In all-risk policies, an excluded cause of damage must be the sole cause of damage for the exclusion to apply, a federal appeals court decided last week in an opinion that clarifies North Carolina law but could make some claims …

Amica Insurance is using the comeback journey of Boston Celtics basketball star Jayson Tatum in its new advertising campaign. The campaign traces Tatum’s recovery from his injury last May. The campaign is titled “Back to Zero” — named with Tatum’s …

As national Democrats search for a unifying theme ahead of the fall’s midterm elections, a California proposal to levy a hefty tax on billionaires is turning some of the party’s leading figures into adversaries just when Democrats can least afford …

It’s been more than a year since the Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles, and attorneys who work in first‑party property claims are still seeing a steady rise in disputes. That trend isn’t slowing down anytime soon—these claims will …

Women in Wisconsin will soon be eligible to receive expanded Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth following near-unanimous passage of a measure last week by the Wisconsin Assembly that would leave Arkansas as the only state …

Twenty professional models who sued three Massachusetts-based strip clubs alleging that the clubs used their images in commercial advertisements without their consent and without paying them have been denied their bid to collect from one of the clubs’ insurers on …

AbbVie on Monday said it would invest $380 million to build two new active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facilities at its Illinois campus, expanding its domestic production capacity for its neuroscience and obesity medicines. The investment is part of AbbVie’s broader …

The South Dakota Legislature is considering a bill that would establish a statutory 75% minimum damage threshold for declaring a vehicle a total loss, which insurers say could negatively impact drivers through increased premiums and reduced road safety. Senate Bill …

Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver’s licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many birth certificates under a new law that goes beyond Republican-imposed restrictions in other states on listing gender identities in government documents. The new …

The former police chief in New Haven, Connecticut, was arrested Friday on larceny charges following allegations he stole $85,000 from two department accounts. Karl Jacobson, 56, who abruptly retired from the department in January, turned himself in on an arrest …

Nurses at a big New York hospital system approved a new contract Saturday, voting to end a major nursing strike after more than a month. More than 4,000 nurses in the privately run NewYork-Presbyterian system went on strike Jan. 12. …

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts governors issued state of emergency orders and a halt to non-essential travel as a major storm was expected to bring up to 24 inches of snow and strong winds to the region. Around …

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will brief lawmakers on Capitol Hill next week about the temporary closure of airspace around El Paso, Texas, earlier this month. Duffy told reporters Friday that he stood behind the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision, …

Qumis, a lawyer-built AI-driven platform for commercial insurance coverage intelligence, announced a $4.3 million oversubscribed seed round led by MTech Capital, with new strategic investor American Family Ventures and participation from all prior investors. Total funding reaches $6.75 million. The …

AM Best said the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs will help to “ease uncertainty across the insurance industry.” “Managing through unknowns is a challenge to any industry and most observations and segment …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon plc and Arch Insurance International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Fraccalvieri as CEO of Global Facultative Re, Succeeding Laing Insurance broker Aon plc announced that …

Palantir Technologies Inc.’s surprise announcement that it’s moving from Denver to Miami is even more surprising because, at least initially, it’s going to be anchored at a co-working space. A regulatory filing lists the company’s “principal executive offices” at an …

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced her office has secured a consent judgment against a Michigan construction company for accepting deposits for construction projects that were never finished and then failing to return the funds. Nessel filed a lawsuit last …

Erie Insurance said Tim NeCastro, president and chief executive officer, will retire on Dec. 31 after 10 years leading the company. NeCastro, who was named CEO in 2016, led the company’s growth to nearly $13 billion in premium and more …

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week fined an Alabama utility contractor $257,700, six months after three workers died from sewage gas while installing sewer lines. Construction Labor Services, based in Eight Mile, near Mobile, Alabama, failed to …