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Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitarist Sued for Wrongful Death in Alleged Fatal Collision

Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer is being sued for wrongful death and negligence after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian earlier this year. The lawsuit was filed by Ashley Sanchez, the daughter of 47-year-old Israel Sanchez, who died …

Hurricane Beryl: Insurers See Minimal Impact, Brace for Active Season

Insurers’ losses from Hurricane Beryl will be “low and readily absorbed” and the storm is not expected to change pricing conditions in the property/casualty and reinsurance sectors, Moody’s Ratings said. Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast as a category …

Florida Tax Watch Calls for Renewed Tax Breaks for Home Hardening Efforts

Florida Tax Watch, a nonprofit government watchdog in operation for 45 years, is urging state lawmakers to expand wind-mitigation tax breaks for homeowners struggling with higher insurance premiums. The group this week posted an analysis of the Florida property insurance …

Ships Fleeing the Red Sea Now Face Perilous African Weather

Ships sailing around the southern tip of Africa are wrestling with a bout of bad weather that has already run one vessel aground and seen another lose more than 40 containers overboard. CMA CGM SA said on Thursday that its …

What Happened to Reinsurance ‘Class of 2023’? Hard Market Defies Age-Old Patterns.

Catastrophic events, such as major hurricanes and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, traditionally have led to hard markets that in turn drove the formation of startup reinsurers to fill capacity needs. Reinsurers launched in “the class of 1992,” “the class …

Abbott Accused at Trial of Hiding Fatal Risk of Infant Formula

Abbott Laboratories hid the risks of its premature-infant formula causing a potentially fatal bowel disease from parents even though company officials acknowledged the peril in internal documents, a lawyer told a Missouri jury. The company was accused of putting profits …

Insurers Hike Rates as Extreme Storms Like Beryl Proliferate

Destructive storms like Hurricane Beryl that knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses in Texas are growing more frequent and intense, and insurers are jacking up rates in response. That could mean big profits for property and casualty …

Hurricane Beryl’s Remnants Spawn Severe Storms in Midwest and Northeast

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Beryl dropped tornadoes and threatened flooding Wednesday as the system churned into Canada and the northeastern U.S. after leaving millions in the Houston area without power. Beryl, which landed in Texas on Monday …

Texas Steel Plant Fined $269K for Endangering Workers

Two years after the U.S. Department of Labor added Kyoei Steel LTD to its program for severe violators of federal safety and health regulations, inspectors returned for a follow-up inspection at the Vinton, Texas steel fabrication and recycling facility and …

Half a Million Will Be Under Houston Outages a Week After Beryl

Days after Hurricane Beryl crashed through the city, Houston is still grappling with the aftershocks. Large swaths of America’s fourth-largest city are still without power, shutting stores and snarling traffic at non-functioning lights. Gas stations are either closed or swamped …

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