Claims / Legal
Three Tobacco Companies to Appeal $12.5B Canadian Court Ruling
Three tobacco companies plan to appeal a C$15.6 billion ($12.5 billion) decision by a Canadian court in favor of smokers in class-action lawsuits. The Quebec trial court ruled that British American ...
Why Facebook, Data Brokers Are Medical Plaintiff Lawyers’ Best Friends
For ambulance chasers, persistence and a phone book just don't cut it anymore. Law firms, which once relied on television commercials, billboards, and cold calling numbers in the white pages to find ...
Alpha Natural Resources Seeking to Cover $400M in Mine Cleanup Liabilities
Alpha Natural Resources Inc no longer qualifies for a government program that subsidizes a share of mine cleanup insurance, requiring the coal company to find another way to cover roughly $400 ...
Ironshore Beefs Up Kidnap/Ransom Coverage For Latin America
Ironshore, soon to become part of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, has beefed up its kidnap and ransom coverage for Latin America-based clients. The Bermuda specialty insurer is expanding ...
Has Active Atlantic Hurricane Phase Ended? Experts Weigh In
Two of three groups of expert hurricane researchers have already predicted a below-average hurricane season for 2015, and the third has also signaled that an updated forecast due to be released on ...
Commercial Lines Market Headed For Profit Deterioration
Commercial lines insurance underwriters in the United States have generated two consecutive years of significant underwriting profits. However, market sentiment has turned less favorable recently as ...
Multi-Decadal Climate Change Ahead; Faster Sea-Level Rise Predicted for NE U.S.
A new study, by scientists from the University of Southampton and National Oceanography Centre (NOC), implies that the global climate is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a ...