California Aims to Tap Beavers, Once Viewed as a Nuisance, to Help with Water Issues and Wildfires July 26, 2023 By Amy Taxin For years, beavers have been treated as an annoyance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams, leading...
Viewpoint: What Can Insurers Do About Extensive Attorney Involvement and High Settlement Costs? July 26, 2023 By Tom Warden Attorney involvement is one of the most critical determinants of ultimate claim costs. Significant costs include time from correspondence iterations,...
Pa. Supreme Ct. Upholds Punitive Damage Award Against Insurance Agency for Poaching from Competitor July 26, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A jury’s $2.8 million punitive damage award against an insurance agency and broker that tried to poach a competitor’s staff...
NTSB Looking at Risk Parked Semis Posed to Greyhound Bus in Fatal Illinois Accident July 25, 2023 By Jim Salter and Helen Hollingsworth ST. LOUIS (AP) – Big rig driver David Cherno was hauling Jimmy Dean sausages on Interstate 70 when he had...
Premiums Fail to Keep Pace with Auto Claims Inflation July 25, 2023 Insurance claims inflation has risen faster than the underlying consumer price index, outpacing auto insurance premium increases, according to a...
First Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Female Northwestern University Athlete as Hazing Scandal Widens July 25, 2023 By Andrew Seligman, Mike Householder and Larry Lage CHICAGO (AP) — The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to include a volleyball player who on Monday became...
4 Missing After Record-Breaking Downpours Along Canada’s Atlantic Coast Cause Flooding July 25, 2023 HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Four people are missing after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide...
Bodies of 4 Killed in Alaska Helicopter Crash Are Recovered from Lake July 25, 2023 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three scientists on...
New Evacuations Ordered in Greece as High Winds and Heat Fuel Wildfires July 25, 2023 By Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos RHODES, Greece (AP) — A weeklong wildfire on the Greek resort island of Rhodes tore past defenses Monday, forcing more...
After Decades of Delays, Broken Promises, Coal Miners Hail Rule to Slow Rise of Black Lung July 25, 2023 By Leah Willingham and Matthew Daly CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation`s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine...