a preventable viral infection there when its medical staff denied him critical HIV medication for two months. When …

Home Surveillance Video Leads to Arrests for Fraud in Alleged Staged Auto Collision

A home surveillance video camera helped lead investigators to five Southern California residents for allegedly staging an auto collision to collect an insurance payout. Each defendant has been charged with one felony count of insurance fraud after an investigation by …

Sandy Hook Denier Alex Jones Eyes Settlement With Families, Bankruptcy Exit

March Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy by late March or early April, his lawyer said on Wednesday after a judge decided families whom he owes $1.5 billion for lying about the 2012 school shooting …

School Crossing Guard Beats City’s Bid to Stop Her Workers ‘ Compensation Benefits

The Virginia city of Chesapeake has lost its bid to deny workers’ compensation medical benefits to a school crossing guard who injured her wrist when she fell while keeping her eyes on children around her crosswalk The city argued that …

Construction Industry Outlook 2024: 7 Key Emerging and Continuing Trends

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. As construction industry professionals gear up for 2024, they are faced with a landscape marked by potential challenges, much like the preceding year. Recession concerns, persistent inflation, rising …