Litigation/Liability Trends
Streams of Raw Sewage Overwhelm Cities Slammed by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Hurricane Harvey took aim at one of the nation's most industrial regions, releasing a stream of toxic pollutants from chemical plants, refineries and Superfund sites in Texas. But when its bigger ...
Equifax’s Cyber Insurance Reportedly Not Enough to Address Massive Breach
Equifax Inc.'s insurance against cyber breaches is likely inadequate to cover the credit-reporting company's costs tied to one of the biggest hacks in history, according to people familiar with the ...
Every insurer evaluating property risk today is running the same math: more perils, more models, more data sources, and not...
Universal Insurance Holdings Has Plenty at Stake if Irma Hits Florida
As Hurricane Irma edges closer to Florida, investors on Wall Street are watching a small insurer with an unusually big commitment to the state. Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., with a market ...
Hurricane Harvey Claims Process: State Farm Adjuster and One Texas Home
Craig Reeves had been in Rockport, Texas, barely 48 hours when he ducked into the gloomy threshold of the condominium, which was darkened by blinds pulled before Hurricane Harvey and filled with a ...
New Wells Fargo Disclosures May Jeopardize $142M Customer Class Action Settlement
Wells Fargo & Co.'s disclosure Thursday that employees may have opened significantly more unauthorized accounts than previously stated could jeopardize a $142 million class-action settlement with ...
Wells Fargo Admits Discovery of 1.4M Additional Bogus Customer Accounts
Wells Fargo & Co will refund nearly 2 million more customers for charges they should not have incurred after expanding a review of improper sales practices, the third-largest U.S. bank said on ...
Wells Fargo Accused of Charging Improper Mortgage Fees in Proposed Class Action Lawsuit
A homeowner has filed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo & Co of improperly charging thousands of customers nationwide to lock in interest rates when their mortgage applications ...
Ironshore’s Singapore Arm Debuts Legal Event Expense Cover
Ironshore, via its Singapore branch, launched a specialty professional lines product that offers protection for after-the-event legal expenses to mitigate commercial litigation loss exposure. ...