DuPont, Chemours Reach Pact Over Liability for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAs Pollution January 25, 2021 By Randall Chase The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related...
S. Africa Insurer Santam Begins Processing 4,000 Business Interruption Claims January 25, 2021 By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG— South African insurer Santam Ltd. said on Monday it will start processing business interruption claims for all commercial policies...
MyFloodInsurance.com Expands Flood Tool to Real Estate Agents, Homebuyers January 25, 2021 MyFloodInsurance.com has been expanded to allow for real estate agents and homebuyers to receive instant flood insurance quotes from multiple...
Fire on Prudence Island Destroys Three Homes January 25, 2021 Three homes were destroyed and two others were damaged in a Thursday night fire on Prudence Island, Rhode Island, fire...
Pennsylvania Water Customer in Arrears Burned Workers with Acid January 25, 2021 A Pennsylvania woman who didn’t pay her water bill has been charged with felonies including the use of weapons of...
Libor Remains a Big Problem, But At Least It’s Getting Smaller January 25, 2021 By William Shaw and Alexandra Harris Untangling the vast global derivatives industry from Libor just got a bit easier. The London interbank offered rate is hardwired...
Foley’s SPAC in $7.3B Deal to Take Blackstone’s Benefits Firm Alight Public January 25, 2021 By Anirban Sen A blank-check firm backed by prominent investor Bill Foley has agreed to take Alight Solutions LLC, the U.S. benefits services...
Australian Securities Regulator Suffers Cyber Security Breach January 25, 2021 Australia’s securities regulator said on Monday there was a cyber security breach at a server it used to transfer files...
Nearly Two-Thirds of Global Catastrophe Economic Losses Unaddressed by Insurance January 25, 2021 There were 416 natural catastrophe events globally in 2020 that resulted in economic losses of $268 billion – 8% above...
‘Totally Destroyed’ Indonesia Jet in Java Sea Makes Search Almost Impossible January 25, 2021 By Will Davies Bayu Wardoyo tends to skip the 6 a.m. breakfast of Indonesian fried rice served to divers on the ship searching...