Tropical Depression Emily is rumbling further out into the Atlantic, a day after slogging across the Florida peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says remnants of the brief-lived tropical storm had maximum sustained winds near 30 mph (45 kph) as …
Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit by Wyoming potentially seeking more than $1 billion in additional penalties for environment damages. The ruling could help decide whether …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add a property in central Oklahoma to the Superfund program’s list of most contaminated sites. The EPA announced Monday its intent to add Eagle Industries in the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest …
The wife and mother of a Texas man who died after a struggle with deputies in the Dallas County jail lobby filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force by four deputies and lack of training by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office. …
The families of five Washington state high school students shot in a high school cafeteria in 2014 have settled a lawsuit against the school district’s insurance company for $18 million. Attorney Lincoln Beauregard, who represented the plaintiffs, said the settlement …
The biggest gas storage facility in the West resumed operations this week, nearly two years after a blowout led to the nation’s largest-known methane release and drove thousands of families from their Los Angeles homes. Southern California Gas. Co. said …
In July 2017, premium renewal rate change for the majority of standard commercial lines products remain in positive territory. Workers’ compensation was the one product that trended negatively, dipping below -1.00 percent for the first time this year. IVANS, a …
XL Catlin announced it has launched its Cyber and Data Protection insurance policy in Asia Pacific. With cyber risk ranking in the top 10 in today’s emerging risks, the new policy is designed to protect businesses from the increasing exposures …
An organization created by state law to offer medical malpractice insurance is threatening to sue if Pennsylvania state government tries to take $200 million from it. The nonprofit Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association said Monday that the state doesn’t …
Vanguard Claims Administration Inc. (Vanguard), a Woodbury, N.J.-based insurance agency, has hired Paul J. Graf as vice president of operations. With more than 27 years of multi-line claims management experience in the property and casualty insurance industry, Graf will oversee …
