Claims / Legal
Swiss Re’s Estimated Tianjin Explosion Claims Hit: $250M
Swiss Re said that the Tianjin explosion in China will leave it with an approximately $250 million claims burden, but news of the claims hit didn't mar an otherwise solid 2015 third quarter. The ...
Injury Claims Become Commodities With Litigation Funding, Claim Aggregation
For all the black robes and ceremony, the American legal system often operates more like a factory assembly line than a citadel of individualized justice. Ninety-five percent of criminal prosecutions ...
China and Germany Agree on Halt to Economic Cyber War
China and Germany agreed to work on stopping economic cyber spying between the two nations amid mounting concern that the thousands of small- and medium-sized companies that form the backbone of ...
Wal-Mart Follows Amazon in Seeking Drone Permit for Home Delivery
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with ...
Death Toll Climbs in Strongest Aghan Quake in 60 Years
Afghanistan's strongest earthquake in more than six decades shook buildings across South Asia, prompting officials from Kabul to Islamabad to New Delhi to send out rescue teams to search for ...
At Least 15 Dead in Strongest Aghan Quake in 60 Years
Afghanistan's strongest earthquake in more than six decades shook buildings across South Asia, prompting officials from Kabul to Islamabad to New Delhi to send out rescue teams to search for ...
Texas Hurricane Patricia Losses Could Be Billions; Mexico Spared
Damage from Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever measured in the Western Hemisphere, may cost the U.S. billions due to floods after the storm spared the largest cities in Mexico. Flooding in Texas ...
Court Dismisses $15B Facebook User Privacy Lawsuit; Harm Not Specified
Facebook Inc. won dismissal of a $15 billion lawsuit accusing the company of secretly tracking the Internet activity of its users after they log off. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila in San Jose, ...