Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has updated its insured loss estimates of property losses in France from winter storm Klaus to between 500 million and 1 billion Euros. These losses represent damage to buildings and contents of onshore residential, …
A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of Allstate Corp. and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. from a lawsuit accusing them of overbilling the U.S. government for flood damage in Louisiana related to the 2005 storm Hurricane Katrina. Wednesday’s …
A federal official says southern Appalachia coal miners are inhaling dangerous levels of quartz dust despite successful efforts to reduce overall dust levels. Mine Safety and Health Administration southern West Virginia director Bob Hardman called quartz in coal dust the …
Jurors in Indiana have awarded a Lafayette woman $157 million in a lawsuit against the makers of a tree stand that malfunctioned, resulting in her husband’s death. Jurors deliberated for about an hour before reaching the verdict in Tippecanoe Superior …
The liquidation of Peanut Corporation of America, the company linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak, will be overseen by a Roanoke bankruptcy court trustee, the fresh appointee said in a telephone interview Wednesday. Roy Creasy said he was appointed by …
Russia will likely see more forest fires, droughts and floods in the coming century due to global warming, and policy makers need to prepare for large-scale change, scientists warned in a report released Wednesday. It also said Russia, famous for …
A lack of communication between crew members played a critical role in the crash of a container ship that led to a massive oil spill in California nearly 15 months ago, U.SD. safety officials said Wednesday. The 901-foot-long (275-meter) Cosco …
A former employee of the Peanut Corp. of America plant in Plainview, Texas, said he was not surprised the facility, at the center of a national salmonella outbreak, had been shuttered after preliminary tests showed possible salmonella contamination. The Texas …
The mother of a Caterpillar Inc. worker killed last year in an accident at the heavy equipment maker’s plant in Mossville, Ill., has filed a lawsuit against the company. Kevin Fay, an employee of O’Brien Bros. Piping, died from chest …
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster exists in areas of Oklahoma that suffered damage in winter storms at the end of January. The declaration makes federal funding available to state and eligible local governments and some nonprofit organizations …