Verisk: US Reconstruction Costs Rose 5.2% From Last Year August 19, 2024 Total reconstruction costs in the U.S. rose by 5.2% from July 2023 to July 2024. That’s a large increase from...
14-Year-Old Dies After Collapsing During Football Practice in Alabama August 19, 2024 NEW BROCKTON, Ala. (AP) — A 14-year-old football player in Alabama died Tuesday after collapsing during afternoon practice. Semaj Wilkins,...
California Commissioner Invites Input on Final Phase of Wildfire Modeling Regulation August 19, 2024 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has invited public input as he begins the final phase of approving a “first of...
Texas Jury to Decide if a Student’s Parents are Liable in Deadly School Shooting August 19, 2024 By Jamie Stengle DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for the parents of a Texas student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018...
Skyward Specialty Launches Aviation Program August 19, 2024 Houston’s Skyward Specialty Insurance Group announced it is launching an aviation program in partnership with Acceleration Aviation Underwriters. The partnership...
Net Zero’s Carbon Removal Conundrum August 19, 2024 By Alastair Marsh To achieve net-zero emissions, where emissions and removals of greenhouse gas pollution balance each other out, governments and corporations must...
Lawsuit: Student with Down Syndrome Subjected to Abuse in Kansas School August 19, 2024 An employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome into a utility closet, hit...
UK Insurers Call for Rule Change to Establish Captive Insurance Regime August 19, 2024 By Katherine Griffiths Senior figures in the insurance industry are calling on the UK to restart work on a potential new market worth...
Rhode Island Sues 13 Firms That Worked on Troubled Washington Bridge August 19, 2024 Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced Friday that the state has filed a lawsuit against 13 companies that provided design,...
People Moves: Rokstone Appoints Burrow Head of US Excess Casualty; Canopius Hires Mills to Head US Casualty August 19, 2024 Rokstone, part of the Aventum Group, appointed Laurence (Larry) Burrows as head of a new US Excess Casualty division. Burrows...