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High claim severities, persistent risky driving behavior, electric vehicles and shop-and-swap consumers are challenging auto insurers to stay profitable. The challenges will continue through the end of the year and beyond, according to the 2024 U.S Auto Insurance Trends Report … Source: Claims Journal

Hundred-year storms. Record wildfires. Unexpected tornados. These and other extreme weather and national catastrophe events are happening more often today due to climate change. While the impacts of climate change have been unfolding over the last several decades, they’ve intensified … Source: Claims Journal

A bid by GSK and other drugmakers to stop more than 70,000 lawsuits in Delaware over discontinued heartburn drug Zantac has received the backing of leading U.S. industry groups, including the United States Chamber of Commerce and Pharmaceutical Research and … Source: Claims Journal

ATI Restoration named Bernie Tobin sales vice president. Tobin will oversee a team of business development managers throughout the company’s East region. Tobin has more than three decades of senior management experience. Before joining ATI, he was co-founder and managing … Source: Claims Journal

Auto retailers across the US are likely to be out of service for days following a second major cyberattack at CDK Global, the software provider that thousands of dealers rely on to run their stores. “At this time, we do … Source: Claims Journal

A majority of global insurers are actively endorsing the application of AI chatbots and generative AI in claims resolution processes, underwriting and customer fulfilment, according to a survey conducted by Gallagher Bassett, the claims-services provider and subsidiary of Arthur J. … Source: Claims Journal

Allstate Corp. on Thursday reported May pretax catastrophe losses of about $1.4 billion. The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer said 14 events contributed to nearly $1.5 billion in catastrophe losses for May, with 70% attributable to five wind and hail events mostly … Source: Claims Journal

Families of the victims of two fatal 737 Max crashes are asking the Justice Department to seek to fine Boeing Co. nearly $25 billion, saying the company committed “the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history.” That amount is “legally justified … Source: Claims Journal

With temperatures pushing above 90 degrees in parts of the Midwest and Northeast United States this week, many American workers are clocking in during what AccuWeather described as an “intense heat wave that is impacting more than 135 million people.” … Source: Claims Journal

Farmers Insurance officials this week said they have spoken with employees after receiving an anonymous letter, apparently from a group of in-house adjusters, accusing the insurer of understaffing and overworking claims professionals. “Farmers Insurance has always been a leader in … Source: Claims Journal