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EPLI Claims Trends to Watch in 2024
Looming post-pandemic lawsuits, more marijuana-related legislation, age discrimination and retaliation claims are the top concerns in Employment Practices Liability (EPL) insurance, according to a ...
California’s Below-Normal Snowpack Start for the Year a Cause for Concern
California is beginning 2024 with a below-normal mountain snowpack a year after it had one of its best starts in decades, and officials said Tuesday that the weather whiplash has made the outcome of ...
States, Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity at Water Utilities
The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a ...
Florida Suit Over Charged Lemonade Death Puts New Focus on Energy Drink Safety
Panera Bread Co. must face a lawsuit over a death allegedly linked to its new line of "charged" lemonades, which have thrust the company into the spotlight and brought a renewed focus on the safety ...
P/C Sector Responsible for Layoffs of Nearly 7,000 in 2023
U.S. property/casualty insurance carriers led layoffs in the insurance industry last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis. Nearly 20 companies reduced staff in 2023, said ...
Odometer Fraud Up in the U.S.
Odometer rollbacks are on the rise nationwide. The number of vehicles with suspect odometers tops 2 million, according to the latest CARFAX data. Roughly 2.1 million vehicles on the road have had ...
U.S. Property Reinsurance Rates Rose Nearly 50% for Some on Jan 1
U.S. property catastrophe reinsurance rates rose by as much as 50 percent on the key Jan. 1 renewal date, broker Gallagher Re said in a report on Tuesday, as reinsurers look to recoup losses from ...
New York Wrongful Death Bill Adding Damages for Emotional Suffering Vetoed
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have changed the state's wrongful death statute by letting families recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a ...