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Should a State Surcharge Insurers That Underwrite Fossil Fuel Risks?
Connecticut lawmakers are considering imposing a surcharge on insurers' premiums from the fossil fuel industry. The proposal (SB-1115) calls for a tax of 5 percent of any premiums any insurer ...
New York City Agrees to $6M Settlement Over Police Response to George Floyd Protests
About 320 people arrested during a George Floyd protest in the Bronx on June 4, 2020, and who claim the police used excessive force and violated their civil rights, will each receive about $21,500 ...
Lawsuit Alleges Insurance Agency Liable for Child Shooting at Home Office
The parents of a three-year-old Maine boy who accidentally shot himself with a loaded pistol filed a negligence suit against the owner of a Vermont home where the boy found the gun while on a visit. ...
Georgia Ex-Insurance Chief Oxendine Denies Knowing of Fraud
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine denies knowingly being involved in any fraud scheme and has moved to have the criminal charges brought against him dismissed. A November 4 defense ...
Court Dismisses 32 COVID-19 Business Insurance Cases Against Erie Insurance
A federal judge has dismissed 32 lawsuits over COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims against Erie Insurance, concluding the claimants failed to "plausibly plead" that they are entitled to ...
Federal Appeals Court Upends $6M Lead Paint Verdict From 2019
A federal appeals court has cleared one paint manufacturer and ordered a retrial for two others in a case in which a jury in 2019 awarded $6 million to three men whose brain damage was blamed on ...
Trump Defrauded Insurers, New York AG’s Lawsuit Says
Donald Trump and the Trump Organization used false and misleading statements of financial condition to obtain favorable real estate loans and insurance coverage over the last decade, according to a ...
Doctors’ Group Accuse Insurers of Using ‘Junk Science’ to Deny COVID Business Claims
The medical profession in New Hampshire is accusing the insurance industry of using "junk science" in justifying its denials of COVID-related business insurance claims. In an amicus brief in a case ...