December 13, 2024
Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring and their …
December 13, 2024
The family of a woman who smoked cigarettes for decades and died at age 59 from lung cancer has won a $10.6 million verdict in a case against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. A jury in Massachusetts Superior Court …
December 12, 2024
New York is considering asking property and casualty insurers to cover the claims of insolvent taxi insurer American Transit Insurance Co., according to people familiar with the plans. That measure is one of several options under discussion as the state’s …
December 12, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HDI Global and Amwins Global Risks. A summary of these new hires follows here. HDI Global Promotes Schulte as Global Head of Marine HDI Global has promoted Dr. Carsten Schulte as …
December 12, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicals The lawsuit alleges the companies for decades manufactured, marketed, and sold an array …
December 12, 2024
Florida’s Board of Medicine has revoked the medical license of a doctor who performed Brazilian butt-lift surgery, three years after his license was restricted after a botched surgery killed a patient. Dr. Christopher Walker, who had operated at a spa …
December 12, 2024
Brit Ltd. and Ki announced that Ki will operate as a standalone company within the Fairfax Group, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Ki was incubated and launched by Brit in 2020 and began writing business on Jan. 1, 2021 with its …
December 12, 2024
A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for thousands of violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the company’s refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown. The …
December 12, 2024
Insurance broker Aon and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have structured a €110 million (US$115.6 million) facility to provide reinsurance capacity for international reinsurers and Ukrainian insurance companies to cover war-related risks in Ukraine. Under the Ukraine …
December 12, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Ryan Companies US Inc. to resolve allegations that the federal contractor’s employees faced sexual harassment, a hostile work …