Toxic Connection Not Proven, Appeals Court Finds in Florida Cancer Suit vs. Raytheon March 30, 2023 By William Rabb In closely watched and widely publicized toxic-tort litigation that has percolated through the courts for more than a decade, federal...
Federal Appeals Court Says Corps Doesn’t Have to Review ‘Polluting Spillway’ March 29, 2023 By Jim Sams The Bonnet Carré Spillway diverts Mississippi River flood flows away from New Orleans into Lake Pontchartrain, which connects to the...
Southeast Beware: More Killer Tornadoes on the Way, Study Says March 29, 2023 America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that...
South Carolina Senate Moves to Ban Foreign Adversaries from Owning Land in State March 29, 2023 South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday that would bar citizens of “foreign adversary” nations from buying property in...
Mississippi Insurance Agency, Like Others Hit by Storms, Vows to Rebuild After Tornado March 29, 2023 By William Rabb For the third time in the last 18 months, tornadoes or a hurricane have wiped out or have heavily damaged...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve Lower Uninsured Motorist Coverage for Ride Sharing March 28, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Georgia General Assembly on Monday approved a bill that would require lower minimum amounts of uninsured motorist coverage for...
North Carolina’s First Citizens Bank to Acquire Most of Collapsed Silicon Valley Bank March 28, 2023 North Carolina-based First Citizens Bank, which also offers property and other types of insurance, will acquire much of Silicon Valley...
InsureTrust Names Levy EVP March 28, 2023 Atlanta-based InsureTrust, a cyber insurance specialty broker, has named Florence Levy executive vice president. InsureTrust, part of Starwind Specialty, said...
In Filing With Regulators, Florida Citizens Wants Appraisers to Be Licensed Adjusters March 28, 2023 By William Rabb Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has weighed in on a question that could shake up the appraisal process in Florida insurance...
Georgia Lawmakers Flip the Script on Use-and-File for Auto Rate Increases March 27, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Georgia lawmakers have approved a bill that, if signed into law, would end the longstanding “use-and-file” mechanism on auto insurance...