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Although Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and Ajit Jain told investors last month that GEICO is playing catch-up with Progressive to improve technology and connect rate to risk, Berkshire’s personal auto insurer still surpasses Progressive on customer satisfaction. According to the … Source: Claims Journal

A hack on a London hospital has left hundreds of millions of health records exposed and forced doctors to reschedule life-altering cancer treatments. In North America, a gang tried auctioning off data about LendingTree Inc. customers after finding credentials in … Source: Claims Journal

Gallagher named Alex Michon area president, Rachel Burnett area chief operating officer, Joe Kirksey managing director of the crop practice group and Laila Brabander president of private client. Michon will launch the new Sacramento satellite office. Michon’s area of specialization … Source: Claims Journal

In the early 2000s, many accident reconstructionists believed that the emergence of event data recorders meant that EDRs would replace many of the traditional accident investigation techniques. These EDRs were commonly found integrated into the airbag control modules (ACMs) of … Source: Claims Journal

The National Transportation Safety Board opened a meeting Tuesday to determine the probable cause of a February 2023 Norfolk Southern NSC.N train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and is making sweeping recommendations to boost rail safety. The derailment forced residents … Source: Claims Journal

Traffic fatalities declined about 3% in the first quarter, according to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The organization said that it estimates that 8,650 people died in traffic crashes in the first three months of the … Source: Claims Journal

CDK Global does not expect the cyber attack-led ongoing outage in its dealer management software, which dealers across the United States use, to be restored before the end of the month, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday. … Source: Claims Journal

Many more properties, including hundreds of thousands of homes across Florida and other parts of the Southeast, will be required to purchase flood insurance after July 31, due to revisions in federal flood maps. For some of the most exposed … Source: Claims Journal

Apple Inc. unfairly fired an employee for making racist comments that were part of a toxic workplace culture at one of its London stores, according to a UK court ruling. Apple’s investigation, before firing Timothy Jeffries who worked as a … Source: Claims Journal

Ford Motor said Tuesday it is recalling 668,000 F-150 pickup trucks worldwide from the 2014 model year because vehicles can unexpectedly downshift into the first gear causing a loss of driver control or rear-wheel lockup. A loss of signal can … Source: Claims Journal