Three Killed in Fiery Truck-Car Pileup on Georgia Interstate May 15, 2025 CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others injured in a fiery wreck involving multiple vehicles and...
Woman Sues Georgia Fertility Clinic, Saying She Gave Birth to Another Woman’s Baby February 21, 2025 By Russ Bynum SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Krystena Murray became pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization two years ago, and said she was...
Top International Insurance Journal Stories of 2024 December 30, 2024 By L.S. Howard The top 10 most well-read international stories for 2024 covered a diverse range of topics, including nuclear verdicts, Taylor Swift’s...
Quantifying Social Inflation: How Swiss Re Developed an Index December 11, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Swiss Re Institute (SRI) made a significant contribution to the literature on social inflation and its impacts on insurers, reinsurers...
Allianz Offers 5 Loss Trends to Watch on the Liability Front November 21, 2024 By Jahna Jacobson As the costs of nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts explode in the U.S., organizations are examining ways to predict, prevent and...
Judge Reduces UPS Driver’s $237.6M Bias Verdict to $39.6M November 18, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge reduced a $237.6 million jury award against United Parcel Service to $39.6 million in the case of...
US Nuclear Verdicts Break Records and Drive Social Inflation to 7% in 2023: Report September 11, 2024 By L.S. Howard Nuclear verdicts in the United States are breaking records with 27 court cases each awarding compensation of more than US$100...
Defense Institute Aims to Educate, End ‘Skyrocketing’ Nuclear Verdicts July 29, 2024 By Allen Laman Robert Tyson believes the defense bar’s lawsuit approach is overdue for an overhaul. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for...
Florida Jury Says Chiquita Brands Must Pay $38M for Colombia Deaths June 13, 2024 By Curt Anderson Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia’s long civil war...
US Chamber of Commerce: Nuclear Verdicts’ Amount, Frequency Continue to Increase June 10, 2024 By Chad Hemenway A recent report from The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has found that nuclear verdicts of...