Posts by Y@DminG

Three Honolulu police officers can be sued on excessive force claims for their part in handcuffing and arresting a 10-year-old girl at Honowai Elementary School in 2020, according to a recent decision by a panel of judges for the 9th … Source: Claims Journal

The law firms leading class-action litigation against PacifiCorp over the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires in Oregon want to examine whether the utility owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is colluding with other law firms to reach lowball settlements with … Source: Claims Journal

Behind a massive IT failure that grounded flights, upended markets and disrupted corporations around the world is one cybersecurity company: CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Known as a dominant supplier of software that protects businesses from ransomware attacks, CrowdStrike was thrust into … Source: Claims Journal

Cyber risk is manageable. But only if everyone involved in managing that risk is on the same page. Typically, when new cyber threats are detected or announced, cyber insurers notify their policyholders and encourage them to swiftly remediate potential risks. … Source: Claims Journal

Abbott Laboratories is considering pulling infant formula for premature babies off the market, Chief Executive Officer Robert Ford said, amid investor concerns about lawsuits over its safety. The fortified formula, designed for fragile infants under medical supervision, has drawn fire … Source: Claims Journal

WASHINGTON – Stellantis on Thursday recalled about 24,000 ChryslerPacifica plug-in hybrid minivans worldwide because of fire risks, and urged owners to park outside, away from structures. and not to recharge the vehicles pending a software update. Stellantis said the recall … Source: Claims Journal

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. is among the companies that have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion to resolve hundreds of lawsuits over the wildfires that ripped through Maui last year, according to people familiar with the deal. The … Source: Claims Journal

A new report warns that compounding natural disasters introduce new, interconnected, and complex risk scenarios — and points to a need to reimagine efforts that support disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery “in an era of intensifying extreme weather-climate events and … Source: Claims Journal

The MEMIC Group promoted Stacey Foote to vice president of claims. Foote will oversee MEMIC’s Eastern Region claims handling operation, including the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast territories. She has been part of MEMIC since 2004, starting as a compensation specialist … Source: Claims Journal

First, a North Carolina man filed a claim with Farm Bureau Insurance. Then he threatened three insurance agents with violence when he wasn’t paid as much as he expected, according to state authorities and one of the insurance agents. Brody … Source: Claims Journal