Elon Musk failed to fend off an investor lawsuit claiming he manipulated the stock price of Twitter Inc. months before he bought the company in 2022 by concealing how much stock he’d acquired. A Manhattan federal judge on Friday said …
Property and casualty insurance has traditionally been a cyclical industry, meaning it goes through phases of firm pricing and tight capacity followed by softer market conditions that tend to favor insurance buyers. The ups and downs of insurance cycles complicate …
The family of Stephane Roy, a Canadian entrepreneur killed in a helicopter accident in 2019, has filed a C$50 million ($35 million) lawsuit against manufacturer Robinson Helicopter Co. Roy and his 15-year-old son Justin disappeared that summer while returning from …
The collapse of a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok — the lone building to crash during the massive earthquake last week — has become the center of Thai investigations as questions swirl around the construction and quality of the materials …
The death toll from Myanmar’s biggest earthquake in a century is set to climb from more than 1,700 following the end of a critical 72-hour rescue window, with aid efforts hampered by the ongoing civil war and sweltering heat. About …
According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council, auto insurance is more affordable now than at the start of the 21st century. The IRC, an affiliate of The Institutes, concluded that the average expenditure for auto insurance – …
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a filing from the California FAIR Plan Association to increase commercial property coverage limits. Related: New Fire Maps Put Nearly 4M Californians in Hazardous Zones The approval increases the FAIR Plan’s Division I Commercial …
A second part of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s campaign to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won approval Thursday from the state House of Representatives. The full tort reform package should be ready for the governor’s signature in coming weeks. The …
Conduit Re’s Chief Executive Officer Trevor Carvey has a decided to step down and retire with effect on April 11, according to the reinsurer’s parent company CHL. At the same time, the company announced a trading update with a stated …
MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer, announced the opening of an Australian branch office in Sydney, subject to Lloyd’s approval. Leading the branch office is Matt Botfield who has been named head of Australia and New Zealand. The office will …