International News Hurricane Dorian Leaves Bahamas With Estimated $7 Billion in Damages Hurricane Dorian inflicted an estimated $7 billion in total insured and uninsured losses on the Bahamas, according to catastrophe risk... Read More
An Insurance Insider’s View of Municipal Ransomware Claims The ransomware attacks on public entities in Texas, Florida, Maryland, Georgia and elsewhere this year have raised questions not only... Read More
Southeast News Southeast Officials Worry About Storm Evacuation Fatigue It’s become a hurricane-season ritual in the Southeast: When a storm threatens, coastal residents board up homes, load up SUVs... Read More
Southeast News Tennessee Valley Coal Ash Cleanup Workers Face Burden of Proving Illnesses The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its... Read More
Centers for Disease Control Probing Lung Diseases Linked to e-Cigarettes The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a “cluster” of lung illnesses that it believes may be... Read More
West News Calif. Employers Still Guessing If Comp Reforms Can Withstand New Governor ANAHEIM, California — Seven months into the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom, employers in solid-blue California are still waiting to... Read More
Texas / South Central News Private Insurance Losses from Tropical Storm Barry to Add Up to Nearly $300 Million Catastrophe modeling firm, Karen Clark & Co. (KCC), says insured losses from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Barry and its remnants will near... Read More
Manufacturer’s Flood Claim Hinges on Definition of High-Hazard Area For the second time, a federal appellate court reversed a trial judge’s finding that a policy issued by a unit... Read More
Hail Storms Are Getting More Expensive, and No One Is Sure Why In 2008, the year the stock market crashed and Barack Obama won the presidency, the U.S. was hit with a... Read More
Federal Lawsuit Charges Amazon’s Alexa Violates Children’s Privacy If Big Brother isn’t watching, maybe his little sister is listening. An international law firm has filed a federal lawsuit... Read More