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How Social Media Complicates Defamation Claims and How to Handle Them

Sep 12 2024 // Five professional models who sued long after a state’s three year statute of limitations expired may pursue their defamation claims against an adult entertainment nightclub for posting their images to the giant...

Hurricane Debby Florida Losses Top $121M; 60% of Claims Closed

Sep 11 2024 // A month after Hurricane Debby made landfall in northern Florida, the number of property insurance claims has reached almost 20,000, and total estimated insured losses are more than $121.5 million, the Florida Office of...

Viewpoint: Early Action Key to Mitigating Risk in Professional Liability Claims

Sep 11 2024 // Professional liability claims impact a multitude of professions, including those in the legal, medical, financial and insurance industries. Claims for malpractice, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and related...

Trojan Condoms Contain ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Lawsuit Claims

Sep 10 2024 // A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer.In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, the...

Claims From 4 Summer Weather Events in Canada Exceed Prior Year Total: IBC

Sep 6 2024 // Four natural catastrophes over four weeks during Canada’s summer season have resulted in about five times the amount of claims than the 20-year average, reported the Insurance Bureau of Canada.About 228,000 home,...

Judge Says X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff

Sep 5 2024 // A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination as a class, exposing the company to...

Three Charged With Auto Insurance Fraud in Miami After False Injury Claims

Sep 4 2024 // Florida authorities have charged a Miami-area nurse practitioner and two others with creating false medical reports and attempting to defraud an auto insurance carrier out of more than $47,000.Local news reports said that...

People Moves: Resilience Names Jones to Lead Engineering and Gittler Global Head of Claims; USG Hires McMahon, Buck and Gudenkauf

Sep 4 2024 // Resilience, headquartered in New York, named Rebecca Jones as senior vice president of engineering and Jeremy Gittler as global head of claims.Jones takes over leadership responsibilities for the company’s...

Canada’s Insurance Sector Faces Deluge of Climate-Related Catastrophe Claims

Sep 3 2024 // Hotter summers in Canada that have sparked wildfires in tourist areas, intense hailstorms and thunderstorms with severe flooding in major cities, all likely linked to climate change, are leading to personnel shortages and...

Hurricane Debby Claims Already Two-Thirds of Idalia Claims in Florida, as Insurance Market Strengthens, Regulator Says

Sep 2 2024 // The number of Florida claims from Hurricane Debby, filed within 10 days of the storm, stood at almost two-thirds of the number of claims filed from Hurricane Idalia in a three-month period.Debby claims by Aug. 16 had...

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats Claims 5 More Lives, CDC Says

Aug 29 2024 // The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats has resulted in 14 new illnesses and five additional deaths.This brings the total to 57 cases, all of...

Lowe’s Scraps Some DEI Policies as Activist Claims a New Win

Aug 27 2024 // Lowe’s Cos. is scaling back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the latest American company to end such initiatives following a series of activists attacks on firms that promote DEI.The home-improvement...

Montana Asbestos Clinic Seeks to Reverse Court Finding That It Submitted Hundreds of False Claims

Aug 23 2024 // An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse a lower court determination that it submitted hundreds of false claims on behalf of...

Swiss Re First-Half Profit Beats Estimates on Lower Catastrophe Claims

Aug 22 2024 // Swiss Re AG’s first-half net income beat estimates, as the re-insurer avoided higher claims from natural catastrophes that have impacted the broader insurance industry.Profit for the second quarter was $996 million,...

Boating Accident Claims Lives of 2 Men in Illinois Lake; Girl Survives

Aug 21 2024 // MARSEILLES, Ill. (AP) — Two Indiana men have died and a 7-year-old girl has been found safe after the boat they were fishing from was found capsized on an eastern Illinois lake.Police responded Sunday to a 911 call at...

Australian Insurer IAG Says Rise in Claims, Third-Party Costs to Push Up Premiums

Aug 21 2024 // Insurance Australia Group said on Wednesday it expects premiums to keep rising because of a huge jump in loss claims and third-party costs for home and automobile repairs, sending its shares more than 3% lower.IAG said the...

Harvard Contract Breach Claims Blaming Marsh for Its $15M Insurance Denial Filed Too Late, Judge Rules

Aug 19 2024 // After losing two bids to recover $15 million from its insurer for costs related to its failed legal defense of its admissions policy, Harvard University has now failed in a bid to hold its insurance broker Marsh...

Travelers: Costliest Claims Driven by Most Common Workplace Accidents

Aug 19 2024 // Analysis of 1.2 million workers’ compensation claims reveals the costliest claims are driven by the most common workplace accidents, according to Travelers 2024 Injury Impact Report.The data also shows first-year...

Insured Losses From UK Riots Will Be Manageable, With Claims Below £250M: Report

Aug 13 2024 // Insured losses from recent riots in the United Kingdom are expected to remain at manageable levels with a limited impact on insurers’ credit profiles, according to credit agency Morningstar DBRS, in a market...

Debby’s Florida Claims Already Near 12,000 as Yaworsky Says Market Is Strengthening

Aug 12 2024 // The number of Florida claims from Hurricane Debby, filed within five days of the storm, already is almost half of the number of claims filed from Hurricane Idalia in a three-month period.Debby claims by Friday had reached...