Already at the mercy of mounting legal bills, embattled former film producer Harvey Weinstein also has to contend with his insurers — which have not only denied him coverage for legal costs, but have also launched lawsuits of their own against him.
The city of San Francisco has taken a definitive stance towards climate change by passing a resolution urging insurance companies to stop insuring and investing in fossil fuels. It’s the first municipal body in the US pressuring insurers to break ties with dirty energy.
Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castañeda let his home’s flood insurance lapse. He had never filed a claim on the policy in 10 years and he needed the extra cash to expand his restaurant business.
The Nevada Highway Patrol Wednesday released video of the crash that killed two men killed in a fatal crash on U.S. Highway 93 on the morning of July 18.
The death toll from the state’s wildfires continued to mount Sunday, with eight fatalities now reported from blazes burning in Shasta County and near Yosemite National Park.
Eighteen separate crashes involving 45 cars caused a massive pileup on Interstate 10 Tuesday evening. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident began just before 5:30 p.m. between mile markers 200 and 199 on I-10 westbound in Leon County.
An estimated $10 million in damage was caused by last week’s devastating fire that affected four connected buildings at the River Trails Condominium complex in Prospect Heights, according to an official report released Wednesday.
In the Hawaiian religion, Tūtū Pele is the goddess of fire and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiians believe Kilauea to be inhabited by a “family of fire gods”, one of the sisters being Pele, who is believed to govern Kilauea and is responsible for controlling its lava flows.
A Colorado widow is battling her late husband’s insurance company because it decided to cut his worker compensation over marijuana. Adam Lee died in December while working at a Colorado ski mountain.
The first time I logged in to the internet, I had a dial-up modem and a large desktop computer with tower, a separate keyboard and giant speakers. After the dial tone, there were squeaks and honks as the computer took its time logging in. Then the words flashed across the screen: “You’ve Got Mail.”
You wouldn’t think that a single bunch of store-bought flowers could make a significant difference in a workers compensation claim outcome, but the value of such a simple, kind gesture cannot be overstated.
Pay-per-mile auto insurance start-up Metromile announced earlier this week that it had secured $90 million in a round of funding led by insurance industry titans Tokio Marine Holdings and Intact Financial.
An explosive night at Miami’s Melreese Golf Course as dozens of golf carts went up in flames. When firefighters arrived Tuesday night at the course, which is just east of Miami International Airport, they found the parking area for the golf carts fully engulfed in flames that were starting to reach the building.
A National Weather Service team will work to determine storm damage in Upton early Thursday morning was caused by a tornado. No injuries have been reported following the storm, which brought down several trees and some power lines.
