Attorneys for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company claimed a significant victory this month in a lawsuit filed by a California hotel chain claiming the COVID-19 virus physically transformed its insured properties that resulted in damages.
KKR & Co., one of the world’s biggest investment firms, beat Wall Street estimates of its first quarter earnings but they still weren’t good enough to escape the turmoil period in the private equity and real estate sectors.
Catastrophe losses, higher auto claims costs, and inflation all contributed to Allstate Corp.’s first quarter loss of $320 million – compared to a profit in the same period last year – company executives said this week.
The Fed’s tug-of-war against inflation continued this week as the central bank again raised interest rates to ward off rising prices while crossing its fingers that it won’t wreck the economy by pushing joblessness to new heights.
The U.S. economy grew at a paltry 1.1% annual rate in the first three months of this year, signaling a cooling trend that will likely lead to a recession later in 2023, analysts said.
Despite the expectation by now we’d be whizzing around in self-driving cars hasn’t lived up to predictions. A similar hope for automated trucking industry is waiting for the technology to catch up.