Posts by Y@DminG
Hyundai Says Four More Injuries Tied to SUV Rear Power Seat Recall
Hyundai Motor said it has reports of four minor injuries because rear power seats in new Palisade SUVs may trap a person as sales remained halted after an incident earlier this month in which a two-year-old girl was killed in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSwiss Re Says Wildfires, Storms, Floods Account for 92% of Global Insured Losses
Wildfires, severe convective storms and floods — also known as secondary perils — accounted for a record 92% of total global natural catastrophe insured losses of US$107 billion in 2025, according to Swiss Re Institute. Wildfires set a new loss … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAlphabet’s Wing to Start Drone Delivery in San Francisco Bay Area
Alphabet-owned Wing plans to begin delivering packages by drone to homes in California’s San Francisco Bay Area in the coming months, it said on Monday, extending its rollout to one of its earliest testing grounds. Wing is seeking to scale … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDoorDash’s New Paid Tasks Turn Couriers into AI and Robot Trainers
DoorDash Inc. is paying delivery couriers in some markets to submit video clips and complete other digital tasks to help improve artificial intelligence and robotics models, following competitors that have found creative new uses for gig workers in the AI … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNHTSA Closes Defect Petition Covering 2 Million Tesla Vehicles
The U.S. auto safety regulator on Friday rejected a petition seeking a sweeping recall of about 2.26 million Tesla vehicles, saying it had found no evidence of a safety-related defect. The decision removes the immediate risk of a large-scale recall … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGerman Court Rejects Bid to Ban Mercedes And BMW’s Fossil-Fuel Cars
Environmentalists suffered a setback on Monday when Germany’s top appeals court threw out their cases seeking to ban Mercedes-Benz and BMW from selling new combustion-engine cars from November 2030. The federal court of justice in Karlsruhe upheld lower court rulings … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTakeda, Lilly Rejected by Supreme Court on Actos Fraud Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for a multibillion-dollar racketeering lawsuit that accuses Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. of marketing the Actos diabetes drug without disclosing its link to bladder cancer. In a one-line order Monday, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSouthwest Heat Wave Tumbles Records, Raises Fire Risk
Nearly 9.5 million people across the U.S. Southwest face extreme high temperatures, as an ongoing heat wave continues to topple records and raise the risk of wildfires as far away as the Great Plains. Las Vegas reached 96F (36C) Saturday, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDistracted Driving: Why Awareness Alone Isn’t Working
Although the dangers of distracted driving are taught in every driver’s education course, more than one-third of drivers admit to doing it anyway. Research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety highlights that even though drivers support additional restrictions to … Source: Claims Journal
Read More‘Tag Man’ Charged With Title-Washing $3.8 Million in Stolen Luxury Autos
A Philadelphia man has been charged for his alleged role in a vehicle title-washing scheme involving dozens of stolen luxury vehicles valued at nearly $4 million, according to state police and prosecutors. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said an investigation … Source: Claims Journal
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