Firefighters want every leg up they can get to knock out a blaze before it becomes an inferno. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says it has a new tool to battle wildfires before they explode -- artificial intelligence.
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court and held that a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. unit does not have to defend or indemnify the Pittsburgh Public School District or a bus company in a special needs student’s sexual assault aboard a school bus.
A federal grand jury in Alaska has returned an indictment against 24-year-old Paul Bates of Anchorage, charging him with intentionally starting a fire in an apartment building on October 30, 2022.
In a seminal ruling, Judge Arthur Engoron found that former President Donald Trump and his organization misled financial institutions, including insurance companies, by significantly inflating asset values and misrepresenting his net worth in official documents.
Ask the regulating bodies of all 50 states and several territories of the United States about medical cannabis and you’re likely to receive as many answers about what should be done. <br /><br />
Varsity Brands’ insurance company has asked a federal judge to correct what it says was a ‘mistakenly truncated’ policy that could end up costing it millions in light of the spate of sex-abuse litigation filed against the cheerleading giant.
Hawaii courts soon may have to address a novel legal question related to the Maui wildfires: whether allowing invasive grass to grow unheeded on one’s property is the legal equivalent of keeping radioactive waste, dynamite or a dangerous wild animal.
Four individuals, including two licensed public insurance adjusters, one unlicensed insurance adjuster, and a mold contractor, have been arrested on multiple felony charges for their alleged involvement in a scheme to defraud a 94-year-old woman and Citizens Insurance.
Five class action lawsuits filed against MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment seek to punish the casino giants for failing to protect customers in September’s cyberattacks.
Smartphone zombies (i.e. pedestrians who use their phone while walking) aren’t just hazardous to themselves; this phenomenon also poses a major risk for insured businesses.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.
California is not the only U.S. state struggling with insurance availability and affordability, but -- as described in a new Triple-I Issues Brief -- its problems are exacerbated by a three-decades-old legislative measure that severely constrains insurers’ ability to profitably insure property in the state.
In a recent report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), minivans, a popular choice among parents for family transportation, are facing criticism for their second-row seating safety ratings.
After a summer that saw many of California’s top home insurers pull back from the state market, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Thursday that he struck a deal with the insurance industry to encourage new coverage in the state.
