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Report: Natural Disaster Losses Below Average Through Q3, Despite Higher Frequency

Although 2024 has seen significant global natural catastrophe activity, economic costs were slightly below average through the third quarter, according to Gallagher Re’s latest Nat Cat report. The total economic loss from natural perils in the first three quarters of …

Progressive to Pay Policy Limits in Fatal Boat Crash That Involved Murdaugh’s Son

Progressive Insurance will pay $500,000, the policy limits, to the family of a young woman killed in a 2019 boat crash involving Alex Murdaugh’s youngest son, essentially ending the family’s legal actions in the tragedy. Progressive, which insured the boat …

Verisk Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Milton at Between $30B and $50B

Insured industry losses to onshore property for Hurricane Milton will fall between $30 billion and $50 billion, according to an estimate out on Wednesday from Verisk. Moody’s RMS Event Response said earlier this week that total U.S. private market insured …

J&J Must Pay $15M to Man Who Says Talc Caused His Cancer, Jury Finds

Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer, as a result of using the company’s talc powder for decades, a jury found on Tuesday. Plaintiff Evan …

Musk’s Vow to Make Lots of Robotaxis Conflicts With US Rules

Elon Musk promised to pump out robotaxis in high numbers when Tesla Inc. unveiled prototypes of its Cybercab last week. There’s a big problem with that: US rules won’t allow it. Automakers must secure permission from the National Highway Traffic …

What Keeps Small Business Owners up? Their Worst Workplace Nightmares

What workplace frights keep small business owners up at night? It may sound like part of a Halloween ditty, but it’s at the heart of a series of questions the people at Pie Insurance thought would be a good to …

Milton’s 152,180 Claims So Far to Mean New Pressure on Reinsurance, Rate Hikes

Property Insurance claims from Hurricane Milton had topped more than 152,180 by Monday, with some $1.9 billion in estimated insured losses. That’s already more than the claims and losses reported for Helene, which made landfall in Florida two weeks earlier, …

GlaxoSmithKline Sues Moderna for US Patent Infringement Over COVID Vaccines

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline sued Moderna in U.S. federal court in Delaware on Tuesday, accusing its American rival of violating GSK’s patent rights in messenger RNA (mRNA) technology with its blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax. According to the two lawsuits, Moderna’s lipid …

Claims Confirm Hundreds of Israeli Buildings Marred by Iran’s Attack

Damage to private property from Iran’s recent missile barrage on Israel amounted to 150 million to 200 million shekels ($40 million to $53 million), according to figures provided by Israel’s tax authority, making it the most costly since the start …

Google Endorses Bill to Reveal Funders Backing Lawsuits

Google is endorsing a bill that would require people filing lawsuits to disclose who will be paying for – and profiting from – the litigation. The bill, introduced last week by California Republican Representative Darrell Issa, would require plaintiffs to …

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