Fraught with fraud and litigation abuse, the Florida insurance market is finally showing signs of stabilization amid legislative reforms passed in 2022 and 2023, according to a new Triple-I Issues Brief. The ongoing depopulation of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the …
With the start of hurricane season less than a month away, U.S. officials who predict, prepare for and respond to natural disasters had a message for Floridians on Friday: It’s not a matter of if a hurricane will hit, but …
Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the electric carmaker faces a series of sex and race discrimination lawsuits. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in …
Approximately 700 preliminary tornado reports have been filed so far in 2024, above the historical average for this time of year, according to AccuWeather Global Weather Center. The roughly 700 preliminary tornado reports through May 9 is above the historical …
A bird flew into a roofer’s face broke their nose, another employee broke a foot as running from a spider, a robotic arm grabbed a worker and inflicted trauma to her chest, and a baby skunk bit someone at a …
Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition …
If personal auto insurance loss reserves are developing adversely, can commercial general liability be far behind? That’s the gist of one of the questions that analysts from Moody’s Investors Service asked—and answered—in a new report on the U.S. property/casualty insurance …
U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems assist with steering, braking …
Brazil’s aid measures after historic floods battering Rio Grande do Sul state will result in a fiscal impact of 7.7 billion reais ($1.49 billion) for the federal government, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday. Most of the impact will …
Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld music festival have been settled, including one that was set to go to trial this week, an attorney said Wednesday. Jury selection had …