Claims / Legal
Set Aside 150 Years for P/C Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
The world's property/casualty insurers would have to collect business interruption insurance premiums for 150 years in order to absorb the estimated $4.5 trillion global output loss inflicted by ...
Facebook Risks UK Legal Action in Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook Inc. risks being dragged into a UK legal dispute involving almost 1 million British users affected by the Cambridge Analytica scandal, two years after revelations about the misuse of private ...
U.S. Businesses Stock Up on Insurance Cover Over Fears of Post-Election Chaos
Retailers, pharmacies, liquor stores and other merchants across the United States are gobbling up insurance that protects buildings from damage caused by societal unrest, worried about possible ...
Hurricane Zeta Brings Damaging Winds, Storm Surge to Louisiana
Hurricane Zeta was poised to crash into Louisiana on Wednesday with a "life-threatening storm surge" and winds that will reach far inland, the state's sixth lashing this year from a Gulf Coast storm. ...
Insureds Seeking Premium Cuts Must Ask State Regulator First, Judge Rules
A federal judge has ruled that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. does not have to return premiums to a small business customer because of the insured's reduced business during the pandemic. The judge ...
Ship Insurers Confront Arctic Headaches as Routes Open Up
When Captain Will Whatley guides a ship through Arctic waters, he is starkly aware of what can go wrong. Double the manpower is needed to navigate. Lookout shifts are kept to just one hour, so ...
State Judge Favors Policyholders in COVID-19 Closure Lawsuit
A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation's first dispositive ruling in favor of policyholders in a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit. Superior Court Judge ...
AIG Settles Dispute With U.S. Involving Foreign Tax Shelters
American International Group Inc. settled a case involving cross-border transactions the government claimed amounted to improper tax shelters. The insurer agreed to pay a 10% penalty and disallow ...