A Maryland board approved $2.9 million in compensation Wednesday for a man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two murders he did not commit. John Huffington was pardoned by former Gov. Larry …
If a person’s right to bring a personal injury lawsuit has expired by the time of his or her death, the person’s estate is barred from bringing a wrongful death suit in Massachusetts for the benefit of the beneficiaries. The …
The South Carolina Safe Home wind mitigation program has been revised to allow higher grant awards. The South Carolina Department of Insurance said in a bulletin this week that the program, which helps homeowners fortify their homes to better resist …
Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers have upped their hurricane season forecast. An above average Atlantic hurricane season is now expected for 2023, though there is a greater level of uncertainty than normal. The CSU team now predicts 18 named …
A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general Thursday urged the Biden administration to abandon its proposal to sharply cut vehicle tailpipe emissions, which would require dramatically more electric vehicles, saying it would harm the economy and burden the electrical …
SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, announced it has completed a ground-up loss portfolio transfer (LPT) of a portfolio of primarily reinsurance business with the legacy acquisition specialist Compre. This is the second LPT the companies have partnered on. Compre assumed …
Liberty Mutual Names Johnson President of Field Operations & Marketing, Global Risk Solutions North America Liberty Mutual Insurance, based in Boston, Mass., appointed Ben Johnson as president of field operations & marketing, Global Risk Solutions (GRS) North America, effective July …
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced it had completed its previously announced acquisition of Re Solutions, the leading independent reinsurance broker in Israel. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With immediate effect Re Solutions has become …
Fox Corp settled for $12 million a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had claimed gender discrimination and accused the network’s lawyers of pressuring her to make misleading statements in the Dominion Voting Systems case, her lawyer …
When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. So it was not a surprise to legal observers that Peterson was acquitted …