July 15, 2021
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said he will oppose OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan, arguing that his state, one of the hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, would get shorted in settlement money. “I remain vigorously opposed to …
July 15, 2021
The nation’s largest public pension fund has agreed to pay up to $2.7 billion to refund policyholders hit with huge hikes in their premiums, it was announced Tuesday. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, has agreed to settle …
July 15, 2021
Fierce wildfires in the northwest are threatening American Indian tribal lands that already are struggling to conserve water and preserve traditional hunting grounds in the face of a Western drought. Blazes in Oregon and Washington were among some 60 large, …
July 15, 2021
Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany. Firefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on …
July 15, 2021
JOHANNESBURG — After losing 53 cars during xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2019, Johannesburg car dealership owner Okey Uchendu never thought he would see his business destroyed again by civil unrest in less than two years. Already dealing with …
July 15, 2021
Record high-tide flooding washed over U.S. coasts in the past year, and rising sea levels are expected to send the deluges into streets, homes and businesses even more frequently over the next decade, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. …
July 15, 2021
Almost half (48%) of business insurance buyers say their trust in insurance has increased since the start of the pandemic, but only 54% believe that insurance is meeting their businesses’ challenges very well. A new report from specialty insurer Beazley …
July 15, 2021
Milliman Appleseed, the new advisory and rating organization of actuarial firm Milliman, is offering insurers a simplified product developed by Swiss Re that makes it easier for insurers to enter the flood insurance market. The product is designed to provide …
July 15, 2021
Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling five Neutrogena and Aveeno brand aerosol sunscreen products after detecting a cancer-causing chemical in some samples The New Jersey-based company said on Wednesday that consumers should stop using the products and discard them after …
July 15, 2021
Property/casualty insurers plan to accelerate their use of automation for actuarial work, a new Willis Towers Watson survey found. What’s more, COVID-19 has been a major factor in the trend. The sector’s overall aspirational score (toward wanting more automation) was …