Volkswagen Wants U.S. Supreme Court to Nix Diesel Claims by Counties January 28, 2021 By David Shepardson Volkswagen AG and a German auto supplier on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that...
Airlines Urge WHO to OK Quarantine-Free Travel After Vaccines January 28, 2021 By Christopher Jasper The airline industry has called on the World Health Organization to rule it’s safe for people to fly without quarantining...
Florida Advances Bill to Shield Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits January 28, 2021 By Brendan Farrington Florida businesses would be protected from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow state-issued guidelines to prevent...
Cost of Laura, Delta, Zeta Insurance Claims Up to $7.7B in Louisiana January 28, 2021 Through the end 2020 property/casualty insurers have paid or reserved $7.7 billion on claims of all types in Louisiana through...
Insurers Face ‘Mind-Blowingly’ Large Loss if Olympics Canceled January 28, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain LONDON — Insurers are facing a $2-3 billion loss if the Tokyo Olympics are canceled this year, amounting to the...
N.J. Supreme Ct. Affirms That Insurers Liable for $300M in Superstorm Sandy Damages January 27, 2021 By Jim Sams The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday ended an effort by Lloyd’s of London syndicates and other insurers to escape...
Lumber Buyers ‘Pay Up or Run Out’ Amid U.S. Homebuilding Surge January 27, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson With U.S. lumber prices at fresh record highs, construction companies and wood wholesalers are buying just enough to get by,...
Widespread Internet Outage Hits U.S. East Coast January 27, 2021 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Munsif Vengattil Thousands of users across the U.S. East Coast faced widespread internet outage from providers including Verizon Communications Inc on Tuesday,...
Utility to Pay $2B Settlement in Deadly 2018 California Fire January 27, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison will pay $2.2 billion to settle insurance claims from a deadly, destructive wildfire...
Foot of Snow Blankets Parts of Midwest, Disrupts Travel January 27, 2021 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of Nebraska and...