Appeals Court Revives Boeing 737 MAX Shareholder Lawsuit January 10, 2022 By David Shepardson A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a pension plan’s 2019 shareholder lawsuit against Boeing Co officers and directors alleging...
Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $120B in 2021. Munich Re Points to Climate Change Link. January 10, 2022 Natural disasters across the globe caused economic losses of US$280 billion in 2021, of which roughly US$120 billion were insured,...
Illinois AG Sues Mine Over Use of Toxic Foam to Control Fire January 10, 2022 The Illinois attorney general is accusing a coal mine operator of polluting the area with toxic foam to try to...
Louisiana Car Dealer to Pay $100K Disability Discrimination Settlement January 10, 2022 Hollingsworth Richards, LLC, a Louisiana car dealer doing business as Honda of Covington, has agreed to pay a former sales...
UK Orders Housebuilders to Pay $5B to Help Remove Dangerous, Flammable Cladding January 10, 2022 Britain has ordered housebuilders to pay around $5.4 billion to help remove dangerous cladding from buildings following a deadly 2017...
China’s Anti-Graft Watchdog Probes Chairman of China Life Insurance January 10, 2022 SHANGHAI – China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has placed Wang Bin, the chairman of China Life Insurance Co....
In Bad-Faith Claims, Florida Appeals Court Scores One for Insurer, One Against January 10, 2022 By William Rabb Remember George Costanza’s trick in “Seinfeld,” the 1990s TV sitcom? When he couldn’t (or didn’t want to) pay his rent...
Suburban Chicago House Fire Kills Three January 7, 2022 A wind-driven house fire killed three members of a suburban Chicago family, including a 91-year-old woman, and left fourth person...
Paper Mill to Pay Nearly $250K for Michigan Fish Kill January 7, 2022 A paper mill in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has agreed to pay nearly $250,000 to settle an investigation of a fish...
Cause Unknown For Nebraska Plane Crash That Killed Three January 7, 2022 The preliminary report on a plane crash that killed three people in northwest Nebraska in November doesn’t identify the cause...