The sister of a California woman who fell at least 70 feet to her death during the Albuquerque, N.M., International Balloon Fiesta earlier this month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the balloon pilot, his employers and the fiesta. …
Wind-driven wildfires that torched Southern California have charred fruit orchards, wilted flowers and littered the ground with avocados, delivering a devastating blow to area farmers already reeling from a deep winter freeze and the long drought that followed. The final …
Trusted Choice agents, along with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and IBA West, have teamed up to aid California residents in need in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires. While the Southern California wildfires …
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, Marsh & McLennan’s global risk and reinsurance unit, has announced a collaboration with WSI Corporation, a provider of weather-driven business solutions, to “help cedants better assess the impact and potential loss damage of hurricane activity …
Majority Leader Harry Reid and other senators said this week that there are unacceptable delays in a government program to compensate Cold War-era nuclear workers who developed cancer from exposure to radiation. Reid, D-Nev., told a Senate hearing that ill …
Bishop Michael Cote of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. says a settlement of $170,000 will be paid to a Pawcatuck man who claims he was molested by a priest in a Stonington church. The word of the settlement came in …
An announcement from Munich Re notes that there “has been a steady rise in weather-related natural catastrophes during recent decades, and this also applies to Europe.” As a result the reinsurer has developed tools – its Geo Data or NatCatSERVICE …
According to the most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Tropical Storm Noel’s projected track should keep it well away from the U.S. mainland. The storm, the 14th of the season, has caused widespread destruction in the …
Noel, a late season tropical storm, has caused extensive damage in the Dominican Republic and threatens greater havoc in Haiti. The two countries, who share the island of Hispaniola, have been hit with high winds and drenched by heavy rains. …
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is helping thousands of its customers file claims and begin returning their lives to normal. Farmers is trying to make it as easy as possible by offering mobile command centers and a Mobile Catastrophe Claims …