Monthly Archives: <span>February 2022</span>

Historic Inflation Driving Up Loss Costs for Auto, Property Insurers

The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5% inflation rate announced last week. Perhaps that should be no surprise. “It’s the things that we all …

Report Says Criminals Netted $1.3 Billion in Ransomware Payments Over 2 Years

Criminals netted $1.3 billion in ransom payments from hacking victims in the past two years, reflecting a massive surge in cyber-crime that has prompted a global effort to stop it, according to a new report from Chainalysis Inc. The cryptocurrency-tracking …

Fatal Fires in St. Louis, Baltimore Expose Vacant Home Risks

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thick smoke billowed from the vacant, crumbling St. Louis house, but Benjamin Polson knew homeless people might be inside taking refuge from the January chill. So the 33-year-old firefighter went in. It cost him his life. …

Robot Photos Appear to Show Melted Fuel at Fukushima Reactor

TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has captured images of what appears to be mounds of nuclear fuel that melted and fell to the bottom of the most damaged reactor at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said Thursday. A …

Tennessee Gov. Lee Asks FEMA to Review Damage After Storm

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee asked federal emergency management officials on Wednesday to help assess whether counties affected by last week’s icy winter storm can receive funds to assist with power restoration. The Republican governor asked the …

Oregon Bill Tackles Megaquake ‘Nightmare’: Fuel Storage Site

A river on fire with millions of gallons of spilled oil, jet fuel and gasoline. An environmental disaster ranking with the worst in America. No fuel for a state trying to recover from a major earthquake. Scientists say Oregon faces …

3 Million Plaintiffs Seek $1.2B From California Health Firm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ A lawsuit over high health care bills filed on behalf of more than 3 million employers and people seeks as much as $1.2 billion from a large Northern California health systems in an antitrust class-action trial …

Lawmakers Launch ‘All Levels’ Probe Into Ronald Greene Death

Declaring “no cover-up will be tolerated,” Louisiana’s top GOP lawmaker announced a bipartisan legislative investigation Thursday into the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, an inquiry that will examine the state’s response at “all levels,” from troopers to …

Lawsuit Alleges Tesla Aware That Its Vehicles Crash Into Emergency Vehicles

The husband of a woman who was killed when the couple’s Tesla Model 3 ran into a stationary fire truck has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and its founder, Elon Musk, of deceiving the public with unfounded claims about …

Musk’s Sensitive Side Emerges in Emails With Crash Victim’s Dad

Billionaire Elon Musk is known for many things — like his revolutionary ideas, brash management style and controversial tweets. Being a man of empathy is not among them. But buried in court records, a gentler, grieving father has emerged. In …