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Tesla Must Face Autopilot False Ad Claims by California DMV

Tesla Inc. failed to persuade an administrative judge to dismiss claims by a California regulator that the company overstated its vehicles’ self-driving capabilities β€” one of several ongoing regulatory investigations of the electric-car maker’s marketing. The California Department of Motor …

Big Miami Apartment Fire Deliberately Set After Shooting, Officials Say

A 100-year-old apartment complex in Miami on Monday erupted into one of the largest blazes in decades after one man shot an employee at the site then set fire to the building. The Miami Herald, the New York Times and …

Port of Baltimore Channel Reopens Fully to Commercial Maritime Traffic

Seventy-six days after it was blocked by the collapse of the Key Bridge, the major shipping channel through the Port of Baltimore has been cleared of debris and restored to allow commercial maritime transit. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …

Rightward Shift After Election Could Limit Future EU Climate Policies

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe’s current world-leading green policies are likely to stay put, lawmakers, officials and analysts said. Provisional results in the European Parliament …

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Authorize Payouts for Coastal Structures

A new bipartisan bill would authorize National Flood Insurance Plan payouts for structures condemned due to chronic erosion or unusual flooding. Introduced earlier this month by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), the Prevent Environmental Hazards Act …

Singapore Airlines Offers Compensation for Flight Hit by Turbulence

Singapore Airlines has sent compensation offers to passengers on a flight last month from London to Singapore that ran into severe turbulence, causing dozens of injuries and a death, the carrier said on Tuesday. Passengers with minor injuries have been …

Britam of Kenya Plans to Enter $5 Billion Congo Insurance Market

Britam Holdings Ltd. is hunting for opportunities to enter the massive but under-served insurance market in Democratic Republic of Congo later this year. Kenya’s biggest listed insurer by market value with operations in seven African economies is chiefly seeking an …

Paper Links Social Learning and Flood Insurance Uptake

Short but severe flooding that followed hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 triggered a nationwide increase in flood insurance take-up driven by a county’s social network proximity to flooded areas, says a new academic paper. The authors’ study tapped the …

People Moves: Everest Names Buonpane Head of Casualty Specialty, Industry Practices; Allied World Appoints Kranz A&E Lead

Everest Insurance Names Buonpane to Head of Casualty Specialty Lines and Industry Practices Everest Insurance North America, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, hired Stephen Buonpane to the newly created role of senior vice president, casualty specialty lines and industry practices. …

Major World Economies Seek to Halt New Private Sector Coal Financing

Some of the world’s major economies want to finalize a plan ahead of this year’s U.N. climate summit to halt new private sector funding for coal projects, five sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. If approved, the …

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