Posts by Y@DminG
Sedgwick: U.S. Product Recalls Dropped in Q2 in 5 Key Industries
Product recalls in the U.S. decreased across the automotive, consumer product, food and drink, medical device and pharmaceutical industries in the second quarter, a new report shows. A report from Sedgwick shows the 788 recalls across those industries represent a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWestern States Top Wildfire Risk Scores in New Analysis
California, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Arizona are the states most at risk for wildfires, earning an “F” rating, according to a new analysis by Guidewire detailing wildfire risk in the U.S. at local, state, and national levels. Guidewire’s HazardHub data … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClimate Change Intensified Typhoon Shanshan, Study Says
Typhoon Shanshan, which struck southern Japan last week with heavy rain and strong winds, was likely intensified by climate change, according to a study from Imperial College London. Researchers with the university teased out the contribution of global warming to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCourt Rules Lyft is a Motor Carrier and State Farm Can Be Sued Directly
Georgia lawmakers this year put an end to direct-action lawsuits against trucking companies’ insurers, but that did not come soon enough to bar litigation brought by people involved in accidents with ride-sharing services. The Georgia Court of Appeals this week … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMain Street America Insurance Exits Personal Lines
Main Street America Insurance said Thursday it will stop offering personal lines insurance in favor of a commercial lines strategy. The Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer founded about 100 years ago in Keene, New Hampshire said it is “tightening” its focus and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUnderwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation
As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage exclusions and, in some cases, declining to write liability policies at all … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreInvisalign Maker Reaches $27.5M Settlement of Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit
Align Technology, the maker of Invisalign clear teeth aligners, agreed to pay $27.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it entered an illegal antitrust conspiracy that drove up prices of aligners made by rival SmileDirectClub. The settlement would cover nearly … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCrowdStrike VP Set to Testify to Congress on IT Outage
A senior member of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.’s operations team is scheduled to appear before Congress to answer questions on the company’s global IT outage in July that disrupted industries around the world. In an advisory published on Friday, the House … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCargo Theft Increases Heading into Labor Day Holiday, Report Shows
While workers are taking a break to celebrate a holiday that honors labor, crooks will be laboring to take advantage of that time off. Cargo theft activity typically spikes on the days preceding and following Labor Day weekend, according to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSunk Superyacht Likely to Cost Insurers At Least $150 Million, Experts Say
Insurers of the Bayesian superyacht that sank this month, killing tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others, could be on the hook for at least $150 million, according to the first estimates by industry experts. The British-flagged 56-meter-long (184-foot-long) yacht, … Source: Claims Journal
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