Extreme Weather in Germany Costs Insurers US$5.4 Billion in 2023: GDV December 29, 2023 Extreme weather in Germany again caused high insurance claims this year, with an estimated price tag of €4.9 billion (US$5.4...
Appraisal Isn’t Arbitration, Alabama High Court Says in Dismissing Insurer Appeal December 29, 2023 By Jim Sams A petition to invoke appraisal is not the same thing as a motion to compel arbitration, the Alabama Supreme Court...
SEC’s Ambitious Climate Agenda Stalls as US Elections Raise Stakes in New Year December 29, 2023 By Austin Weinstein and Lydia Beyoud The Securities and Exchange Commission’s failure to complete an ambitious climate-related agenda in 2023 is making environmental activists nervous. Less...
Hapag-Lloyd, Japanese Shipping Firms Continue to Re-route From Suez Canal December 29, 2023 Hapag-Lloyd will continue to divert its vessels around the Suez Canal for security reasons, a spokesperson for the German container...
Storm Gerrit Batters Northern UK, Damaging Houses, Knocking Out Power December 29, 2023 A storm that battered the UK with high winds and heavy snow damaged houses, canceled trains and left thousands of...
Title Insurer Reports Another Cybersecurity Event; Fitch Monitoring Ratings December 29, 2023 Less than a month after New York insurance regulators said a title insurer would pay $1 million for violations of...
Google Settles $5 Billion Consumer Privacy Lawsuit December 29, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel Alphabet’s Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who...
China Sets Tougher Capital Rules for Registering New Firms December 29, 2023 By Bloomberg News Chinese lawmakers changed the country’s Company Law by setting tougher capital rules for registering a new firm, an effort to...
JD.com Wins Anti-Monopoly Lawsuit Against Alibaba December 29, 2023 Chinese online retailer JD.com 9618.HK said on Friday that it won a lawsuit against rival Alibaba 9988.HK, which was fined...
Minnesota Woman Files Appeal Claiming Gender Discrimination in Denied Emergency Contraception Case December 29, 2023 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals...