July 9, 2021
Obsidian Insurance Holdings Inc. has acquired Western Home Insurance Co. from Western National Mutual Insurance Co. The acquisition supports the company’s growth plans and together with Obsidian’s existing admitted carrier, Obsidian Insurance Co., Western Home will provide Obsidian’s current and …
July 9, 2021
A woman has alleged in a civil rights lawsuit that a former northwest Missouri sheriff gave her drugs and sexually assaulted her. The St. Joseph News-Press reported that the claims involve former Harrison County Sheriff Joshua Eckerson. He killed himself …
July 9, 2021
Morgan Stanley has disclosed that personal data of some of its corporate clients was stolen in January in a data breach that involved a third-party vendor and hackers accessed information, including social security numbers. Files stolen also included client names, …
July 8, 2021
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Air Force is mostly responsible for a former serviceman killing more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 because it failed to submit his criminal history into a database, …
July 8, 2021
Texas recorded $947.48 million in surplus lines premium, representing a 24.5% increase in premiums over June 2020, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported. SLTX has recorded $4.58 billion in premiums year-to-date, which represents a 16.2% increase in …
July 8, 2021
Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Florida yesterday and is moving to the Northeast at 20 miles per hour, with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) calling for the storm to sweep over parts of the Northeast tomorrow. Tropical storm warnings …
July 8, 2021
U.S. District Court Judge William B. Shubb granted the motion by the California Department of Insurance to dismiss the lawsuit filed by California Insurance Co. against the CDI. Shubb acted in a manner consistent with his previous decision in the …
July 8, 2021
Tropical Storm Elsa was moving steadily through the Carolinas into the mid-Atlantic region by mid-Thursday, having mostly spared the southeastern states. The National Hurricane Center reported Elsa was about 80 miles southwest of Raleigh, N.C. by 11 am Thursday. The …
July 8, 2021
Volkswagen said on Thursday it would appeal against a decision by an Italian court ordering the German group to refund consumers participating in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker’s rigging of diesel emissions tests. Italian consumer group Altroconsumo said …
July 8, 2021
The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday July 7, as workers uncovered 10 more bodies from the rubble and officials sounded more and more grim about the prospects of …