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Global sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 29% year-on-year in March, helped by growth in China and Europe, while EV growth in North America was hampered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s stance towards emissions standards and uncertainties around … Source: Claims Journal

Hertz is alerting customers to a data breach involving drivers’ license numbers and other personal information following a hack in its supply chain. The car-rental company said in a posting on its website that it completed an analysis of the … Source: Claims Journal

Europe experienced the hottest year on record in 2024, as climate change combined with a strong El Niño to generate a series of extreme weather events and force glaciers into retreat. Half the continent reported new heat records in 2024 … Source: Claims Journal

The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage. That guidance came on Monday in response to a growing number of insurers relying on photo and … Source: Claims Journal

A deadly landslide at a top nickel-producing hub in Indonesia has heightened scrutiny of a method used to extract the battery metal from low-grade ore, spurring concern among buyers about the future of a vital source of supply. Two workers … Source: Claims Journal

Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since floodwaters that inundated the whiskey-making campus receded. But executives say the painstaking task of inspecting any bourbon barrels touched by the high water will take time. The … Source: Claims Journal

More than half of small business leaders believe artificial intelligence will play a “crucial role” in worker safety over the next five years, according to a new report from Pie Insurance. A survey of decision-makers from just over a thousand … Source: Claims Journal

Starting in the 1980s, New York law enforcement and health officials fielded sexual abuse complaints from the young patients of a respected pediatrician who ran his practice out of a basement office in his home on Long Island. But Stuart … Source: Claims Journal

DaVita Inc. said it has been impacted by ransomware that had locked down parts of its network. The company, which specializes in providing kidney dialysis to patients at more than 700 hospitals in the US, said in a statement Monday … Source: Claims Journal

All sense of survivors’ guilt was fleeting for those residents whose homes remained standing after wildfires ripped through the Los Angeles area three months ago. Many worried that smoke from the Eaton wildfire that destroyed more than 9,000 structures and … Source: Claims Journal