It’s Mostly Conference-as-Usual For Insurance Amid Coronavirus (Except No Handshakes) March 4, 2020 As the coronavirus and its COVID-19 disease spread, Insurance professionals going to industry conferences over the next few weeks and...
One Square Kilometer of Wetlands Worth $1.8M in Storm Damage Prevention March 3, 2020 By Eric Roston U.S. protection of wetlands has expanded and contracted dramatically over the last five years, as Democratic and Republican administrations rewrote...
Alphabet’s Waymo Raises $2.25 Billion For Driverless Cars March 3, 2020 By Mark Bergen and Ira Boudway Waymo raised $2.25 billion from a slate of private equity investors, venture capitalists and automotive companies, the first time Alphabet...
Mass Killings Database: Workplace Shootings Remain Rare March 3, 2020 The mass shooting at a brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the 13th in the U.S. since 2006. Workplace mass shootings...
N.C. High Court: Actual Cash Value Includes Depreciation for Labor Costs March 3, 2020 By Jim Sams An insurer whose policy covers the “actual cash value” of a property may deduct for depreciation of labor costs when...
Coronavirus Rumors Spread on App Cripple Los Angeles’ Koreatown March 3, 2020 By Brian Melley LOS ANGELES — In a Koreatown restaurant known for its beef bone broth soup, the lunchtime crowd Friday was half...
Americans Are Paying $34 Billion Too Much for Houses in Flood Plains March 3, 2020 By Eric Roston At least 3.8 million U.S. homes lie in flood plains. Together, they may be overvalued by $34 billion. New research...
Iowa Court Drastically Cuts Insurer’s Payment to Paralyzed Worker March 2, 2020 By David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday dramatically reduced the compensation a paralyzed northeast Iowa man received...
Apple to Pay Up to $500 Million to Settle U.S. Lawsuit Over Slow iPhones March 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Apple Inc. has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older...
Mixed Messages, Test Delays Hamper U.S. Coronavirus Response March 2, 2020 By Julie Steenhuysen, Andrew Hay and Brad Brooks Even as U.S. officials warn of an inevitable outbreak of coronavirus in the United States, and are alerting Americans to...