California Still in Deep Drought Despite Big Storm October 28, 2021 By John Antczak The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow,...
Kemper $17.6M Data Breach Settlement Wins Preliminary Court Approval October 28, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Kemper Insurance has won preliminary approval of its $17.6 million proposal to settle a class action stemming from two data...
Keystone Agency Partners Appoints Big I’s Rusbuldt as First Independent Board Member October 28, 2021 Keystone Agency Partners, an independent insurance agency partnership platform, appointed insurance industry veteran Robert A. Rusbuldt as the company’s first...
EU Cybersecurity Agency Warns of Threat From Hackers-for-Hire October 28, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee Hackers-for-hire emerged as the biggest threat to online security in the last 15 months, with the COVID-19 pandemic and home...
Legal, Insurance, Safety Issues Swirl Around ‘Rust’ Movie Set Shooting October 28, 2021 By Anthony McCartney, Stefanie Dazio and Lindsey Bahr Alec Baldwin the actor, who pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly...
Johnson & Johnson Reaches $290M Texas Opioid Settlement October 28, 2021 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related...
Reinsurers Increasingly Using ILS to Transfer Risks October 28, 2021 Reinsurers are increasingly relying on third-party capital to support their retrocession needs, in which they transfer risks they have assumed...
Three Teens Accused of Setting Maine Fire Facing Felony Murder Charge October 28, 2021 Three teenagers accused of starting a fatal apartment building fire in Maine have been charged with felony murder, officials said....
Illinois Engine Firm to Cut NOx Emissions, Pay $52M in Clear Air Act Settlement October 28, 2021 Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, has agreed to mitigate at least...
Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones October 28, 2021 By Mark Scolforo Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers...