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The Kansas court system needs at least $2.6 million in additional funds to recover from an October cyberattack that prevented the electronic filing of documents and blocked online access to records for weeks, the state’s top judicial official told legislators … Source: Claims Journal

Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, a recent U.S. Geological Survey report shows. A USGS-led team of more than 50 scientists and engineers in the latest USGS National Seismic Hazard Model created a color-coded map that … Source: Claims Journal

The US and UK’s decision to hit back at Houthi militants after weeks of attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea has only escalated the chaos across the shipping industry, underscoring the threat of an enduring supply-chain crisis as … Source: Claims Journal

Non-peak (secondary) perils and record-setting weather and climate events drove global insured losses from natural catastrophes to an estimated $123 billion in 2023, the fourth consecutive year to exceed $100 billion, according to Gallagher Re’s annual Natural Catastrophe and Climate … Source: Claims Journal

According to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s RateWatch, Farmers Insurance instituted double-digit rate increases in 43 states in 2023 for a weighted average rate increase of 17.6%—and its private-auto insurance peers in the U.S. did the same. All 10 of the … Source: Claims Journal

First responders such as law enforcement personnel, firefighters and emergency medical service providers experienced increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression due to job-related pressures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows. Additionally, their exposure to work-related stress … Source: Claims Journal

A Travis County district court sentenced a phlebotomist for double-dipping on her workers’ compensation benefits. Ruth Castilleja of Baytown, Texas, was sentenced on workers’ comp fraud charges after reporting an injury while working as a phlebotomist for BestCare Laboratory Services … Source: Claims Journal

Aircraft maker Bombardier Inc. won a significant victory in a legal tussle with Honeywell International Inc. over the cost of engines the Canadian company purchased for business jets. A Superior Court judge in the province of Quebec ruled that Honeywell … Source: Claims Journal

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that encouraged people to choke themselves. Members of a three-judge … Source: Claims Journal

An executive at Fujitsu Ltd., whose software contributed to improper convictions of UK Post Office sub-postmasters, said the company has a “moral responsibility” to help provide redress for those who suffered as a result. “I am personally appalled by the … Source: Claims Journal