People Moves: Hiscox Hires Starr’s Buchanan as Casualty Dir.; Sharpe, Griffiths to Inver Re’s Exec Team; Plumptre, Fox Join Blenheim Underwriting’s Political Risk Team November 19, 2021 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurer Hiscox, the reinsurance broker Inver Re, and the Lloyd’s managing...
Florida Supreme Court Suspends Witness-Coaching Attorney for 91 Days November 19, 2021 By William Rabb The Florida Supreme Court has suspended a workers’ compensation defense lawyer for 91 days after he was caught coaching a...
$5M Settlement in Arizona Suit over Man’s Death During Arrest November 19, 2021 By Jacques Billeaud Phoenix, Arizona officials agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017 death of a Black...
Texas Crane Company to Pay $24,000 to Worker Who Refused to Violate Law November 19, 2021 A federal whistleblower investigation led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to order a Houston mobile...
Son of Black Man Killed by California Police Settles Lawsuit for $1.3M November 19, 2021 By Stefanie Dazio The child of a Black man who was fatally shot by Southern California police in 2018 – and whose death...
Lawsuit Says Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting November 19, 2021 By Andrew Dalton A lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he...
California Couple’s $86M Award in Monsanto Pesticide Case Stands November 19, 2021 California’s highest court rejected has a challenge by Monsanto Co.’s to $86.2 million in damages to a couple who developed...
Brit Completes $380M Loss Portfolio Transfer With Legacy Specialist RiverStone November 19, 2021 Brit Ltd. announced it has completed a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) agreement with RiverStone International. The agreement is for predominantly...
Live Nation, Apple, Travis Scott Face $2 Billion Suit Over Astroworld Crush November 19, 2021 A Texas trial attorney has filed a $2 billion lawsuit following the Astroworld music festival crush that killed 10 people...
Damp Jersey Shore Town Ponders a Fix for ‘Sunny Day’ Floods November 19, 2021 By Wayne Parry An elite but often-underwater beach town at the Jersey Shore is looking for its own solutions to back bay flooding,...