Posts by Y@DminG

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to lean on Wednesday toward making it easier for people from “majority backgrounds,” such as white or straight people, to pursue workplace discrimination claims, as they heard an appeal by an Ohio woman who claims … Source: Claims Journal

Walgreens said it had entered into a settlement agreement with telemedicine provider Everly Health Solutions as part of which the pharmacy chain operator will pay the company $595 million over a contract dispute for COVID-19 testing. The settlement, payable within … Source: Claims Journal

In the era of cutting-edge computer modeling, satellite data and AI, there has never been more abundant information on the danger that wildfire poses to homes in the Los Angeles area. But that didn’t necessarily help thousands of homeowners correctly … Source: Claims Journal

Germany’s Munich Re expects about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) in claims resulting from the Los Angeles wildfires, it said on Wednesday, representing the biggest loss reported so far by a single European reinsurer for the January catastrophe. The wildfires … Source: Claims Journal

As consumer complaints have apparently mounted over unpaid hurricane losses, Florida’s top insurance regulator and some lawmakers are signaling new scrutiny on insurance carriers’ claims-handling and other practices. Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky late last week posted a memo, demanding … Source: Claims Journal

A federal judge on Tuesday said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that the Facebook and Instagram parent prefers to hire foreign workers because it can pay them less than American workers. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San … Source: Claims Journal

Malaysia’s 1MDB has dropped a years-long lawsuit against Riza Aziz, one of the producers of hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street, and a stepson to jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak. The state investment fund, known formally as 1Malaysia … Source: Claims Journal

The number of Americans that think it’s a good idea for property/casualty insurers to leverage artificial intelligence is headed down, with a growing number of people who say they would be less likely to buy a policy with an insurer … Source: Claims Journal

Smartwatches and other wearable technologies have the potential to change the pricing of life insurance policies by offering better data about individuals’ mortality risk, according to a new report by reinsurance company Munich Re and analytics firm Klarity. The study … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were investigating a multi-state outbreak of listeria infections linked to frozen supplemental shakes manufactured by Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. As of … Source: Claims Journal