A federal judge last week ruled that a Pennsylvania-based insurance company is not on the hook for any potential liabilities generated by suspended South Carolina attorney Richard Alexander 'Alex' Murdaugh or his son Richard Alexander 'Buster' Murdaugh, Jr. in connection with the death of a teen in a 2019 boating accident.

Crawford & Company, the world's largest publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing services to carriers, brokers and corporations, has announced that Marie Velez, vice president of finance at Crawford & Company in Latin America, has been named Woman of the Year at the Stevie International Business Awards.

One of the primary insurers of Irving-based Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday that it has reached a tentative settlement agreement with the organization and with attorneys representing tens of thousands of men who say they were molested decades ago by scoutmasters and others.

On July 9, 2021, New York City's Biometric Identifier Information law went into effect, implementing a host of regulations regarding the collection, use, and sale of biometric data by commercial establishments in the five boroughs.

Search 'climate change and insurance' on the internet, and there will be no lack of information on the intersection between global warming and property insurance.

There is hope on the horizon for Texas contractors that, for decades, have borne liability for construction defects in owner-furnished contracts.

New data shows a sustained increase in U.S. traffic deaths that regulators ascribe to impaired driving, speeding, a failure to wear seats beats and other unsafe behavior since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Faced with thousands of lawsuits from local governments responding to the opioid epidemic, the makers, distributors, and suppliers of prescription painkillers have turned to their business insurance providers for help.

Claims leaders will need to evolve their mindsets if property & casualty insurers are to succeed in meeting customer demands post-COVID, senior Desjardins Insurance Group execs suggest.

A new University of Missouri study confirmed that sleep disorders elevate crash risk in drivers, especially workers with shift worker sleep disorder (SWSD) who were almost three times more likely to crash than other drivers.

Det. Brittney Hilton had no idea she had just been shot. All she said she felt at first was an incredible amount of pain, and a 'very sick feeling.'

Reversing a federal district court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently applied the Texas eight-corners rule to hold that an insurer had a duty to defend a restaurant chain against claims the chain breached its contract with a credit card processor by not preventing hackers from gaining access to its customers' private information.

I've waited for years now to see how insurance might fit with Jeff Bezos' quote that 'your margin is my opportunity.' Amazon's announcement last week that it will help sellers find product liability insurance through a network facilitated by Marsh may provide the answer.

Awarding summary judgment to an insurer under both liability and directors & officers (D&O) coverage parts, a New Jersey trial court reaffirmed the principle that claims of defective workmanship without resulting 'property damage' are not covered under a general liability policy, and further dismissed claims for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, finding that such claims were inherently intentional and do not state a covered 'occurrence.'

The Butte County district attorney is investigating whether a drone that reportedly interfered with firefighting aircraft in the crucial first hours of the Dixie Fire was operated by PG&E or one of its contractors.