California Farm Labor Contractor Arraigned in Alleged $1.8M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme December 10, 2021 Alfredo Casas, 62, of Stockton, California, has been arraigned on 15 felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft and tax...
Safeguards for Leaking California Oil Pipe’s Not Fully Working December 10, 2021 By Brian Melley and Matthew Brown The ruptured offshore pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off the Southern California coast this...
People Moves: Markel’s Hastings Named President of W. R. Berkley Syndicate Mgmt; Chaucer Promotes Sharp to Head of Political Violence & Crisis Mgmt December 10, 2021 This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at W.R. Berkley and Chaucer. A summary of these new hires follows...
Other Services Beat P/C Insurers in Providing Digital Customer Experience: J.D. Power December 10, 2021 The property/casualty insurance industry is falling behind financial services and utilities providers when it comes to the digital customer experience....
Maryland Is Fifth U.S. State to Join the International Sustainable Insurance Forum December 10, 2021 Consistent with Governor Larry Hogan’s commitment to address and mitigate the effects of climate change, the state of Maryland has...
Virginia Environmental Groups Sue Over James River Pollution December 10, 2021 Two conservation organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against Henrico County in Virginia, alleging the county allowed tens of millions...
Rising Insurance Costs Add to Public Finance Sector’s Cyber Pressures December 10, 2021 By Fitch Ratings The growing pace and sophistication of cyberattacks on U.S. public finance entities has led to rising costs and challenges in...
Allergan Settles for $200M with New York Over Opioids December 10, 2021 Pharmaceutical company Allergan Finance LLC will pay $200 million to New York state and two of its counties as part...
M&A Insurance Rates Nearly Double After Explosion of Dealmaking During Pandemic December 10, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn The cost of insurance to cover problems involving M&A has nearly doubled in just two years, underwriters and brokers said,...
Second California Jury Sides With Bayer in Roundup Cancer Case December 10, 2021 By Tom Hals A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on...