
Unveiling Modern Trial Tactics in Transportation Cases through Expert Roundtable
CLM’s Transportation Community experts discuss virtual mediations and assessing the strength of the plaintiff’s attorney.
October 31, 2023
Auto
Education & Training
Insurance Industry
Liability
Litigation
Illinois
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania

Halloween Drunk Driving: A Frightening Reality of Impaired Drivers Amid Celebrations
The only thing scarier than zombies and witches loose on the streets on Halloween is an impaired driver, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
October 30, 2023
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Risk Management

Erie Insurance Faces Accusations of Racial Bias in Underwriting Practices
Erie Insurance defends its practice of telling agents to use subjective factors when judging a potential customer. Maryland regulators say the company sought to exclude Black and Hispanic people.
October 30, 2023
Insurance Industry
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Litigation
Maryland
New York
Pennsylvania

Matthew Perry’s Hot Tub Incident Highlights Insurance Risk Concerns
When it comes to washing away stress and soothing achy joints, it’s hard to beat the warm water and gurgling jets, but the actor’s untimely death serves as a painful reminder of the risks inherent to owning a hot tub.
October 30, 2023
Insurance Industry
Liability
Risk Management

Insurance Claims Spookily Spike as Halloween Nears, Says APCIA
Halloween might be the scariest time of the year in more ways than one. Home and auto insurance claims tend to go up the closer we get to Oct. 31, according to the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
October 30, 2023
Auto
Liability
Property

Virginia School Shooting Sparks Legal Dilemma: Workers’ Compensation or $40 Million Lawsuit for Injured Teacher?
A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher?
October 27, 2023
Education & Training
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
Virginia

Striking a Digital Balance: Insurers Tackling Claims Complexity in a Digital Age
Americans are turning to digital channels for some home and auto insurance needs, but other areas have proven more complicated.
October 27, 2023
Auto
Insurance Industry
Liability
Property
Technology

What is Super Fog? The Mix of Smoke and Dense Fog Caused a Deadly Pileup in Louisiana
The National Weather Service called it ‘super fog’ — a combination of thick smoke from fires in marshy wetlands of south Louisiana and the fog that often hangs thick in the air on cool, windless mornings.
October 27, 2023
Catastrophe
Liability
Louisiana

California Insurance Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing from Small Business Owners
Erin Lee McCarroll, 49, of Laguna Beach, California, was arraigned on 27 felony counts including grand theft and forgery after a California Department of Insurance investigation.
October 24, 2023
Fraud
Liability
Workers' Compensation
California

Owner of California Biolab charged With Mislabeling, Lacking Permits
The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on charges of not obtaining the proper permits.
October 24, 2023
Fraud
Legislation & Regulation
Liability

Hot Sauce Plaintiff Goes Cold on False Advertising Claim
For reasons unknown, California hot sauce aficionado Phillip White asked a federal court to dismiss his entire lawsuit over Texas Pete hot sauce.
October 13, 2023
Liability
Litigation
California
North Carolina
Texas

How Sports Are Insured
While on-field activities get the attention, an army of professionals works behind the scenes to conduct the business of sports. Whether the sport is football, soccer, basketball or even eSports, all have one thing in common — they require insurance.
October 3, 2023
Liability
Life & Health
Risk Management
Workers' Compensation

Disney ride caused serious ’gynecologic injuries’ for woman after waterslide ’wedgie’ during 30th birthday celebration
A woman says that a trip down a waterslide at a Disney World theme park ended in injuries serious enough to require surgery.
October 2, 2023
Liability
Litigation
Weird
Florida

Attacking the Risk Crisis: Roadmap to Investment in Flood Resilience
As part of its attack on the risk crisis, Triple-I recently participated in a project led by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to develop a roadmap for mitigation investment incentives.
October 2, 2023
Catastrophe
Liability
Risk Management

Hawaiian Electric’s Neglected Right-of-Way Possibly a Key Factor in Maui’s Wildfire
Melted remains of an old car tire. Heavily burned trees. A charred stump of an abandoned utility pole. Investigators are examining these and other pieces of evidence as they seek to solve the mystery of last month’s deadly Maui wildfire...
September 28, 2023
Liability
Hawaii



