Edison Judge Balks at Holding Utility Liable for LA Wildfire August 12, 2026 By Laura Curtis and Michelle Ma Insurance companies lost a bid to hold Edison International’s Southern California utility liable for a massive Los Angeles-area wildfire without...
Tropical Cyclone Dolphin Brings Heavy Rains to China in Risk to Crops August 10, 2026 By Mary Hui A typhoon that struck the Chinese coast on Sunday is steadily weakening after making landfall, but is set to bring...
Powerful Quake Hits Southern Japan, Deaths Feared in Shopping Mall Blast July 28, 2026 By Anton Bridge, Satoshi Sugiyama and Kantaro Komiya A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and...
Ex-Banker Convicted in Deadly Car Crash Seeks Ferrari Records July 10, 2026 By Upmanyu Trivedi An ex-Deutsche Bank AG banker imprisoned over a fatal car crash in Hong Kong is seeking to clear his name...
Allstate Sued by Oklahoma for Alleged Scheme to Underpay Claims July 7, 2026 By Alexandre Rajbhandari The state's top lawyer, Gentner Drummond, alleges that Allstate implemented an internal program to drastically deny or minimize payments of...
Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Nears 2,000 July 1, 2026 By Fabiola Zerpa and Andreina Itriago The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week rose to nearly 2,000, as aftershocks eased in...
Flood Insurance Gap Will Squeeze Local Governments and Homeowners, Moody’s Says June 19, 2026 By William Rabb The flood insurance gap in the United States is big and it's not getting better.
South African Floods Inflicted Record $548 Million Damage on Cape June 19, 2026 By Paul Vecchiatto Recent flooding in South Africa’s Western Cape province, which includes the tourist hub of Cape Town, caused more than 9...
US Northeast Threatened by Severe Thunderstorms, Damaging Winds June 18, 2026 More than 63 million Americans in a Northeast Corridor that spans Washington, through New York, to Boston are threatened by...
Multiple Tornadoes Cause Damage in Illinois and Indiana June 12, 2026 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Several tornadoes struck northern and central Illinois and northwest Indiana on Thursday, causing damage in multiple towns. The National Weather...