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Key Drivers Behind Cyber Insurance Claims

There’s plenty of attention paid when a company like Target or Home Depot gets hacked. These major cyber breaches attract extensive media coverage, often creating the illusion that it’s only big businesses that are at risk of an attack. But that’s far from the case.
October 5, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines

Tesla Must Defend Lawsuit Alleging Abuse Of Foreign Workers

A federal judge has ruled that Tesla must defend itself at a trial over allegations it knew foreign workers at one of its facilities were threatened with deportation if they reported an injury and worked long shifts that violated forced labor laws.
October 5, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation California

Travelers Unit Not Obligated To Defend Hotel Group In Breach

A Travelers Cos. Inc. unit has successfully obtained a declaratory judgment it has no duty to defend a Florida hotel group under its commercial general liability coverage in connection with $2.4 million in fines and other costs it incurred stemming from a data breach.
October 5, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Florida

Thousands Of People’s Insurance Appeals Went To A Doctor Feds Say Is A Fraud

For years, Spyros Panos seemed like a successful orthopedic surgeon, seeing dozens of patients a day and bringing in millions of dollars in fees for his suburban New York medical group.
October 2, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Fraud Life & Health Litigation Workers' Compensation

Kentucky Plane Crash Litigation: A Case Of Policy Language Interpretation

The insurance agency holding the policy on the aircraft in which Scott T. Foster and three others were killed has filed an answer in federal court to allegations of a violation of the Kentucky Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act.
October 1, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Litigation Kentucky

Coast Guard Finds Lone Survivor From Helicopter Crash In Alaskan Waters

The United States Coast Guard is suspending its search for three people missing after a helicopter crashed near Lituya Bay Friday evening. The Coast Guard announced that the search was suspended around 12:30 p.m. Sunday after more than 36 hours had passed since the crash.
October 1, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Alaska

Most People Underrate Cyber Risk: Chubb

Despite the increasing frequency of cyberattacks, most people are largely unprepared and at risk should they or their family be targeted, according to a new study from Chubb.
September 26, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines

Hit-And-Run Crash Into Lube Shop Causes $800K In Damage

An early morning fire that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars to a business began when a car hit the building early Saturday (Sept. 22) morning, according to Tampa Fire Rescue.
September 24, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Florida

Three Dozen Train Cars Derail In Northwest Iowa

Authorities responded to another train derailment in a small northwest Iowa town Sunday morning after a week of heavy rains.
Sioux County authorities said no one was hurt in the accident and no hazardous materials had leaked into the Floyd River or could be detected in the air above Alton, near where the train crashed Sunday.
September 24, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Iowa

14-Story Apartment Building Evacuated In Downtown San Diego Due To Flooding

Residents of a 14-story downtown high-rise evacuated due to flooding Sunday morning will not be allowed to return for several days.
Firefighters were called to the Diamond Terrace Condominiums on the 400 block of Ninth Ave. just before 5 a.m. Sunday.
September 24, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property California

Florence The Last Straw For Some South Carolina Farmers

Ronald Rabon’s family has been farming their Aynor property for four generations, but Mother Nature is getting in the way of the only job Rabon has ever known. Rabon, the 63-year-old owner and operator of Double R Farms off Valley Forge Road, is facing a devastated crop yield for the third time in four years after Hurricane Florence brought copious rain and salt air onto his roughly 1,300-acre farm.
September 21, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines South Carolina

Lawsuit Targets Massachusetts Utility Over Deadly Gas Explosions

A resident of a Massachusetts city rocked by last week’s deadly gas blasts that damaged dozens of homes sued utility operator NiSource Inc on Tuesday, accusing it of inadequately maintaining its distribution system.
September 19, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Property Massachusetts

Biohazards, Toxins In North Carolina Floodwaters

The 40 inches of rain Hurricane Florence has dumped on North Carolina is leaving a trail of industrial waste as runoff from coal ash pits, inundated sewage systems, and feces from dozens of hog farms pour into rivers, lakes and neighborhoods.
September 18, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property North Carolina

Drone Teams Deploy To Assess Utilities, Flood Damage In The Carolinas

With the remnants of Hurricane Florence continuing to deluge the southeastern U.S., a small army of drones is being deployed to identify and fix damage caused by flooding.
September 18, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Technology North Carolina South Carolina

Gas Company Linked To Massachusetts Explosions Has Had Prior Incidents

The corporate parent of the Massachusetts natural gas utility that’s the focus of an investigation into explosions and fires that killed one person and injured about 25 others had links to three previous gas line blasts, a review of federal and state records and court filings shows.
September 17, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Subrogation Massachusetts
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