Litigation/Liability Trends
Zika Risk May Trigger Limited Insurance Coverage for Sporting Events
Continued Zika virus warnings may dampen summer sporting events such as the Rio de Janeiro-hosted Summer Olympics in August, as insurers weigh the risk of insuring such events in the midst of another ...
Family Cites ‘Colossal Miscommunication’ in Lawsuit Over Fatal Amtrak Crash
A lawyer filing suit over a fatal Amtrak crash near Philadelphia blamed a "colossal miscommunication" for the deaths of two rail workers killed when a train traveling 106 mph struck a backhoe on the ...
Beef and Other Emerging Risks
Beef may seem relatively benign to you, but Swiss Re's latest SONAR report considers it an emerging risks for insurers to watch. The reinsurer's annual emerging risk list also includes human cyborgs, ...
Judge to Uber: Did You Encourage a Private Investigator to Lie?
A federal judge wants to know whether Uber Technologies Inc. encouraged a private investigator to lie as part of a probe of a customer who sued over how the ride-hailing app sets fares. Connecticut ...
BP Will Settle $175M in Oil Spill-Related Shareholder Claims
BP Plc agreed on Thursday to pay $175 million to shareholders who brought a class-action lawsuit that accused the oil company of misleading them by understating the severity of the 2010 oil spill in ...
Former AIG Chairman Greenberg Ordered to Face Trial in N.Y. Suit
New York's highest court again rejected a bid by former American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg to dismiss the state's decade-old fraud suit against him, clearing a path ...
State Farm Gets Supreme Court Hearing for Katrina Billing Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.'s bid to overturn a finding that the insurance company fraudulently overbilled the government for damage from Hurricane Katrina. ...
Endoscope Cleaner Tied to Superbugs Still Used in Hospitals
When going in for a medical procedure, you probably want to be certain the doctor's instruments are clean. Following a recent turnabout by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, that certainty may be ...