Things became all-too familiar for Kimya Williams after storms rumbled through Gary, Indiana, earlier this month leaving big chunks of the mostly-Black city in the dark for two weeks. The power outage reminded the 50-year-old of what she experienced in …
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley are among banks shareholders are suing over their roles on multibillion-dollar buyout deals after a recent corporate-law overhaul failed to protect financial advisers from potential liability. In cases against financial advisers, shareholders have …
Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heat waves dried out the clay soil on which much of the city is built. Insurance claims tied to subsidence — a phenomenon associated with bouts of hot, dry …
Los Angeles is bracing for a lengthy heat wave as the weather system that’s cooked Texas expands westward and begins stripping moisture from Southern California’s terrain. Heat alerts stretch from Santa Barbara along California’s central coast to the U.S.-Mexico border …
USI Insurance Services has sued three former producers, who “reneged on their contractual obligations” in a move to competitor Howden US, the brokerage alleged. According to a lawsuit filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District …
When Dan Landau ordered a portable photo printer from Amazon.com Inc., he expected the confirmation email to tell him what was on its way. Instead, he was notified that his “luggage” was coming. In another instance, the 38-year-old head of …
A federal judge has approved a $117.5 million data breach settlement against Comcast Cable Communications. The agreement represents one of the largest data breach settlement amounts and, with 31.7 million potential members, one of the largest classes in a data …
Almost every former National Football League player who died between 2016 and 2021 and allowed their brains to be evaluated were found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, stark evidence of the toll repeated head impacts can take on athletes. Researchers …
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a contractor has pled guilty to defrauding consumers through his residential contracting business. Gene M. Matlock, owner of Matlock Construction, pled guilty on August 17 to one felony count of deceptive business practices …
Alacrity Solutions Group LLC, headquartered in Fishers, Indiana, promoted Lee Boyd to chief operating officer (COO). Backed by over two decades of experience in the insurance industry, Boyd joined Alacrity in 2021 and has held the roles of vice president …