LONDON — Murray Pulman says he is as tough as they come, but battles with his insurer have left him close to tears after a coronavirus lockdown forced his family-run cafe The Posh Partridge to close. Pulman was counting himself …
LONDON — London judges have ruled that some of the world’s biggest insurers were wrong to reject thousands of claims from small firms battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Tuesday. The FCA, which brought …
A federal appeals court on Monday cleared the way for New York state to collect about $200 million from drug manufacturers and distributors by imposing a surcharge on them to defray the costs of combating the opioid addiction epidemic. The …
Connecticut filed a lawsuit on Monday against oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp for misleading the public over the impacts of climate change, becoming the latest state to target the fossil fuel industry for violating state consumer protection laws. The state’s …
Pennsylvania authorities filed criminal charges on July 13 in Dauphin County against Kenneth Torres, Louis Torres, Ruth Negron-Acevedo, Juan Lopez-Barco and Philadelphia-based businesses EZ Multi-Services and Saul Auto Tags. According to the criminal complaints, the arrests stemmed from a multi-year …
LL Global Inc., the Windsor, Conn.-based, non-profit parent organization for trade associations LIMRA and LOMA, has hired John Carroll to lead its National Accounts team. He will report to Sean O’Donnell, senior vice president of LL Global Member Relations and …
Insurers and observers are weighing in on the ruling by a London court in a test case brought by Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to clarify insurance coverage for covid-19 related business interruption claims. The FCA says the court brought …
The Financial Conduct Authority said today’s High Court judgment in its coronavirus business interruption insurance test case found in favour of policyholders on the majority of the key issues. “Our aim throughout this court action has been to get clarity …
Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won’t come until later in the week or beyond, scientists and forecasters say, and the hazy and gunk-filled skies might stick around for even longer. People in Oregon, …
A month-old northern Colorado wildfire has destroyed 25 residential buildings and a total of 54 structures, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office says. The fire near Red Feather Lakes has burned 160 square miles and was 4% contained but hasn’t grown …