Litigation/Liability Trends
SCOTUS Lets Youths’ Climate Change Trial Proceed, but Other Challenges May Come
The U.S. Supreme Court refused, for now, to stop a trial in a sweeping lawsuit pressed by young people seeking to force the federal government to take steps against climate change. The order on ...
Cities Vulnerable to Climate Change Are Still Getting Their AAA Bond Ratings
Last fall, after a trio of deadly hurricanes, ratings companies warned vulnerable coastal cities to get ready for climate change -- or face higher borrowing costs on the $3.9 trillion municipal bond ...
Suit Alleges Tesla Overstated Autopilot Safety
Tesla Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of misleading consumers into believing that the Autopilot system on its cars can safely transport passengers at highway speeds. A Model S driver who was injured in ...
PCI Panel: Carriers Should Encourage Flood Insurance Even Outside of a Hazard Zone
It might be time for carriers and agents to encourage their clients to buy coverage even if they're not living and working inside a flood zone. Such an action is long overdue, according to insurance ...
British Airways Warns an Additional 185,000 Customers May Have Been Hit in Cyber Attack
International Airlines Group said an investigation into the theft of customers' data at its British Airways subsidiary showed hackers may have stolen the personal information of a further 185,000 ...
Hurricane Maria Aftermath: Carriers Leave 13,600 Unresolved Claims a Year After Storm
Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been forced to drain their savings, close their businesses, or resign themselves to living with structural damage as they fight insurance companies over millions of ...
Super Typhoon Yutu Slams Into Northern Mariana Islands at Historic Strength
Super Typhoon Yutu battered the Pacific Ocean's Northern Mariana Islands with 178 mile (286 kilometers) per hour winds, making it the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory since 1950. The storm's ...
New York Accuses Exxon Mobil of Deceiving Investors on Climate Costs
Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. stood before a New York judge in August and told the state's attorney general to "put up or shut up" after spending three years investigating the company's public ...