July 12, 2021
Illinois prosecutors on July 9 sued the owner of a chemical plant where a fire in June sent dark smoke and ash into the air for days and prompted evacuations, saying the company should be held accountable for air and …
July 12, 2021
Louisiana insurance regulators have issued a new advisory letter reminding authorized property/casualty insurers writing in the state about the information they must provide in writing when they issue a renewal notice to commercial policyholders. Advisory Letter 2021-03, issued by the …
July 12, 2021
OTTAWA – Canada on Sunday ordered rail transport restrictions for areas where there is a high wildfire risk after a blaze wiped out the town of Lytton, British Columbia, and killed two people earlier this month. The order will require …
July 12, 2021
Researchers from Colorado State University boosted their prediction for named tropical storms in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season in a revised forecast issued last Thursday. Colorado State meteorologists predicted 20 named storms, up from 17 in their forecast issued in …
July 12, 2021
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has abandoned its final attempt to argue that a major lawsuit brought by thousands of Nigerians over an oil spill in the West African country should be heard in Nigeria rather than the UK. Shell’s legal …
July 12, 2021
Applied Underwriters has acquired the U.S. Specialty Lines division of Generali Group including Generali Warranty Services, which offers extended warranty programs and contractual liability insurance services. Applied Underwriters said it will aggregate the specialty lines business into its newly-formed Applied …
July 12, 2021
Aftershocks have hit the region between Northern California and Nevada Friday after a magnitude 6 earthquake sent large boulders rolling into highways and knocked smaller items off shelves. The quake shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday was centered south of Lake …
July 12, 2021
Jurors have awarded $1.5 million to a man who was run over by a Tacoma police officer. Emanuel Andrade sued the Police Department, the city and Officer Luke Faulkner, the News Tribune reported. Andrade alleged the officer in 2014 was …
July 12, 2021
Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave blanketed the West, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas. Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit …
July 12, 2021
A federal judge has halted enforcement of a section of Florida’s new property insurance reform (SB 76) law that restricts the advertisements and solicitations of roofing contractors. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker granted the injunction Sunday in response to a …