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SpaceX’s Starship Launch Goes Boom

Well, it looks like SpaceX’s Starship had a bit of a rough day. You know that feeling when you’re super excited for a big trip and then your car explodes just a few minutes after leaving the driveway? Yeah, that’s pretty much what happened here.
April 20, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines Texas

Many Organizations Admit To Covering Up Data Breaches

Almost a third (30%) of all IT and security professionals whose firms suffered a data breach did not publicly disclose the event, but rather decided to sweep it under the rug.
April 7, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines Fraud

Cargo Shipping Snarls Are Wreaking Havoc In The Supply Chain. One Group That’s Not Complaining? Thieves

There were 1,778 ‘supply-chain risk events’ across the United States and Canada in 2022, an increase of 15% from 2021, according to CargoNet, a commercial theft-prevention and recovery service.
April 3, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines

Construction’s Cloudy Outlook

This year expects to see challenges in the housing market, construction industry, and claims. The headwinds are plenty: higher interest rates for construction loans, rising labor and material costs, slowing demand from homebuyers squeezed by more expensive mortgages, and fears of a looming recession as cities continue to recover from the pandemic.
March 31, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines Property

Spooky Nook Lawsuit Designated As ‘Complex Litigation’

Butler County Judge Noah Powers designated this week the lawsuit against Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill and its owner, a subcontractor, and multiple insurance companies as ‘complex litigation.’
March 28, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines Litigation Ohio

Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment In East Palestine

Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday.
March 15, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Ohio

Louisiana Gubernatorial Candidate Declares She’d Halt Coastal Litigation

Louisiana Republican gubernatorial candidate Sen. Sharon Hewitt is promising to shut down all coastal litigation involving alleged damage from energy companies.
March 2, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines Litigation Louisiana

Ohio Residents Evacuate After Derailed Train Threatens Explosion

Residents of East Palestine in northeast Ohio have been asked to evacuate, as officials fear the cars of a train that derailed nearby might explode or release toxic gases.
February 6, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines Ohio

What To Expect In Builder’s Risk Insurance Claims In 2023

With interest rates on the rise, sticky inflation, few signs of a cooling labor market, and continued instability in Russia, China and beyond affecting energy prices and exports, the builder’s risk insurance industry is in store for more complex claims in 2023.
January 6, 2023 Excess & Surplus Lines

Oh, The Irony: Climate Change-Related Catastrophes Put Green Energy Infrastructure In Peril

The insurance industry may turn its back on the renewable energy sector if it endures another year of unprecedented natural catastrophe losses like 2022.
December 15, 2022 Catastrophe Excess & Surplus Lines

Hurricane Lisa’s Belize Landfall Triggered Parametric Payout For Coral Reef Protection

Hurricane Lisa’s landfall in Belize on November 2 triggered a parametric insurance policy that quickly provides funds to repair storm damage to the world’s second-largest barrier reef system.
December 1, 2022 Excess & Surplus Lines

Serious Cyberattacks On The Rise, Report Shows

About 75% of organisations have experienced a serious cyberattack in the past three years -- up from 60% last year -- according to the 2022 Cyber Security Insights Report conducted by S-RM, a global intelligence and cybersecurity consultancy.
November 18, 2022 Excess & Surplus Lines Technology

California’s Mosquito Fire to Cost Utility PG&E $100M

PG&E Corp. recorded a $100 million third-quarter charge for a California wildfire that its equipment may have sparked last month in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
California’s biggest utility said the costs of the Mosquito Fire should be largely offset by insurance and other rate recoveries, according to a filing Thursday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
November 2, 2022 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

Mondelez, Zurich Reach Settlement in $100M Cyberattack Lawsuit

Mondelez International and Zurich American Insurance reached a settlement late last week in their multi-year legal battle over the food company’s $100 million claim regarding damage from the NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.
November 1, 2022 Excess & Surplus Lines Litigation Property

Expert Opinion: Conflicting Testimonies In Billionaire’s Lawsuit Over Fire-Damaged Artwork

Late on the night of September 28, 2018, a fire broke out at billionaire financier Ronald Perelman’s East Hampton estate, known as the Creeks. Multiple firefighting teams from neighboring towns raced in to assist and, after approximately two hours, finally extinguished the blaze.
October 31, 2022 Excess & Surplus Lines Litigation New York
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