UK Judge Blocks Nigerian Court’s Oil Spill Damages Order Against Shell December 8, 2019 By Eddie Spence Royal Dutch Shell Plc units won a UK ruling preventing London courts from enforcing a $516 million Nigerian judgment for...
Jury Clears Tesla CEO Musk of Defamation Claim for ‘Pedo’ Tweet December 8, 2019 By Brian Melley Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the...
Industry Representative Puts Fire Insurance Availability at Feet of Commissioner December 6, 2019 By Don Jergler California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will have to choose whether he wants insurers to charge higher rates or to stop...
Former Georgia Mayor Pleads Guilty to 30 Counts of Insurance Fraud December 6, 2019 A former Georgia mayor pleaded guilty Tuesday to 30 counts of insurance fraud after stealing over $11,000 from victims who...
Woman Sues North Carolina Nursing School for Harassment in ‘Time’s Up’ Case December 6, 2019 By Martha Waggoner A woman who says she was kicked out of a North Carolina nursing school a month before graduation in retaliation...
Texas Woman, Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud in Separate Cases December 6, 2019 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that two Texans have been convicted of workers’ compensation fraud in two separate cases. The...
Texas City Again Issues Voluntary Evacuation Order over Chemical Plant Blast December 6, 2019 Concerns over air quality have prompted a voluntary evacuation order that was in effect on Dec. 5 for a Texas...
Fitch Sees Stronger Commercial Lines But Weaker Auto, Work Comp Results Coming December 6, 2019 The U.S. property/casualty insurance sector should see small improvements in underwriting profits in 2019 and 2020, thanks largely to commercial...
Officials Say Regulation Standards Factor in Alaska Quake Damage December 6, 2019 Assessments following Alaska’s enormous 2018 earthquake showed building damage was worse outside Anchorage’s safety area because of reduced regulation, municipal...
Connecticut’s Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Clifford to Northeast Office December 6, 2019 Saxe Doernberger & Vita P.C. (SDV) has hired Associate Brian J. Clifford to its Northeast office. Clifford has almost a...