Government
APCIA: House Judiciary Committee Must Pass Litigation Funding Disclosure Reforms
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) continues to throw support behind two bills scheduled for markup Nov. 18 by the House Judiciary Committee. Committee member Rep. Darell ...
Trump’s FEMA Chief Resigns After 6 Months, Washington Post Says
The Trump administration's top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is departing his post after about six months on the job, according to the Washington Post. David Richardson resigned ...
NFIP Reauthorized With Passage of Funding Bill to End Government Shutdown
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been reauthorized until the end of January 2026. With the passage of HR 5371, which ended the 43-day shutdown of the federal government, NFIP was ...
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Retroactively Restore NFIP
Two U.S. Congressmen, one a Democrat from Louisiana and the other a Republican from Mississippi, have introduced legislation to retroactively restore the National Flood ...
Tariff-Linked Class Action Suits to Boost D&O Insurance Demand
A group of Dow Inc. investors filed a lawsuit at the end of August accusing the chemical manufacturer of failing to properly disclose the impact of tariffs on its business. This is the first investor ...
Truckers Seek Detours Around Rising Costs and Litigation
The COVID-era boom in trucking is definitely over. The trucking sector is experiencing one of its most challenging times, with trucking operators' profitability dropping across all sectors, total ...
California Commissioner’s Regulation to Prevent Insurance Crises From Climate Disasters, Cyber Threats, AI
California Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing a regulation aimed at mitigating rising insurance costs and safeguarding the state's insurance market from catastrophic risks and technological ...
GEICO Sues Medical Firms in Florida, NY Over Alleged No-Fault Auto Fraud
GEICO is taking aggressive action against medical firms in Florida and New York, accusing them of leading multimillion-dollar, no-fault auto insurance fraud schemes. In a lawsuit filed this month in ...
Conservative Activist Sues Google Over AI-Generated Statements
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sued Google on Wednesday, alleging the tech giant's artificial intelligence systems generated "outrageously false" information about ...