Florida Authorities Charge 4 in Fraudulent Roof Claims, Issue Warrant for Contractor December 4, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Florida authorities have announced the arrest of four people in connection with an alleged scheme to deliberately damage roofs in...
People Moves: Symphony Grow Names Sampson Senior Director of Legal Affairs and Risk Management December 4, 2023 Symphony Grow, the specialty business of Symphony Risk Solutions, appointed Michael H. Sampson as senior director of legal affairs and...
Tech Firm Settles Over Failure to Accommodate Deaf Job Candidate December 4, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A San Diego-based technology firm for the hospitality industry has avoided a trial over charges it discriminated against a qualified...
California Data Shows Nearly 1-in-5 Patients Listed as Alive in Electronic Records Were Actually Deceased December 4, 2023 About 20 % of patients whose medical records showed them as being alive with a serious illness were in fact...
New York Court Upholds Nursing Home COVID-19 Immunity December 4, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A New York state appellate court has ruled that an April 2021 state law repealing a March 2020 grant of...
Trump Denied Immunity Against US Election Subversion Charges December 3, 2023 By Zoe Tillman Donald Trump is not entitled to absolute presidential immunity against criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential...
Ohio Settles Lawsuit With Chemical Companies For $110 Million Over PFAS Contamination December 1, 2023 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. (AP) – The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio...
Despite Insurance Costs, Lux Condos Going Up: Miami Tower to Have $150M Penthouse December 1, 2023 (Bloomberg) — A roughly 13,000-square-foot, full-floor penthouse and roof at the Rosewood Residences, a 17-story condo tower designed by Peter...
Climate Change, Natural Disasters Sent Texas Homeowners Insurance Rates Skyrocketing in 2023 December 1, 2023 By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune Insurance companies across Texas have dramatically increased home insurance rates this year, state filings show, as climate change spooks executives...
Insurance, Cat Bonds Can Help Boost Poorer Countries’ Resilience to Climate Risks December 1, 2023 By Alessandro Parodi, Simon Jessop and Libby George Low-income countries are struggling to access insurance, catastrophe bonds and other hedging mechanisms that could help protect them from the...