U.S.
Calif. Emission-Free Mandate Presents New Risks for Auto Insurers
A state mandate in California that will require all cars sold after 2035 to be emission free presents a formidable challenge for auto insurers to properly price and fully understand the risks ...
U.S.-Listed Companies Will Have to Disclose How CEO Pay Stacks Against Firm Performance
Wall Street's main regulator on Thursday voted to adopt a measure requiring that U.S.-listed companies disclose how the pay of their top executives squares with overall company performance. The U.S. ...
30 Years Ago Andrew Upended Florida, But Current Legal Storm May Be Worse
Thirty years ago Hurricane Andrew, the strongest storm to make U.S. landfall in more than two decades, gouged its way across south Florida, destroying more than 25,000 homes, by some estimates, and ...
State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit claiming the insurer committed fraud against the government's National Flood ...
Viewpoint: ‘Take-Home COVID’ Claims May Lead to Future Insurance Disputes
"Take-home COVID" claims are claims brought against an employer by the spouse or child of an employee who caught COVID-19 in the workplace and brought it home, infecting a spouse or child and causing ...
Transgender Workers’ Rights Widened in Disability Ruling
Transgender workers will gain broadened legal protections in the wake of a recent federal appeals court decision that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many ...
COVID Impacts Linger in Courtrooms, Often a Disadvantage for Defendants
Courts have reopened and trials have resumed, but the impacts of COVID-19 continue to linger in the judicial system, a panel of claims litigation experts said during the Combined Claims Conference on ...
U.S. Traffic Deaths Hit 20-Year High in Early 2022
U.S. traffic deaths jumped about 7 percent in the first three months of 2022 to 9,560, the highest number of people killed on American roads in a quarterly period since 2002, regulators said on ...