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RTX Agrees to $950M Settlement Over US Defense Fraud, Qatar Bribery
RTX agreed to pay nearly $950 million to resolve federal charges it defrauded the U.S. Department of Defense into overpaying for defense systems and bribed an official in Qatar to secure business from the Middle East country’s air force. The … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreStellantis Recalls 54,000 Hybrid SUVs Worldwide Over Brake Pedal Defect
Carmaker Stellantis said on Wednesday it is recalling 54,000 hybrid crossover SUVs worldwide because the brake pedal in the vehicles could disengage and stop working. The recall, the company said, includes some 2024 through 2025 model-year Alfa Romeo Tonale plug-in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreReport: Natural Disaster Losses Below Average Through Q3, Despite Higher Frequency
Although 2024 has seen significant global natural catastrophe activity, economic costs were slightly below average through the third quarter, according to Gallagher Re’s latest Nat Cat report. The total economic loss from natural perils in the first three quarters of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreProgressive to Pay Policy Limits in Fatal Boat Crash That Involved Murdaugh’s Son
Progressive Insurance will pay $500,000, the policy limits, to the family of a young woman killed in a 2019 boat crash involving Alex Murdaugh’s youngest son, essentially ending the family’s legal actions in the tragedy. Progressive, which insured the boat … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreVerisk Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Milton at Between $30B and $50B
Insured industry losses to onshore property for Hurricane Milton will fall between $30 billion and $50 billion, according to an estimate out on Wednesday from Verisk. Moody’s RMS Event Response said earlier this week that total U.S. private market insured … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJ&J Must Pay $15M to Man Who Says Talc Caused His Cancer, Jury Finds
Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer, as a result of using the company’s talc powder for decades, a jury found on Tuesday. Plaintiff Evan … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMusk’s Vow to Make Lots of Robotaxis Conflicts With US Rules
Elon Musk promised to pump out robotaxis in high numbers when Tesla Inc. unveiled prototypes of its Cybercab last week. There’s a big problem with that: US rules won’t allow it. Automakers must secure permission from the National Highway Traffic … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWhat Keeps Small Business Owners up? Their Worst Workplace Nightmares
What workplace frights keep small business owners up at night? It may sound like part of a Halloween ditty, but it’s at the heart of a series of questions the people at Pie Insurance thought would be a good to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMilton’s 152,180 Claims So Far to Mean New Pressure on Reinsurance, Rate Hikes
Property Insurance claims from Hurricane Milton had topped more than 152,180 by Monday, with some $1.9 billion in estimated insured losses. That’s already more than the claims and losses reported for Helene, which made landfall in Florida two weeks earlier, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGlaxoSmithKline Sues Moderna for US Patent Infringement Over COVID Vaccines
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline sued Moderna in U.S. federal court in Delaware on Tuesday, accusing its American rival of violating GSK’s patent rights in messenger RNA (mRNA) technology with its blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax. According to the two lawsuits, Moderna’s lipid … Source: Claims Journal
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