Archive for June 2026

Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela’s state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430. Families reported at least 68,900 people missing Saturday, three days after the … Source: Claims Journal

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) now says data taken earlier this month from its information technology systems has been published online by the hackers responsible. In a short note posted midday June 25, NAIC said it was “actively … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation has agreed with the World Bank’s guarantee arm MIGA to create a political risk insurance framework for a U.S.-Ukrainian reconstruction investment fund. The agreement, signed on Thursday on the sidelines of a Ukraine recovery … Source: Claims Journal

After several years of experimentation with generative AI and machine learning, many carriers have moved beyond asking whether AI has a role in insurance. Instead, they’re grappling with a different question: How do organizations know when an AI pilot is … Source: Claims Journal

Most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams, according to a new AP-NORC survey. The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center … Source: Claims Journal

An attack on a container vessel sailing through the Strait of Hormuz has prompted some shipowners to review exit plans, but traffic continued to flow in both directions through the vital thoroughfare on Friday. Two fully laden tankers are heading … Source: Claims Journal

London’s efforts to deal with rising temperatures come at a considerable financial cost that will require the city to turn to private investors for help, the mayor of the UK capital said. Instead of being a “future threat,” extreme heat … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court reined in thousands of lawsuits pursued in state courts accusing Bayer of failing to warn users that the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, handing a major legal victory on Thursday to the German … Source: Claims Journal

Billionaire Ira Rennert agreed to pay $150 million to resolve more than a thousand claims that a lead smelter owned by his companies poisoned residents of a Peruvian town, reaching a deal on the eve of a U.S. trial that … Source: Claims Journal

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. and other egg suppliers are close to resolving an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and a bipartisan group of states into alleged illegal price coordination, according to people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department and … Source: Claims Journal