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A $9.5 Trillion Investor Group Unveils Milestone Emissions Cuts

Institutional investors holding a combined $9.5 trillion of assets say they’ve slashed portfolio emissions at a rate that aligns them with the goal of limiting global warming to the critical threshold of 1.5C. The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, whose signatories …

India Insurer Star Health Sues Telegram After Hacker Uses App’s Chatbots to Leak Data

Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policy holders. The lawsuit comes amid growing …

Why US Home Insurance Rates Are Rising Fast – Climate Change Plays a Big Role

Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country. To …

State Farm Posts Worst HO Loss Ratio Since 2011; Peers Recover: S&P

State Farm was the only one of 10 major players in the homeowners insurance market reporting a worse second-quarter loss ratio for the line than it did in 2023, according to a new analysis. The outlier result came even as …

Woman Arrested From Washington Insurance Commissioner’s Most Wanted List

An Everett woman on Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Insurance Fraud Most Wanted list who failed to appear for her arraignment has been arrested. Shawndlyn Williams, who also goes by Shawndlyn Dyson, was charged by the King County Prosecutor’s Office …

Passenger Killed When Horse Smashed Through Windshield on California Highway

The passenger in a car was killed when a horse smashed through the windshield during a series of crashes on a Southern California interstate, authorities said. The first collision occurred about 2 a.m. Sunday when a Toyota Tacoma towing a …

Snowmobiler Who Crashed Into Black Hawk Helicopter on Path Awarded $3 Million

The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages. U.S. …

Norcross Defense Team Pans Racketeering Case as ‘Crime Thriller With No Crime’

Lawyers for New Jersey insurance executive and political power broker George Norcross III say the state’s 111-page indictment against him and others for alleged racketeering is a “crime thriller with no crime.” In calling for dismissal of the charges, Norcross …

Cease and Desist Order Issued Against Iowa Contractor

The Iowa Insurance Division has issued a cease-and-desist orderagainst William Campbell and All or Nothing LLC, a Clive, Iowa limited liability company doing business as All or Nothing Roofing and Construction. The order claims that Campbell and his company have …

Oklahoma High Court Denies Rehearing for Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the last two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Without comment, seven members of the …

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