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Illinois Supreme Ct.: 5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Biometric Privacy Claims

Feb 3 2023 // Plaintiffs have five years to file claims to allege violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments by business advocates that a one-year statute of limitations...

Allstate Reports $310M Q4 Loss as Auto Claims Costs Motor Past Rate Hikes

Feb 2 2023 // As it had warned last month, Allstate Corp. reported a fourth quarter 2022 loss of $310 million as losses from auto insurance outpaced an increase in revenue.Results were in comparison to net income of $790 million for Q4...

People Moves: Batt Is Trium Cyber Head of Product; Tyng New Lead of HDI U.S. Captive Solutions; SiriusPoint Names Sigle Head of Claims; HUB Hires Chief HRO

Feb 1 2023 // Lloyd’s Trium Cyber Appoints Batt as Head of ProductTrium Cyber, the first entity approved by Lloyd’s to launch a monoline cyber syndicate, has appointed Jeffrey Batt as head of product. As head of product,...

Tennessee Department Obtains $11.5M for Policyholders in Insurance Claims Disputes

Feb 1 2023 // The Tenneesse Department of Commerce and Insurance secured a record $11.5 million for policyholders in 2022, after mediating complaints about insurers.The department’s insurance services team mediated 3,249...

Insurers Hit With Thousands of Claims Following Storms and Floods in New Zealand

Jan 30 2023 // Major insurers operating in New Zealand including Insurance Australia Group and Suncorp Group have cumulatively received over 9,000 claims so far following severe storms and flooding in and around the biggest city,...

Musk Faces SEC Probe for Role in Tesla Self-Driving Claims

Jan 30 2023 // US regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s role in shaping Tesla Inc.’s self-driving car claims, the latest effort by watchdogs to scrutinize the actions of the world’s second-richest person.The review...

Report Says Social Inflation Adds Up to 11% to Physician Malpractice Claims

Jan 25 2023 // Social inflation accounts for 8% to 11% of all medical malpractice losses for carriers that insure physicians, according to an actuarial analysis commissioned by The Doctors Co.TDC hired Moore Actuarial Consulting to...

A Class-Action Wave Is Coming for ESG Claims

Jan 25 2023 // Lawyers are bracing for an increase in ESG-related cases as corporate disclosure requirements stiffen around the world.A survey by the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright found that 28% of more than 430 general counsel and...

People Moves: Marshall & Sterling New Senior Leadership; Rock Hired as Trium Cyber Claims Chief; Nexus Nabs Product Recall Specialist Darlea

Jan 24 2023 // Marshall & Sterling Names New Senior Leadership TeamMarshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc., has appointed Eric Diamond as chief executive officer. Prior to joining Marshall & Sterling in 2009, Diamond was...

Virginia Jury Rejects Woman’s Claims Against Four Police Officers Over Sex Ring

Jan 24 2023 // ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury on Friday rejected a woman’s allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her.The eight-person...

J&J Subsidiary to Pay $9.75M to Settle Claims of Free Products to Induce Surgeon

Jan 24 2023 // A subsidiary of health care company Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle allegations that it violated federal and state law by providing free products to a surgeon to induce him to use its...

California Lawsuit Claims Woman’s Death Stemmed from Disneyland Fall

Jan 24 2023 // A lawsuit claims Disneyland employees snickered at a disabled woman struggling to get off a Jungle Cruise boat before she fell and broke a leg, leading to her death from an infection five months later.The lawsuit was filed...

Settlement Reached Over Philadelphia-Area School Abuse Claims

Jan 23 2023 // A $3 million settlement will establish a fund for former students as part of a lawsuit alleging abuse and deprivation of education at a now-shuttered Pennsylvania juvenile justice facility.Former Glen Mills Schools...

Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit

Jan 17 2023 // Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a class-action lawsuit.U.S. District...

W.R. Grace Offers $18.5M to Settle Montana Asbestos Claims

Jan 12 2023 // The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of the state’s claims for environmental...

Catholic Diocese Challenges Maine Law Allowing Older Sex Abuse Claims

Jan 10 2023 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing a wave of new lawsuits.A motion in the first of the new...

Insurers, Agents Spared in New Jersey Shooting Claims

Jan 5 2023 // A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a New Jersey property owner is not entitled to insurance coverage for a shooting because it never disclosed it owned the banquet hall where the shooting took place on its two...

New Mexico Seeking Changes to U.S. Rules for Wildfire Claims

Jan 3 2023 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking that changes be made to rules proposed by the U.S. government as it processes damage claims from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers.Balderas filed comments...

People Moves: SAIF Promotes Brigitte Hamilton Vice President of Claims

Dec 29 2022 // Brigitte Hamilton is SAIF’s new vice president of claims. Hamilton previously served as the director of business and software solutions on SAIF’s IT team. SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’...

Buffalo Bus Driver Gets 5 Years Probation for Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud

Dec 22 2022 // A former bus driver for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been sentenced to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by misrepresenting her injuries....