Allianz Survey: Business Interruption, Pandemic and Cyber Top Risk Manager Concerns March 25, 2021 By Claims Journal Staff Business interruption was rated as the most dire risk to global businesses in 2020, according to risk management experts in...
Stranded Suez Ship’s Owner, Insurers Face Millions in Claims March 25, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Jonathan Saul LONDON — The owner and insurers of one of the world’s largest container ships stuck in the Suez Canal face...
Tugs Work to Free Giant Container Ship Stranded in Suez Canal March 24, 2021 By Yusri Mohamed, Jessica Jaganathan and Florence Tan CAIRO — The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked on Wednesday as eight tug boats struggled to...
Nevada Announces $45M Settlement With McKinsey Over Opioids March 24, 2021 By Michelle L. Price LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has struck a $45 million settlement deal with McKinsey & Company for the global consulting...
US Weather Model Upgraded to Better Forecast Extreme Events March 24, 2021 By Seth Borenstein The National Weather Service has turbocharged its lagging forecast model to better predict extreme weather events such as hurricanes, blizzards...
Australian East Coast Rain to Ease but Flooding Continues March 24, 2021 SYDNEY (AP) — Heavy rainfall was forecast to ease across Australia’s east coast but floodwaters will linger for days across...
Resident, Firefighter Missing After Fatal Nursing Home Fire March 24, 2021 SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A fire swept through a suburban New York assisted living home and caused a partial...
Reputation of AstraZeneca’s COVID Vaccine Marred by Missteps March 24, 2021 By Maria Cheng LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca’s release Monday of encouraging data about its coronavirus vaccine from its U.S. trial raised hopes that...
Arson Control Committee Closes its Doors After 40 Years March 24, 2021 By Jim Sams An organization founded more than 40 years ago to combat arson as a method of insurance fraud decided that its...
Boston Scientific in $189M Settlement With States Over Surgical Mesh Devices March 24, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — Boston Scientific Corp. agreed to pay $188.7 million to settle claims by most U.S. states that it...