In Mordhorst v. Dakota Trucking Underwriters and Risk Administration Services, 886 N.W.2d 322(S.D. 2016) the South Dakota Supreme Court found that a workers’ compensation insurer could be found in bad faith, even though it relied upon an independent medical opinion …
The insurance company for Spokane County will pay $2.25 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit that contended the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office engaged in witness-tampering and recklessness to wrongfully convict three men for a 2008 robbery. Spokane County …
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his properties that lie just feet from the encroaching sea in low-lying South Florida. …
An investigation into hailstorm claims fraud by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Fraud Unit led to a Tarrant County grand jury indictment of Richard Kent Livesay, a lawyer who allegedly solicited business following major hailstorm events that occurred in …
Nissan plans to make automatic emergency braking standard on seven of 18 U.S. models for the 2018 model year, putting the safety feature on most of its top sellers. The company also pledged to make the system standard on 90 …
Gov. Doug Ducey reacted Wednesday to the latest fatal wrong-way crash on a Phoenix-area freeway by ordering state agencies to take steps to combat the deadly problem. Ducey commented after two drivers were killed and a third injured in a …
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. businesses believe their organizations are highly protected from attempts by outsiders to gain access to their systems and data, according to a survey by global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson. A similar proportion …
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. Announces Appointment of Burton as Chief Executive Officer Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd., a specialist property/casualty reinsurance company headquartered in the Cayman Islands, hired Simon Burton as chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2017. He will succeed …
A newly released hockey helmet has earned four out of five stars from the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings, scoring higher than any other helmet since the first hockey ratings were released two years ago. The new helmet, the Bauer RE-AKT …
Forecasters again lowered the odds of El Nino forming by year’s end, a scenario that may mean more Atlantic hurricanes at a time when federal agencies charged with predicting and responding to natural disasters lack top administrators. The updated forecast, …