Posts by Hometown Insurance
Coastal Construction, Rising Replacement Values Contribute to Costly Hurricane Claims
Insured losses from hurricanes have risen steadily over just the past 15 years, with nine of the 10 costliest hurricanes in U.S. history occurring since 2005, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). U.S. population growth in hurricane-prone states, coupled …
Read More New York City Agrees to Pay $13M to Settle Over Arrests of 2020 Racial Injustice Protesters
New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept through the city …
Read More Connecticut Man Wrongly Convicted in 1984 Shooting of Baby Sues New Haven and Police
A Connecticut man who was exonerated after serving 28 years in prison for killing a baby in 1994 has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Haven and six now-former police officers involved in his arrest. Adam Carmon, 51, …
Read More Rutgers, Stony Brook Among Colleges Warning of Data Exposure From MOVEit Hack
The ongoing cyberattack exploiting MOVEit file-transfer software has taken a toll on US colleges and universities. At least 30 institutions have been notified that personal information of students and employees may have been exposed through vendors — including the Teachers …
Read More Markets/Coverages: Insurtech Loadsure Launches Ocean Cargo, Stock Throughput Cover
Insurtech Loadsure announced the launch of digital ocean cargo and stock throughput insurance products: “Danube – Dynamic Ocean Cargo Insurance” and “Huron.” Loadsure described the products as “powerful tools for brokers, who will be able to quote cost-effective annual cover …
Read More Firms With Flexible-Work Policies Hire Faster Than Those Fully in Office: Research
Companies with flexible in-office policies are hiring faster than those that have fully returned to pre-pandemic attendance rules. But landing a flexible job still comes with challenges. New research from Scoop Technologies Inc., which advises organizations on how to coordinate …
Read More The Hanover Estimates Q2 Catastrophe Losses of $262 Million
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. announced a preliminary estimate for second quarter catastrophe losses of approximately $262 million, before taxes, or 18.5 points of net earned premium. Second quarter catastrophe losses stemmed from 19 convective storms across multiple states, with …
Read More UK Support to Rejoin EU Passes 50% for 1st Time Since Brexit
More than half of Britons would vote to rejoin the European Union for the first time since the nation opted to leave the bloc seven years ago, YouGov polling showed. Some 51% of Britons told the polling company that they …
Read More Black Sea Threats Escalate as Ukraine Warns on Russian Ships
Ukraine said any ships heading to Russian ports may be military targets, a tit-for-tat response to a threat from Moscow that escalates the war’s risk to global food markets. Since Moscow halted the Black Sea agreement that allowed Ukraine to …
Read More FTX Sues Bankman-Fried, Others to Recoup More Than $1 Billion
FTX Trading on Thursday sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives of the cryptocurrency exchange, seeking to recoup more than $1 billion they allegedly misappropriated before FTX went bankrupt. The complaint filed in Delaware bankruptcy court also names as …
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