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U.S. Flood Insurance Market Slowly Transitioning to Private Carriers: AM Best
The country's flood insurance market is slowly transitioning toward private insurers providing additional options to the federal government's program for those seeking coverage, according to a new AM ...
Judge Sends Cincinnati Insurance COVID Coverage Question to Jury
A federal judge in Kansas City has cleared a restaurant group's COVID-related business interruption claim for jury trial, holding that an 8th Circuit Court decision that found no coverage was owed in ...
Buckle Up for Interesting Times: Not a ‘Standard’ Hard Market
Interesting. Fluctuating. Moderating. Fun. Those are the words that Patrick M. Gallagher, the chief executive officer of Gallagher Global Brokerage for the Americas, used to respond to a question ...
Biden Administration Fights Ransomware Attacks by Targeting Cryptocurrency Pipelines
The Biden administration plans a fresh campaign against ransomware attacks through sanctions to cut off criminals' cryptocurrency pipelines, and it urged companies to report extortion attempts and ...
‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead
Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers ...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: "Is it about ...
With Help From Insurers, Stanford Ponzi Scheme Recovery Tops $1 Billion
A court-appointed receiver has recouped more than $1 billion for victims of Texas financier Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme, the largest by dollar amount other than Bernard Madoff's fraud, the ...
Twitter Will Fork Over $810M to Settle Claim Alleging It Embellished Future Prospects
Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit that accused the social media company of painting an overly rosy picture of its future. The suit, originally ...