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Texas Floods Left 10,000 Damaged Vehicles At Risk For Fraudulent Sale
As many as 10,000 vehicles may have been damaged in last month's catastrophic Texas floods, and some could be resold out of state to unsuspecting buyers, according to a group that works to prevent ...
Dealing With the Most Difficult People and Conversations at Work
"We need to talk." What is it about those four little words that strikes fear into the hearts of the bravest business people, including those in the property/casualty insurance industry? It happens ...
U.S. Storms Caused $1B in May Insurance Claims: Impact Forecasting
A number of severe thunderstorms and flooding in the U.S. in May produced more than $1 billion in insurance claims and over $3 billion in economic losses, Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting said in a ...
Emotional Amtrak CEO Pledges to Implement Track Safety Tech
An emotional Amtrak CEO pledged to lawmakers Tuesday that safety technology that could have prevented a deadly derailment last month in Philadelphia will be put into operation, while Democrats and ...
Bond Insurers May Prevent Revamp Extension for Puerto Rico Electric Utility
Puerto Rico's junk-rated electric utility, weeks away from owing a $416 million debt payment, is moving closer to a legal showdown as bond insurers consider blocking a move to give it more time to ...
EXOR Turns to SEC, Bermuda Lawsuit in Pursuit of PartnerRe
PartnerRe may be moving ahead on merger plans with AXIS Capital Holdings, but upstart bidder EXOR isn't going away quietly. The Italian investment firm disclosed that it is suing in a Bermuda court ...
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 ...