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A federal district court in New York has approved a $10.5 million class action settlement by digital insurer Lemonade over its exposing license numbers of as many as 190,644 drivers to third parties through its online auto insurance quote platform. … Source: Claims Journal

The New World screwworm resurfaced in New Mexico just as a major gateway for Mexican cattle imports is poised to open in the state. The parasite, which infests the wounds of livestock, was confirmed Thursday in a horse in New … Source: Claims Journal

A liquefied natural gas tanker bringing fuel from the U.S. to Europe suffered a systems failure that the crew reported as a suspected cyber-attack, according to people familiar with the matter. In the latest of a number of potential cybersecurity … Source: Claims Journal

Heat will continue to sear the Great Plains and central Mississippi Valley this weekend, as well as pushing into Texas, Oklahoma and even the eastern U.S., prompting the nation’s largest grid operator to call on customers to conserve energy. Dallas … Source: Claims Journal

A senior Glencore Plc executive last year urged counterparts at Radiant World not to communicate by email, according to WhatsApp messages from the company’s head of iron ore seen by Bloomberg News. “Say nothing on email,” Peter Hill wrote in … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. EV maker Lucid Group and European shared mobility platform Bolt said on Thursday they are teaming up to roll out self-driving ride services across Europe, as they seek to tap into the region’s emerging robotaxi market. Lucid shares rose … Source: Claims Journal

The Atlantic has been pretty quiet so far this season, but one system east of Bermuda could soon develop into a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday. If the storm were to develop into a Category 5 hurricane … Source: Claims Journal

Credit Acceptance Corp. agreed to a $710 million settlement with 40 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. to resolve charges it drove thousands of borrowers with low incomes and low credit scores into predatory auto loans it knew they could not … Source: Claims Journal

Open-source artificial intelligence is making it easier for hackers to hide malicious code on blockchains, opening a new front in a crypto industry already grappling with rising cybercrime. Instances of malware instructions written into on-chain transactions and smart contracts are … Source: Claims Journal

Multilevel marketing company Amway Corp. and two of its affiliates will pay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Washington state $225 million to resolve allegations it recruited new members by deceptive claims about how much money they could make, the … Source: Claims Journal