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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center says there is a 60% chance that a weak La Niña event will develop this autumn and could last until March. La Niña is part of a natural climate cycle that …

Meta Platforms and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming they misled shareholders in Meta’s proxy statement about their ability to ensure the safety of children who use Facebook and Instagram. In a decision on Tuesday, …

Insurers often include exclusions within their liability policies to prohibit coverage for claims arising out of pollution exposure. The exact wording of the exclusion can differ significantly, but the key issue is whether the underlying allegations fall within the scope …

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced a settlement with Guardian Analytics, Inc. and its successor Actimize, Inc., resolving an investigation into a data breach affecting Webster Bank customers’ data. Under the settlement, Guardian and Actimize have agreed to pay $500,000 …

Walmart will pay $7.5 million to resolve charges that the largest U.S. retailer illegally disposed of hazardous and medical waste from its facilities into California municipal landfills. The settlement was announced on Tuesday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, following …

Unison Risk Advisors (URA) reports that Avondale Insurance Associates has joined the firm and is the first company to join URA’s non-retail division. Established in 2006, Avondale Insurance Associates is an excess and surplus lines underwriting management company across all …

HDI Global U.S. Appoints Long as US Casualty Lead HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), the U.S. subsidiary of inter-national corporate and specialty insurer HDI Global SE (HDI), headquartered in Chicago, appointed Thomas Long as U.S. casualty lead. With an insurance …

An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil could end more than a hundred lawsuits against the mining companies in the South …

Hurricane Milton caused an estimated $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion in damage to Florida’s crops and agricultural infrastructure, according to a preliminary assessment released by the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Thursday. The majority of Florida’s citrus …

State Farm will provide smoke alarms to more than 1,300 Texas homes during the Out to Alarm Texas 2024 campaign, the Insurance Council of Texas shared. The initiative was created in 2005 as a way mitigate the loss of life …