Claims & Reserving
Bulk of July Natural Disasters Slam Asia; Damage Tally Surpasses $10B
The vast majority of global natural disasters during July were the result of severe flooding across the Asian region, bringing more than $10 billion in economic damages, according to a report ...
Volkswagen Seeks Dismissal of $1B Wyoming Environmental Lawsuit
Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit by Wyoming potentially seeking more than $1 billion in additional penalties for ...
Herbicide Dicamba Wreaking Havoc on U.S. Crops
Larry Martin in Illinois says he's never seen anything like it in his 35 years of farming. Arkansas soybean grower Joe McLemore says he faces the loss of his life savings. They're among farmers ...
Nobody Is Safe: Cyber Security Firm FireEye Says Researcher Got Hacked
Cyber security firm FireEye said on Monday one of its researchers based in Israel had several of his online accounts hacked by unknown attackers, but added the breach did not appear to involve any ...
Hackers Steal Data From 400,000 Client Accounts at Italy’s UniCredit Bank
UniCredit SpA, Italy's No. 1 bank, said hackers took biographical and loan data from 400,000 client accounts in one of the biggest breaches of European banking security this year. The attack occurred ...
Historic Drought Devastates South Europe Crops
Italian durum wheat and dairy farmer Attilio Tocchi saw warning signs during the winter of the dramatic drought to come at his holding a mile away from the Tuscan coast. "When it still hadn't rained ...
Judge Dismisses $18B UK Mastercard Class Action Suit
A London judge rejected an application by a group representing 46 million consumers to pursue a lawsuit against Mastercard Inc. that would have been the largest of its kind since U.S.-style class ...
J&J Hit With Australian Class Action Suit Over Pelvic Mesh Complications
Australian women have brought a class-action case against Johnson & Johnson over complications arising from vaginal mesh implants - a lawsuit that follows many others in the United States, Canada ...