A state-run veterans’ home in Pennsylvania heavily criticized for its handling of a coronavirus outbreak inside its walls drew a federal wrongful death lawsuit, filed by family members of five residents who died of COVID-19. The family members accuse Southeastern …
Jack Ma’s besieged Ant Group Co. is planning to fold its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank, according to people familiar with the situation, potentially crippling the growth of its most-profitable units. …
It was another busy year for the Southeast region – from Florida’s distressed property insurance market to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was plenty of news to follow. Some of the top insurance topics this year included: Florida, Florida, Florida The …
Hurricanes, Hurricanes and Tropical Storms It can’t come as any surprise that hurricanes and tropical storms topped the list of the most read subjects of interest in Insurance Journal’s South Central region. In a North Atlantic hurricane season for the …
COVID 19: Lawsuits and More Hundreds, if not thousands, of lawsuits have been filed across the U.S. in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the nation and the world this year. The Midwest region has not been spared …
Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise – at least a little. The city is considering offering residents …
Lost in the U.S. launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don’t know when they roll up their sleeves: In rare cases of serious illness from the shots, the injured are blocked from suing and steered instead to …
The top stories for Insurance Journal’s Western region in 2020 were patently obvious to anyone who reads the news, namely coverage of COVID-19, and stories on the massive Western U.S. wildfires. However, other subjects made their way onto the list …
To suggest that the property/casualty insurance industry should count its blessings in the year of the coronavirus is by no means to suggest 2020 was not a challenging year for the industry. The industry faced plenty of challenges throughout the …
It could go down as one of the most significant cyber attacks yet. Russian hackers breached a number of U.S. government agencies and dozens of private businesses through a tainted update downloaded for network-monitoring software made by SolarWinds. Potentially significant …