Archive for March 2026

Unconditional payments—payments made without condition or reservation of rights, such as settlement offers—restart the clock on the standard two-year prescriptive period for Louisiana first-party insurance claims, the state high court ruled. The prescriptive period is interrupted by unconditional payments even … Source: Claims Journal

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday overturned a $481 million ruling that New York’s Columbia University had won against software company Gen Digital for infringing patents related to cybersecurity technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said … Source: Claims Journal

U.S.-based startup Nuro said on Wednesday its self-driving vehicles are now operating on public roads in Tokyo with safety operators present, marking the company’s first international autonomous deployment. The Nvidia- and Uber-backed company said it did not train its system … Source: Claims Journal

The long back-and-forth struggle between State Farm General Insurance Company, the California Department of Insurance and Consumer Watchdog is winding down, with the parties agreeing that an emergency 17% homeowners insurance rate hike will stand. That 17% increase, and increases … Source: Claims Journal

Newswise — Youth football accounts for the largest share of sports‑related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in children and young adults, nearly one in every five TBIs, according to a preliminary study released March 4, 2026, that will be presented at … Source: Claims Journal

Finance-sector workers are about to become the unintended beneficiaries of the U.K.’s Employment Rights Act, a set of trade-union-backed policies primarily designed to strengthen protections for people in low-paying or insecure jobs. The Labour government will scrap the financial cap … Source: Claims Journal

Diagnosis-related allegations of malpractice are the most common neurology claims, a new report shows. A new medical malpractice review from the Doctors Company examining negligence allegations and contributing factors shows the most common allegation of negligence was diagnosis related (38%) … Source: Claims Journal

Chubb Ltd. is partnering with the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. on a $20 billion reinsurance backstop aimed at reviving shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil route being disrupted by the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran. … Source: Claims Journal

A cyberattack against medical technology maker Stryker Corp. crippled the company’s global operations, according to a person familiar with the matter and a memo seen by Bloomberg News. A pro-Iranian digital activist group, Handala, has claimed credit for the incident, … Source: Claims Journal

Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 550,007 vehicles in the U.S. as a faulty seat-back mechanism may fail to lock, increasing the risk of injury, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday. Related: Ford Recalling 605,000 Vehicles in … Source: Claims Journal