Insurance
Lawsuit Against Massachusetts Police Alleges Wrongful Arrest of Black Man
A suburban Boston police officer who was pursuing a white suspect pinned a 20-year-old Black man to the ground as he was walking home and placed a knee on the man’s neck despite having no evidence that he was involved …
Read More Jury Awards Sandy Hook Parents $4.1 Million in Defamation Case Against Alex Jones
A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist and media personality Alex Jones to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim who sued him for defamation after he repeatedly claimed the school shooting was a …
Read More California’s Largest Wildfire Got Very Little Help from Rainfall
California’s largest wildfire so far this year has so far charred nearly 90 square miles, getting only a little help from rainfall in the area this week. The wildfire, which is now listed as 10% contained, broke out on July …
Read More Equifax Says Consumer Credit Scores Changed in Computer Error
Equifax Inc. said some consumer credit scores were changed because of a computer error that has since been rectified. A server “coding issue” led to the inaccurate scores, the consumer credit-reporting firm said Tuesday in a statement posted on the …
Read More Louisiana Insurers Have Paid $13.1 Billion on Ida Claims
Louisiana insurers have paid or reserved to pay $13.1 billion on Hurricane Ida claims through June 30, 2022, the state’s department of insurance announced this week. Policyholders have filed 460,709 claims of all types from Hurricane Ida as of the …
Read More Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association Tabs Verisk for Streamline Claims Handling
The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) announced it is is streamlining its handling of claims for policyholders of insolvent insurers with advanced property estimating technology from Verisk. LIGA is using Verisk’s Xactware® property claims-handling solutions, including Xactimate® and XactAnalysis®, to …
Read More Alex Jones Admits Sandy Hook Attack was ‘100% Real’
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real,” a day after the parents of …
Read More Duante Wright’s Passenger Sues Minnesota Town, Officer
The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last year is suing the city and the former officer who killed him. The lawsuit says passenger Alayna Albrecht-Payton, 21, of …
Read More People Moves: Canopius Group Hires Sweeper to Lead US Application Support Team; Ryan Specialty Names Blackshear Head of DEI
Canopius Group Hires Roberta Sweeper to Lead US Application Support Team Canopius Group announced that it has expanded its technology capabilities with the addition of a US application support team as part of the company’s significant growth plans in the …
Read More Net Loss of $343 Million for Liberty Mutual in Q2
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. said it recorded a second quarter net loss of about $343 million compared with net income of nearly $770 million during the same period a year ago. CEO David H. Long said results were affected by …
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