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A cyber attack on a major financial services payments system could result in widespread business disruptions, potentially costing the global economy $3.5 trillion over a five-year period, according to research from Lloyd’s and the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. While … Source: Claims Journal

VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric — one of the nation`s largest utilities whose equipment has sparked some of California`s deadliest wildfires — wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas to prevent destructive … Source: Claims Journal

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s highest court on Monday upheld the search of Google users` keyword history to identify suspects in a 2020 fatal arson fire, an approach that critics have called a digital dragnet that threatens to undermine people`s privacy … Source: Claims Journal

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard said Monday it has launched a formal investigation into a fatal accident aboard a historic schooner off the coast of Maine in which a mast fell and killed one person and injured three … Source: Claims Journal

A divided Arizona Supreme Court upheld a state law that limits liability to bars and restaurants for damages caused by intoxicated patrons, overturning a jury verdict that would have awarded $800,000 to the family of a man who was killed … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. auto safety regulator has opened a probe into whether General Motors’ self-driving unit Cruise has taken sufficient precautions with its autonomous vehicles to safeguard pedestrians, it said on Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said its Office … Source: Claims Journal

TOKYO —Toyota Motor, the world’s biggest automaker by sales, will extend until Wednesday a partial production halt at two domestic assembly plants due to an accident at a supplier’s facility, a company spokesperson said. The incident at supplier Chuo Spring, … Source: Claims Journal

Fatigue and complacency led to a passenger and car ferry crashing into a terminal in Seattle last year, causing $10.3 million in damage to the ferry, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s final report. The Cathlamet ferry departed Vashon … Source: Claims Journal

The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer misunderstood when a three-year statute of limitations begins in dismissing the insurer’s claims relating to a fire on an insured’s property. The high court affirmed that a statute of limitations begins … Source: Claims Journal

Stuart Anderson, who played linebacker for the National Football League’s Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Commanders) in the mid-1980s, has lost his bid to collect workers’ compensation medical benefits. Anderson filed clams in 2018 and 2019 seeking benefits … Source: Claims Journal