Posts by Y@DminG

Claims services provider McLarens named Danny Miller chief global strategy officer, a newly created role within the firm’s global management team. Miller will report to CEO Gary Brown. As CGSO, he will focus on long-term strategic planning, evaluation of merger … Source: Claims Journal

Ford Motor is recalling 850,318 vehicles in the U.S. due to a potential low-pressure fuel pump failure, which could cause an engine stall, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday. A faulty fuel pump can reduce fuel … Source: Claims Journal

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a … Source: Claims Journal

Louis Vuitton UK said hackers have stolen some customer data as the luxury brand becomes the latest target in a string of cyberattacks against retailers. On July 2, an unauthorized third party accessed the systems of the British unit of … Source: Claims Journal

Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people want to be enjoying lakes, trails and … Source: Claims Journal

Rescue crews in Texas kept a wary eye on river levels Monday, hoping to resume the search for people still missing from catastrophic flooding that pummeled the central part of the state earlier this month and killed at least 132 … Source: Claims Journal

Tesla Inc. will stand trial over claims that the company is partly to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida that occurred when the Autopilot system in a Model S allegedly failed to detect a parked SUV. Family members … Source: Claims Journal

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit this week alleging General Motors and its telematics service provider OnStar collected driving data without consumers’ knowledge or consent to create driving scores that were later sold to insurance companies and used … Source: Claims Journal

WTW named Alena Kharkavets North American head of claims in its insurance consulting and technology business. She will work with clients to advance their claims analytics, embedding data science and AI into claims processes. She also offers advice to clients … Source: Claims Journal

When Samantha Muñoz was a second grader at Fancher Creek Elementary in Clovis, her teacher told her she “wasn’t that bright” and needed extra help with schoolwork. He’d make her stay in the classroom at recess, or tell her to … Source: Claims Journal