Besieged Berkshire Utility Tries to Rewrite Who Pays for Wildfires February 27, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Alexandre Rajbhandari When smoke rapidly engulfed his home in Oregon, retired firefighter Fred Cuozzo rushed away in his pickup truck and nearly...
Carmakers Push Toward ‘Eyes-Off’ Driving, Raising Questions of Safety, Liability February 23, 2026 By Nora Eckert and Abhirup Roy Automakers are racing toward a key milestone on the long road to fully driverless cars: systems that let drivers take...
Berkshire’s PacifiCorp Paying $575M to Settle Claims for Oregon and California Wildfires February 23, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to pay $575 million to resolve U.S. government damages claims related to...
Delaware High Court Rescues Cyber Insurers’ Subrogation Claims February 23, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson The Delaware Supreme Court has re-opened the door for cyber insurers to pursue recovery of claims payments they made to...
LA Fire Victims Suing City Utility for Billions Win Major Ruling February 20, 2026 By Jef Feeley and Maxwell Adler The water and power utility that serves the city of Los Angeles must face hundreds of lawsuits faulting its response...
Bayer’s $7 Billion Effort to End Roundup Curse Draws Skepticism February 19, 2026 By Sonja Wind Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Bill Anderson’s effort to extricate the company from the years-long legal battles related to its...
Diocese’s Sex Abuse Claims Fund to Get $180 Million Boost to Pay Survivors February 19, 2026 The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey and several holdout insurers have agreed to add $180 million to a trust...
Growing Civil Unrest Claims Has an Insurance Sting February 18, 2026 By Gautam Naik and Frances Schwartzkopff After relatively few claims globally in 2025, Howden Re is expecting the U.S. to see a clear increase in SRCC...
Asbestos Lawsuits Prompt Vanderbilt Minerals to File Bankruptcy February 18, 2026 By Steven Church Vanderbilt Minerals, which mines materials used in industrial products, filed for bankruptcy after its cash flow was overwhelmed by an...
OpenAI Deleted Word ‘Safely’ From Its Mission – Its New Structure Is A Test February 17, 2026 OpenAI, the maker of the most popular AI chatbot, used to say it aimed to build artificial intelligence that “safely...