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Chubb, AXA Among 15 Insurers Ceasing Business With Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to Avoid Sanctions
Baker Hughes Co and AXA Group and 16 other companies recently quit work on Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and will not be sanctioned, according to a document the Biden administration ...
Workers Comp Remedy Bars Wife’s COVID Suit vs. Husband’s Employer
A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit that sought to hold an employer responsible for a worker's spouse getting sick with COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney in San Francisco on Monday ...
Workers Comp and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims
Workers compensation insurers aren't getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic, but different data sources give varying readouts on ...
BIG La. Case Against Lloyd’s For COVID BI Cover Rejected; Travelers Ohio Win
A New Orleans judge denied a motion for declaratory judgment that insurance coverage is owed to a restaurant for business income that was lost when it was required to close its dining room because of ...
Polluted Skies Over Texas: Emissions Soar as Freeze Shuts Refineries
The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this past week, according to figures provided to the state, as refineries and petrochemical plants in the ...
Some Boeing 777s Now Suspended After Weekend Incidents
Showers of jet engine parts over residential areas on both sides of the Atlantic have caught regulators' attention and prompted the suspension of some older Boeing planes from service. The Saturday ...
Update: Wife Sues Husband’s Employer for Causing Her COVID-19 Infection
A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker's spouse getting sick with COVID-19. Plenty of families have sued ...
Homeowners Insurance Will Book Modest Underwriting Loss for 2020: Fitch
The homeowners insurance industry is poised to shift to a modest underwriting loss for 2020, reports Fitch Ratings, citing losses from natural catastrophes and managing operations amid the global ...