Louisiana Governor Approves New Limits on Car Accident Lawsuits August 10, 2020 By Melinda Deslatte Gov. John Bel Edwards in July signed into law changes to Louisiana’s civil litigation rules aimed at restraining the money...
Hurricane Planning During COVID-19 August 10, 2020 By Robert Tull and Monique McQueen COVID-19 has thrown the world into a tailspin over the past several months, and businesses everywhere have had to adjust...
Hurricane-Vulnerable Counties Are Home to 32% of U.S. Businesses August 10, 2020 By Andy Hait, U.S. Census Bureau As the 2020 hurricane season gets underway, emergency officials pay attention to the growing share (29%) of the U.S. population...
Coastal Flooding Could Threaten 20% of the World’s Economic Output by 2100: Study August 10, 2020 Failure to rein in climate change and bolster sea defenses could jeopardize up to a fifth of the world’s economic...
Kentucky Teen Settles Lawsuit Against Washington Post Over D.C. Encounter August 10, 2020 A Kentucky teen and The Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper’s coverage of his encounter with a...
Tesla Invites Insurance Actuaries to Help It Create a ‘Revolutionary’ Insurance Company August 10, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Tesla, which has been testing an insurance product for its drivers in California, is preparing to build an insurer, one...
Florida’s Citizens Moratorium on Policy Cancellations Extended to 2021 August 10, 2020 Florida’s state-run insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has extended its moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals until the end of 2020...
Workers’ Compensation Rates Won’t Be Adjusted for Coronavirus Experience This Year August 10, 2020 By Jim Sams The workers’ compensation line is unlikely to generate a profit this year and may not recover in 2021, an insurance...
Clint Eastwood Files Suit in California Against CBD Sellers Over Use of His Name August 10, 2020 By Andrew Dalton Clint Eastwood sued several companies that sell CBD supplements in late July, alleging that they are falsely using his name...
Renters Insurance and Swimming Pools August 10, 2020 By Bill Wilson So far in this column, I’ve written several articles that are titled, or could have been titled, “Just Because It’s...