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Flood Damage on Key Austrian Rail Link to Take Months to Repair

Austria’s national railways will need months to restore the country’s busiest train line after catastrophic floods wrecked infrastructure, throttling the capacity to move people and goods. Commuters and supply chains will need to adapt after record rainfall damaged tracks, tunnels …

British Water Companies Fight $2 Billion Lawsuits Over Sewage Pollution

Six British water companies under-reported sewage discharges and overcharged millions of customers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) as a result, lawyers bringing a landmark lawsuit told a London tribunal on Monday. The utilities companies, including Britain’s largest water …

Canada’s Insurance Czar Has ‘Harsh’ Message About Climate: You May Have to Move

The soaring cost and difficulty of insuring against climate risks may force people to relocate, the head of Canada’s main financial regulator warned. Rising damages from extreme weather don’t seem to be a regulatory problem, but rather a cost problem, …

Mutually Beneficial: How One Midwest Mutual Insurer Recovered From Financial Storms

When Iowa mutual GuideOne Insurance began assessing ways to add an infusion of capital to strengthen its balance sheet, the company went to the usual places a mutual of its size might turn to for financial backing. “We were working …

Environmental Groups, California Sue Exxon Over Global Plastic Pollution

California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long campaign that helped fuel global plastic waste pollution. Speaking at an event during Climate Week in New York City, California …

Judge Dismisses Suit Seeking to Protect Dolphins Along Miss. Gulf Coast

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed or sickened in 2019 following the prolonged opening of a spillway used for flood control. …

A-G Specialty Expands With Acquisition of eSportsInsurance Brokerage

A-G Specialty Insurance, a brokerage specializing in coverage for niche industries, is expanding its reach in the amateur sports world with the acquisition of eSportsInsurance, based in Lilburn, Georgia. A-G Specialty, headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and established in 1983, has …

FSLA Names New Directors for 2024-2025

The Florida Surplus Lines Association, which notes it provides a safety valve for Florida’s property insurance industry, named new officers for 2024-2025 at its recent annual convention in Tampa. President: Virginia Clancy, TAPCO Underwriters President-elect: Albert Geraci, Risk Placement Services …

Jury Awards $116M in Death of Passenger in No-Door Helicopter Crash

A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter that crashed and sank in a New York City river, leaving passengers trapped in their safety harnesses. The verdict came Thursday …

Town Expects Insurance Will Help Cover $14.9M Wrongful Incarceration Settlement

A Massachusetts town has agreed to pay $14.9 million to a citizen who spent 36 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Town officials in Braintree said they hope to recover much of that payment from its …

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