May 23, 2023
Lockton Appoints Caruso Financial Institutions Practice Leader in the Northeast Lockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed Joe Caruso as its financial institutions practice leader in the Northeast. Caruso is based in New York, New York. Caruso brings 30 …
May 23, 2023
Insurance defense attorneys say a pair of lawsuits filed by a law firm and a claims consulting business – against a national personal injury law firm – raises questions about the proper relationships between legal counsel and the professionals they …
May 23, 2023
A settlement in New York in a wage theft case has resulted in two dairy farm workers receiving nearly $150,000 in back wages. The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) said its investigators found that Lewis County dairy farm …
May 23, 2023
Late last year, with the Virginia State Police under scrutiny after authorities said a former trooper kidnapped a 15-year-old California girl and killed three members of her family, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced he had requested a full investigation by the …
May 23, 2023
Citing declines in statutory capital and poor underwriting results in personal auto, Fitch Ratings has downgraded the insurer financial strength ratings of Allstate P/C insurance subsidiaries to “A” (Strong) from “A+.” Fitch has also downgraded Allstate’s holding company ratings, including …
May 23, 2023
The world’s ‘carbon majors’ in the energy, utilities and mining sectors face the biggest share price hit when climate-related lawsuits are filed against them and need to consider it a financial risk, a study on Tuesday showed. The paper by …
May 23, 2023
U.S. labor officials on Monday said they have asked Mexico to investigate alleged worker rights abuses at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co plant in Mexico in the latest “rapid response” probe under North American trade rules. The complaint from …
May 23, 2023
Stricter policy language, pricing increases and more scrutiny at policy inception made for a tumultuous couple of years in the cyber insurance market. Despite this, 36% of Marsh’s clients reported buying cyber insurance in 2022, up from the 33% that …
May 23, 2023
More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. Few of them know it. And because of …
May 23, 2023
A granular look at the most expensive hurricane in Florida’s history, written by respected catastrophe-modeling firm Karen Clark & Co., highlights building practices that had a major impact on the scale of insured losses: Contrary to what may seem like …