New apps and smart locks from Amazon and Walmart that let retailers deliver packages inside your house or apartment -- even putting groceries in your refrigerator -- with a digital code while you are away raise liability questions and could raise home insurance rates, experts warn.
The driver of a semi-truck was apparently at fault in an accident Wednesday afternoon involving a driverless shuttle bus operating in Las Vegas, police say.
The mass media only reports the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cyberattacks. The real cost of a cyber claim remains drastically underreported, according to Scott Pidduck, senior underwriter at QBE Insurance Group.
The price tag for damage from Hurricane Irma in Florida continues to grow. In the eight weeks since Irma rampaged through the state, the estimated insured losses from property owners now stands at $5.55 billion, according to an updated report Monday from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.
An insurance company is seeking reimbursement for money it paid for damages to a tractor-trailer that were allegedly caused by a low-hanging communications wire.
Retired Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay, who twice won the game’s top pitching award and threw one of only two no-hitters in postseason history, died on Tuesday when his small plane crashed off the west coast of central Florida. He was 40.
Two California contractors are dead after falling from a helicopter in southwest Louisiana. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s spokeswoman Kim Myers says it happened about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sulphur.
A neighborhood is scattered with debris and a Sultan family without a home tonight after their house exploded early Thursday morning. Investigators say it was likely propane tanks stored inside the garage that caused the explosion.
Compared with the banks, insurance companies withstood the calamity of 2008 pretty well. American International Group Inc. was the main exception -- it needed an enormous bailout -- but the rest of the industry was spared the worst.
Lloyd’s of London underwriter Hiscox Ltd said it now estimates net claims for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria to total around $225 million, having previously estimated the same amount for Harvey and Irma alone.
Despite the Lac-Mégantic train derailment in July 2013 that claimed the lives of 47 people, destroyed more than 30 buildings and released about 6.3 million litres of oil into the environment, “moving any type of dangerous product by rail continues to be a very popular endeavour,” a speaker said last week at the Canadian Risk and Insurance Education Forum.
Following the massive headlines made by allegations against Harvey Weinstein, sexual harassment insurance has become a serious topic among businesses. A growing number businesses are seeking to cover their executives as the Hollywood producer and a large number of others in power are accused of sexual harassment and assault.
Double-dipping, Monday-morning injuries, faking, malingering and illegal banking activity are mainstays in workers compensation claimant fraud with no end in sight despite the fact that it’s now easier to get caught, according to experts.
Two of six South Florida personal injury attorneys facing charges in a wide-ranging insurance fraud investigation have reached plea agreements and are cooperating with investigators.
A powerful storm with at least nine confirmed tornadoes tore roofs off factories, ripped away storefronts and destroyed homes across Indiana, Ohio and into Pennsylvania.
