Wed, Sept 7 | Insurance Commissioner pushes to lower cost of insurance with wildfire safety regulations 

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara submitted a first-in-nation regulation to drive down the cost of insurance for homeowners and business owners. (continue reading) 

Thurs, Sept 8 | Florida homeowners insurance surcharges coming as companies fold 

Florida homeowners will see their bills go up as the state’s property insurance crisis continues. Multiple insurance providers in the state have left the market. (continue reading) 

Thurs, Sept 8  | Viewpoint: Designing Insurance Pricing Variables…What’s Your Company’s Strategy? 

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners have abandoned flood insurance since the government revamped the federal coverage guidelines late last year, but the door may be opening for more private insurers to fill the growing gap. (continue reading) 

Thurs, Sept 8 | NYT Piece Calls out ‘Summer of Climate Disasters’ 

Insurance professionals in the alternative energies sector may want to take note of a recent Bloomberg opinion piece that focuses on supply chain and supply chain risks due to rising energy costs. (continue reading) 

Thurs, Sept 8  | Elon Musk $258 Billion Dogecoin Lawsuit Expands 

he $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has expanded, adding seven new investor plaintiffs and six new defendants including his tunnel construction business Boring Co. (continue reading) 

Thurs, Sept 9  | Major factors impacting the 2022 construction liability, insurance market 

t’s estimated that the industry will need to hire about 650,000 more employees just to keep pace with the demand for new construction, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors association. (continue reading) 

Fri, Sept 9 | State supreme court rules policy doesn't cover governments' opioid losses 

the Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that lawsuits brought by governmental bodies against a prescription opioid distributor seeking damages merely related to opioid-related addiction and overdoses do not invoke an insurers’ duty to defend. (continue reading) 

Supply Chain News 

• Wed, Sept 7 | The Supply Chain Broke. Robots Are Supposed to Help Fix It. 

• Wed, Sept 7  | Goldman Sachs expects home prices will fall in 39% of U.S. cities next year 

• Wed, Sept 7  | Supply chain problems are getting worse, not better, for US food retailers 

• Thurs, Sept 8 | Climate Change Could Worsen Supply Chain Turmoil 

• Fri, Sept 9  | Pentagon eyes commercial solution to supply chain problems 

Coronavirus News  

• Tues, Sept 6 | Mystery as to why new COVID variants have stalled in growth 

• Thurs, Sept 8 | Who should get the updated coronavirus vaccine booster now—and who should wait? 

• Thurs, Sept 8  | China Restricts Domestic Travel as Covid Outbreaks Persist 

• Fri, Sept 9 | Guest Column: COVID-19 Insurance Battles Could Help Hollywood Bolster Production Policies 

• Fri, Sept 9 | New private venture tackles the riddle of Long Covid—and aims to test treatments quickly 

Climate & Environment News 

• Tues, Sept 6| What is the environmental cost of factory-farmed meat? 

• Thurs, Sept 8 | World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds 

• Thurs, Sept 8 |   Queen Elizabeth II, who advocated for climate action, dies at 96 

• Thurs, Sept 8  | Rising seas could swallow 650,000 privately-owned property 

• Fri, Sept 9  |  As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation