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#1 Adjusters Launch ‘CarFax for Insurance Claims’ to Vet Carriers’ Damage Estimates

Jan 14 2026 // Two independent claims adjusters in the Southeast have teamed up to create what they say is a quick, low-cost way for property owners to double-check insurance carriers’ damage estimates on claims.They’re...

#2 Law Firm Faces Sanctions for Failing to Vet Ugandan Claims in $6B 3M Case

Jan 9 2026 // An Alabama law firm will likely have to pay more than $800,000—plus another $100,000 in sanctions—for failing to verify hearing loss in hundreds of Ugandans who claimed part of the massive settlement over faulty 3M...

#3 20,000 AI Users at Travelers Prep for Innovation 2.0; Claims Call Centers Cut

Jan 23 2026 // Days after announcing a deal to equip 10,000 engineers and data scientists at Travelers with AI assistants, the insurance company’s leader detailed “differentiating domain expertise” around data and...

#4 California Bill Would Require Insurer Claims Handling Plans, and Double Penalties

Jan 7 2026 // A bill that promises legislative reform in California to speed up disaster recovery for homeowners and renters through improved insurance coverage and expanded consumer protections was introduced on the anniversary of the...

#5 LA County Told to Pause $4B in Abuse Payouts as DA Probes Fraud Claims

Jan 30 2026 // Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asked the county to hold off on making initial payments for a landmark $4 billion sexual abuse settlement while his office conducts a criminal investigation of...

#6 Florida Board Drafting Rules That Could Stem Bogus Engineering Reports in Claims

Jan 26 2026 // For the last several years, complaints have piled up, contending that some Florida engineers have testified or have submitted reports in insurance claims lawsuits about major property damage that was somehow caused by...

#7 Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy

Jan 26 2026 // An international group of plaintiffs sued Meta Platforms, Inc. alleging that the company has made false claims about the privacy and security of its WhatsApp chat service.Meta has made so called “end-to-end”...

#8 Viewpoint: Inside the Machinery of Medical Abuse in Liability Claims

Jan 21 2026 // Within the realms of general liability (GL) and workers’ compensation (WC) insurance lines, medical abuse is often considered in narrow terms — excessive treatment, unnecessary surgeries, inflated bills. While such...

#9 PE Firm TowerBrook Takes Stake in Insurance Claims Company MSA Mizar

Jan 21 2026 // Investment firm TowerBrook is acquiring a majority stake in MSA Mizar, an insurance claims management services provider, marking its first deal in Italy since it opened an office in Milan last year.MSA Mizar’s...

#10 Southern California Aerospace Firm to Pay $1.5M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Jan 7 2026 // An aerospace and defense electronics company based in Chatsworth, California, agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by supplying aircraft parts to the military that did not...

#11 Kaiser Permanente Affiliates Paying $556M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Jan 21 2026 // An integrated healthcare consortium headquartered in Oakland, California, that are affiliates of Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay $556 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting...

#12 Meta Faces New Mexico Trial Over Child-Exploitation Claims

Feb 2 2026 // Meta Platforms is set to face trial this week in a lawsuit brought by the state of New Mexico accusing it of exposing children and teens to sexual exploitation on its platforms and profiting from it, the first case of its...

#13 German Insurers Report Below-Average Natural Disaster Claims in 2025

Jan 6 2026 // Heavy rain, flooding, storms and hail – also known as severe convective storms (SCS) – brought below-average claims for German insurers in 2025, defying the long-term trend for such perils, given the impact of climate...

#14 Oregon Disabling Workers’ Comp Claims Fell in 2024

Jan 30 2026 // Oregon recorded fewer accepted disabling workers’ compensation claims in 2024 even as statewide employment continued to rise, new data from the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services show.The...

#15 California Bill Would Require Insurer Claims Handling Plans, and Double Penalties

Jan 26 2026 // A bill that promises legislative reform in California to speed up disaster recovery for homeowners and renters through improved insurance coverage and expanded consumer protections was introduced on the anniversary of the...