Full content: Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit against the court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son. The suit filed …

Full content: Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS) reports it has acquired McKee Risk Management, Inc., a King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based program administrator. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. McKee Risk Management provides underwriting, policy administration, claims coordination and risk management services …

Full content: Virginia will remain as one of only two states where courts do not allow class actions. Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, has vetoed a measure that would have initiated a procedure to allow class actions in state courts. The legislature …

Full content: Gallagher Appoints Practice Leaders From Assured Partners Gallagher is expanding its US retail brokerage capabilities with the appointment of the new practice leaders. Alush Garzon, managing director, manufacturing, brings extensive experience developing comprehensive risk management programs for manufacturers and has …

Full content: The small plane that crashed while carrying four pickleball players to a tournament near Austin last month had problems with freezing instruments before it broke apart midair, according to a preliminary federal investigation report released Friday. The Cessna 421C took …

Full content: The UK government must provide clarity on the future of Flood Re or risk seeing its failure to do so feed through to the country’s housing market. That’s according to the Climate Change Committee, a group created back in 2008 …

Full content: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an incident at SpaceX’s South Texas facilities that resulted in the death of a worker. Jose Luis Bautista, a 25-year-old man from Donna, died Friday morning after falling 8 feet from scaffolding, …

Full content: A day of wild weather and thunderstorms in Texas has led to nearly 500 canceled flights in the Dallas area, power outages across eastern reaches and a wildfire in a landfill near Amarillo that’s been dubbed the “Stinky Fire.” As …

Full content: North Carolina’s insurance commissioner announced his department will again offer webinars, starting this month, on the intricacies of flood insurance, with continuing education credit for insurance agents, adjusters, engineers, real estate agents and others. The WebEx sessions are free of …

Full content: This article appeared recently on Grindley’s Linkedin page. Republished here with permission. For those working in property insurance, adjusting, and forensic engineering, a proposed Florida rule may have unintended consequences for how claims are investigated and processed. The Florida Board …

Full content: California workers’ compensation written premiums in calendar years 2022 through 2025 were relatively stable compared to the large swings that occurred during the pandemic, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California published its latest Quarterly …

Full content: Mutual of Enumclaw named Joe Peterson vice president of claims and chief claims officer. Peterson has more than 20 years of claims leadership experience, most recently as vice president – P/C claims at Zenith Insurance Company. He also held multiple …

Full content: More than 3 million New York metropolitan-area homes are vulnerable to hurricane winds, the most of any region in the country, according to a report from Cotality, a property analytics firm. Roughly 3.27 million homes in the area face moderate …

Full content: Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office has resolved litigation with Liberty Utilities, a gas company that failed to properly mark a gas line in Lexington, leading to the death of a child, numerous injuries, and the destruction …