Editor's Picks AccuWeather Increases Total Damage and Economic Loss Estimate From Helene to Between $225B-$250B October 3, 2024 AccuWeather has increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene in the U.S. to between... Read More
Modeler KCC Puts Privately Insured Losses at $6.4B From Helene October 3, 2024 Privately insured losses from Hurricane Helene will be about $6.4 billion from wind, storm surge and inland flooding in nine... Read More
Ex-Citi Asia Desk Trader Settles Case After Unfair Dismissal Win October 3, 2024 By Upmanyu Trivedi and Katharine Gemmell Citigroup Inc. settled an employment suit with an ex-trader after judges ruled he was unfairly dismissed by the bank over... Read More
Maui Fire Caused by Broken Power Lines, County and US Find October 3, 2024 By Mark Chediak The fire that razed the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year was caused when Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. re-energized... Read More
WCRI Study Shows Impact of Attorney Representation on Workers’ Comp Payments October 3, 2024 Attorney involvement in workers’ compensation claims substantially increases total indemnity benefits paid to workers, a new study of nearly 1... Read More
Editor's Picks American Dams Weren’t Built for Today’s Climate-Charged Rain and Floods October 3, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Leslie Kaufman As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the... Read More
Becton Dickinson Settles Vast Majority of Hernia-Mesh Suits October 3, 2024 By Jef Feeley Becton Dickinson & Co. has agreed to settle the vast majority of the thousands of lawsuits claiming hernia patients were... Read More
DAE, AXA Clinch Deal as UK Battle Over Jets ‘Lost’ in Russia Kicks Off October 3, 2024 By Kirstin Ridley and Sam Tobin Aircraft lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has secured a settlement with insurer AXA over jets retained in Russia since the... Read More
The Doan Group Adds Franchise Operation Covering Iowa, Illinois and Missouri October 3, 2024 The Doan Group added a new insurance claim appraisal franchise serving the Iowa, Illinois and Missouri areas. Daryl Kennedy and... Read More
Editor's Picks Employer, Workers’ Comp Insurer, Survivor Join Baltimore Bridge Collapse Litigation October 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The road construction firm that employed six workers who were killed and another who was seriously injured in the collapse... Read More