After $70 Billion Hit, Insurers Wake Up to Growing Risks of Severe Convective Storms January 25, 2024 By Gautam Naik The insurance industry is grappling with a new kind of weather risk that’s increasingly driving its biggest loss category. While...
Brown, Yale, Columbia Among Latest to Settle Financial-Aid Lawsuit January 25, 2024 By Mike Scarcella Brown, Yale and Columbia universities have agreed to pay a combined $62 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused them...
People Moves: Coalition Nabs AIG’s Jones as Head of Global Claims January 25, 2024 Robert Jones has joined Coalition as the head of global claims. He will step into the role Feb. 5. Jones...
Fox Can Challenge Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Claim Over 2020 Election January 25, 2024 By Erik Larson Fox Corp. can proceed with its claims that Smartmatic Corp.’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit wildly exaggerates the financial harm it...
Lawsuit Alleges HIV-Positive Inmate in California Died After Being Denied Medication January 25, 2024 A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being held in a Northern California jail alleges...
Home Surveillance Video Leads to Arrests for Fraud in Alleged Staged Auto Collision January 25, 2024 A home surveillance video camera helped lead investigators to five Southern California residents for allegedly staging an auto collision to...
Sandy Hook Denier Alex Jones Eyes Settlement With Families, Bankruptcy Exit January 25, 2024 By Dietrich Knauth March Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy by late March or early April, his lawyer...
School Crossing Guard Beats City’s Bid to Stop Her Workers ‘ Compensation Benefits January 25, 2024 The Virginia city of Chesapeake has lost its bid to deny workers’ compensation medical benefits to a school crossing guard...
Wall Street Stock-Lending Platform Crashes in Ransomware Attack January 25, 2024 By Donal Griffin and Ryan Gallagher The criminal hacking gang LockBit said it was behind a ransomware attack that shut down some of the operations of...
Record Underwriting Income Highlights W.R. Berkley Q4 Results January 24, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Fourth quarter net income at W.R. Berkley Corp. increased 4% compared to the same period the prior year to about...