Catastrophic Weather Drives Insured Losses to Highest Since 2017 January 10, 2025 By Stephan Kahl As 2025 begins with wildfires wreaking devastation across Los Angeles, it’s now clear that insured losses from natural catastrophes last...
Checkbook Acquires sureti to Deliver End-to-End Payment Solution for the Property Insurance Ecosystem January 9, 2025 San Mateo, CA – January 9, 2025 – Checkbook, a trailblazer in digital payments, is thrilled to announce its acquisition...
Insured Losses From Los Angeles Wildfires Rising: $8B to $20B January 9, 2025 Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new AccuWeather total loss estimates. With aerial firefighting returning as strong Southern...
Settlements Eclipse $40B in 2024 as PFAS, Reverse Discrimination Claims Emerge January 9, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Once again, settlements from class-action litigation topped $40 billion in 2024, according to an extensive analysis of more than 1,400...
Apple Clarifies Siri Privacy Stance After $95M Class Action Settlement January 9, 2025 By Stephen Nellis and Kanjyik Ghosh Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it...
Judge Approves Tesla Directors’ Deal to End Excess Pay Case January 9, 2025 By Tom Hals Tesla directors including Chair Robyn Denholm and James Murdoch got court approval on Wednesday for a settlement worth up to...
IIHS: High-Visibility Clothing May Thwart Pedestrian Crash Prevention Sensors January 9, 2025 Clothes that make people stand out to human drivers may make them invisible to automated crash prevention systems, a new...
White House Rushes to Finish Cyber Order After China Hacks January 8, 2025 By Katrina Manson and Jake Bleiberg The Biden administration is racing to put out an executive order meant to shore up U.S. cybersecurity in its dwindling...
Injured While ‘Simply Walking’ Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation January 8, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Not all accidents are compensable merely because they happen at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reminded in denying...
California Wildfires Will Likely Lead to Large Economic and Insured Losses January 8, 2025 By Don Jergler Active wind-driven wildfires in Southern California that are estimated to have burned more than 1,000 properties and prompted evacuation orders...