Editor’s Picks for April 2024

• Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp Now Faces $30 Billion Fire Claim Demand
• Lockton Re: Hypothetical Cyber Event Offers Carriers an Opportunity to Review Risks
• Insurers Get Green Light to Pay Less Than Billed Charges in Florida PIP Cases
• US Great Plains Brace for Possible Tornados: Weather Watch
• Ban on Worker Noncompetes Faces Uphill Legal Battle
• Class Action Opposes Limiting Ship’s Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse
• Report: Cybercrime ‘A Thriving Business,’ as U.S. Claims Frequency Rises
• Chubb CEO Greenberg: Some Financial Lines Underwriting Practices ‘Simply Dumb’
• ‘It’s in the Mail’ Not Good Enough to Contest Connecticut Workers’ Comp Claim
• Survey: Most Small Businesses Provide Regular Safety Training to Employees
• Farm Bureau Must Defend Insured in Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Carolina
• Viewpoint: Insurers Face Added Role in Curbing Workplace Violence With California Law
• Florida’s Home Insurance Industry May Be Worse Than Anyone Realizes
• Jury Awards $80M to 3 Former Zurich NA Employees for Wrongful Termination
• UnitedHealth Data Leak May Affect ‘Substantial’ Swath of U.S.
• FTC Issues Worker Non-Compete Ban as Chamber Lawsuit Looms
• South Carolina Allows Out-of-State Adjusters After Massive Hail Storm
• Delaware High Court Hands Agency a New Shot at Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm
• Gallagher: Global Insured Natural Disaster Claims Again Dominated by Severe U.S. Storms
• AccuWeather: Record Warm Winter Costs Businesses Billions in Losses
• Microsoft, Beset by Hacks, Grapples With Problem Years in the Making
• Harvard Study Again Stirs the Pot on Demotech Ratings of Florida Carriers
• Justice Department Preparing Ticketmaster Antitrust Lawsuit
• SC High Court Strikes ‘Troubling’ Denial of Comp Claim, Says Can’t Be Based on Stats
• California Chiropractor Sentenced to 54 Years for $150M Workers’ Comp Scheme
• Supreme Court Allows More Transport Workers to Bypass Arbitration and Sue Employers
• Europe’s Wildfires in 2023 Were Among Worst This Century: Report
• US Cyber Agency Says Russian Hackers Used Microsoft Access to Steal Government Emails
• Global Election Super-Cycle Raises Risk of Political Violence, Large Insurance Losses
• Viewpoint: Striking Risk-Reward Balance for Shipping Lithium-Ion Batteries
• US Eyeing Ship’s Electrical System After Baltimore Bridge Crash
• Tennessee High Court Rules Employers Can’t Use Vicarious Liability to Block Negligence Claims
• Norfolk Southern to Pay $600 Million to Settle Ohio Spill Case
• Inflation Contributes to Rising Loss Costs for US Commercial P/C Insurers: Fitch
• National Crime Report Shows Vehicle Thefts Surged to More than 1 Million in 2023
• Tesla Settles Over Fatal Autopilot Crash on Eve of Trial
• Why Near-Miss Cyberattack Put US Officials and Tech Industry on Edge
• Report: Vehicle Complexity, Labor ‘Reshaping’ Auto Insurance and Collision Repair
• Bayer’s $1.5 Billion Roundup Verdict Slashed to $600 Million
• Property Restoration Industry: A Culture in Need of Repair?
• Baltimore Shipping Set to Resume by End of April With Full Capacity by End of May
• Another Report Forecasts 2024 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season to Be ‘Extremely Active’
• How Do Insurers Define Systemic Cyber Risk?
• Nationwide Survey Finds Distracted Driving Still an Issue
• AIG Sues Newly Launched Dellwood Insurance and Its Founders
• Mother of 8-Year-Old ‘Violently Sucked’ into Houston Hotel Pool Files Wrongful Death Suit

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