Crews are starting street repair work after a car got stuck in a sinkhole Wednesday in Hobart, an official said. A stretch of Lincoln Street near East 9th Street was blocked off Wednesday after the front end of a car fell into a sinkhole.
Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America, a unit of Imerys SA, must pay $117 million in damages in a case involving a man who said he developed cancer due to his exposure to asbestos in talc-based products, a New Jersey state court jury said on Wednesday.
Back in December, reinsurance heavyweight Swiss Re published estimates for total economic losses and insured losses worldwide from 2017’s disaster events — now final numbers are out and they paint an even worse picture of the year that was.
A beachside house on a private road near Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester was completely destroyed by an intense two-alarm fire that broke out Saturday night, injuring a firefighter and igniting surrounding trees and grass, authorities said.
Allstate has lost its previous coveted spot in the auto insurance market. The insurance company had previously been in third place in the country. That said, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released data showing the provider’s downward slide.
Authorities say three highway workers were struck and injured on a Monroe County interstate. Officials said the accident happened Tuesday afternoon in a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation construction zone in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Tobyhanna Township.
The U.S. property and casualty industry continues to show rate increases, with a first quarter composite rate of plus 2%, according to MarketScout. The increase is in all lines except workers compensation, which had a rate decrease of 2%. The trend follows a 2% increase in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Federal authorities say an Eastern Shore man went on a multi-state ATM theft spree, stealing cars and crashing into convenience stores, then tying ropes or chains to the cash machines and dragging them out.
Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2017, costing almost $700 million, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) and State Farm®, the largest writer of homeowners insurance in the United States.
Monday marked six months since the first full day of the firestorm that destroyed entire neighborhoods in Napa and Sonoma counties. But half a year later, some families say they are still unable to move on, and they blame roadblocks from their insurance company.
A cannabis insurance payout has recently broken prior records in California. The Thomas Fire burned through a legal marijuana business at the close of last year (and the start of this one). The payout for the insurance claim was $1 million — higher than any previous payout in this category.
