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This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has so far lagged behind long-term trends, generated oddities and left seasoned forecasters scratching their heads. But now it’s finally shaking off the doldrums and spinning up storms. Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday north of … Source: Claims Journal

This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has so far lagged behind long-term trends, generated oddities and left seasoned forecasters scratching their heads. But now it’s finally shaking off the doldrums and spinning up storms. Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday north of … Source: Claims Journal

This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has so far lagged behind long-term trends, generated oddities and left seasoned forecasters scratching their heads. But now it’s finally shaking off the doldrums and spinning up storms. Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday north of … Source: Claims Journal

Utility Xcel Energy Inc. agreed to pay about $640 million to resolve claims that its power lines contributed to the 2021 ignition of the costliest wildfire in Colorado history. The company said in a filing Tuesday that it reached settlements … Source: Claims Journal

American Airlines Group Inc. was sued by the wife of a passenger killed in January when one of its regional jets collided with a military helicopter near Washington, one of the deadliest U.S. air disasters in decades. Lawyers for Rachel … Source: Claims Journal

A North Carolina judge has ordered $50 million be paid to the family of a Charlotte TV station meteorologist who was killed in a helicopter crash three years ago after finding the companies that owned and operated the aircraft liable … Source: Claims Journal

Homeowners in some of the biggest U.S. metros are paying up to 7% of their monthly home ownership costs for insurance, according to a new study. Roughly $146 of the typical $2,077 monthly housing bill is dedicated to property insurance, … Source: Claims Journal

Edison International expects to begin accepting applications “well before” Thanksgiving to compensate victims of the deadly Eaton Fire that destroyed swaths of the Los Angeles area in January, according to CEO Pedro Pizarro. That puts the utility company’s wildfire recovery … Source: Claims Journal

Zoox is seeking wider clearance from U.S. regulators to operate self-driving cars that lack traditional driving controls, suggesting that the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc. is preparing for broader commercial deployment. Zoox requested exemptions from U.S. vehicle safety standards field … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. lowered tariffs on auto imports from the European Union to 15% retroactive to Aug. 1, cementing the terms of the framework trade agreement the two sides struck this summer. The Department of Commerce and Office of the U.S. … Source: Claims Journal