Insurance
As E-bikes Proliferate, so Do Deadly E-Bike Fires Blamed on Exploding Batteries
The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke quickly killed four people asleep in apartments above the burning store. As …
Read More Aircraft Lessors Aim for June 2024 Trial Over Contested Russia Insurance Claims
Some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors and insurers are aiming to be ready to go to trial in June 2024 over contested insurance claims for aircraft stuck in Russia, a lawyer for one of the lessors said on Monday. …
Read More Diverging Cyber Cat Model Results Challenge Underwriters’ Risk Analysis: Guy Carpenter
Significant progress has been made in advancing vendor’s cyber catastrophe models, but a notable degree of variability exists across model outputs, which can pose a challenge to insurance and reinsurance companies as they formulate their views of risk, according to …
Read More Industry Trades Rail Against Federal Climate Disclosure Bill
Federal legislation introduced last week that would require insurance companies with more than $100 million in annual premiums to disclose investments and underwritings related to coal, oil and gas projects, and fossil fuels is already required at the state level …
Read More Companies Caught in Diversity Crossfire Are Frozen by Uncertainty
The US Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action has sparked a fierce debate over the future of diversity in corporate America, with dueling sides claiming either that workplace programs are unaffected by the decision, or that they’re suddenly open to …
Read More After UPC Insolvency, Parent Company Rebrands to American Coastal Insurance
Six months after its namesake insurance carrier was deemed insolvent, United Insurance Holdings is rebranding itself in the name of its surviving insurer, as American Coastal Insurance Corp. The St. Petersburg, Florida-based holding company for now-defunct United Property & Casualty …
Read More Tenco Adjusting Acquires James C. Greene Firm in Carolinas
Nashville-based Tenco Services Inc., a multi-line claims adjusting firm in six Southeastern states, plans to acquire the James C. Greene adjusting company in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tenco announced. Greene has offices in North and South Carolina and also works in …
Read More Three Killed When Small Plane Hits Hangar at California Airport
A pilot and two passengers were killed Sunday when a single-engine plane crashed into a hangar and burst into flames at a Southern California airport, authorities said. The Beechcraft P35 with three people on board crashed during departure around 6: …
Read More Ex-Oregon Prison Nurse Sexually Assaulted Nine Women
A federal jury found a former nurse at Oregon’s women’s prison guilty of sexually abusing nine women while they were in custody. The jury reached its verdict in the case against 38-year-old Tony Klein last week after nearly two days …
Read More Wildfire Risk Climbs for Spain as Heat Wave Moves to Iberia
The focus of Europe’s heat is switching to Spain, with a high risk of wildfires in southern parts of the Iberian peninsula. Southern Spain is expected to exceed 40C (104F) on Monday, with regions around Cordoba under alert for hot …
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