News for October 2025
- NHTSA Opens Probe into 583K Honda Vehicles Over Safety Issues
- Washington Supreme Court Restores $185M Monsanto Chemical Leak Verdict
- Satellite Data Reveals Hurricane Melissa Devastation in Jamaica
- Li Auto Recalls Over 11,000 of Its Flagship EV on Battery Fire
- Palantir Says Top AI Engineers Stole Secrets for ‘Copycat’ Firm
- Boston Weighs Curbs on Driverless Taxis in Threat to Waymo
- GM Cuting EV, Battery Production And 1,200 Jobs At Detroit Plant
- Flying Frozen Fish, Burning Chairs, Spine-Cracking Pickles: The Year’s Spookiest Workplace Accidents
- Hurricane Melissa Approaches Bermuda After Leaving Deadly Trail
- Universal Music Settles Copyright Lawsuit With AI Startup Udio
- Opioid Distributors Can’t Shake $2.5 Billion Suit After Ruling
- OpenAi Sued for Trademark Infringement Over Sora’s ‘Cameo’ Feature
- Edison Wildfire Fund to Pay Millions, Fast-Track Death Claims
- Adjuster Countersues Heritage Over ’60 Minutes’ Response While Probe Stalls
- The Impact of Nuclear Verdicts on Casualty Claims
- IIHS: Audi, BMW, Ford, Hyundai and Kia Models Top Safety Award Winners
- NHTSA Says Ford Recalling 175,000 Vehicles in US for Moonroof Defect
- Hurricane Melissa Takes Aim at Bahamas After Battering Cuba
- Gallagher Bassett Acquires Safe T Professionals
- What’s Happening in The Claims Profession? Read This, Then Tell Us
- Truck Driver in Fatal Crash Repeatedly Failed Driving Tests, Florida AG Office Says
- Mondelez Defeats Greenwashing Suit Over ‘Climate Neutral’ Clif Bar Claim
- ZEVs Accounted for 1-in-4 California Auto Sales as Tax Credit Wound Down
- Apple Seeks to End Apple Pay Trade Secrets Lawsuit
- Exonerated Trader Tom Hayes Sues UBS For $400M Over Libor Accusations
- PepsiCo Resolves Lawsuit Over Gatorade Bar Health Claims
- Five New Members Join CAPA Board of Directors
- J&J Talc Cancer Suits Jump 17% After Failed Settlement Effort
- Canada Pension Fund Sued by Young People Over Climate Risks
- HSBC to Take $1.1B Hit After Luxembourg Court Ruling in Madoff Case
- Alaska Airlines Vows IT Upgrades After Outage Forced Flight Cancellations
- CyberCube Puts Insured Loss Estimate From AWS Outage Around $40M
- NHTSA Expanding Probe into 286,000 GMs Over Possible Engine Failure Issue
- Chinese Robotaxis Race Waymo to Take Driverless Cars Global
- Hurricane Melissa Churns Toward Jamaica as a Category 5 Storm
- Alaska Airlines Restores Operations After Tech Outage Grounds Flights
- Carmakers Fight to Keep Going as Nexperia Chip Conflict Drags On
- Agency Questions Tesla About ‘Mad Max’ Driver Assistance Mode
- Rivian to Pay $250 Million to Settle Legal Suit Over Price Hikes
- GEICO Sues Medical Firms in Florida, NY Over Alleged No-Fault Auto Fraud
- Consumers Seek $2.36 Billion From Google After Privacy Verdict
- Tesla to Recall 63,000 Cybertrucks on Parking Light Issue
- Ford Sees up to $2 Billion Profit Hit From Key Supplier Fire
- Eyes on The Road: Prioritizing Safety to Reduce Fatal Accidents in Commercial Trucking
- Apple Loses UK Class Action Over Excessive App Store Charges
- Lyft Protected by Florida’s 2017 Law in Driver’s Miami Crash, Appeals Court Rules
- Japanese Companies Brace for More Attacks as Cybercrimes Climb
- Amazon Sees Faster Delivery Speeds With Hi-Tech Driver Eyeglasses, AI
- Tesla to Recall 13,000 US Vehicles Over Battery Risk
- Insurance Claims After AWS Outage Won’t be a One-Size-Fits-All Solution
- Reddit Sues Perplexity, Others Over Alleged Data Scraping
- The US Saw Record $101 Billion in Weather Losses Through June
- Jaguar Land Rover Hack Cost UK Economy Estimated $2.5B, Report Shows
- Ford Recalling 1.4 Million US Vehicles Over Faulty Rear-View Cameras
- Ice Dams Are Actually A Common Risk: What Claims and Insurance Pros Should Know
- Jeep Factory Halted for Three Weeks After Aluminum Plant Fire
- Jury Awards Jack Nicklaus $50M in Defamation Suit Against His Former Company
- Damage From Louvre Heist Estimated at $103 Million, Paris Prosecutor Says
- Europe Auto Industry Braces for Chip Disruption Within Days
- Amazon Cloud Reputation Takes Hit After Outage Lasting 15 Hours
- Catastrophe Bonds’ Huge Market Gains Put Reinsurers on Backfoot
- Vatican Report Calls for Reparations for Abuse Victims And Tougher Sanctions for Abusers
- State Emergency Officials: New Rules, Delays for FEMA Grants Put Disaster Response at Risk
- BNP Paribas Shares Tumbled After Jury’s Sudan Verdict
- Japan Retailers Halt Online Sales on Supplier Cyber Attack
- Amazon Delivery Firms Are Bailing Amid Rising Costs
- Hospital Insurer Files for Bankruptcy, Citing Child Sex Abuse Claims
- Waymo Robotaxis Probed Over Safety Around School Buses
- Amazon’s AWS Struggles to Recover After Major Outage Disrupts Apps, Services Worldwide
- Hackers Had Been Lurking in Cyber Firm F5 Systems Since 2023
- ‘Massive Legal Siege’ Against Social Media Companies Looms
- LA County Reaches New $828 Million Deal With Abuse Victims
- Auto Value Professionals Expanding to Georgia, North Carolina and Illinois
- Can a More Unified Front Be Formed Against Legal System Abuse?
- Tesla’s European Regulator Making Door Safety a ‘Key Priority’
- Ford Recalling 625K US Vehicles Over Camera Display, Seatbelt Issues
- Smucker Sues Trader Joe’s, Saying New PB&Js Are Too Like Uncrustables
- Inflation, Supply Chains, Tariffs: How Global Trends are Impacting Business Insurance and Claims
- J&J Faces First UK Lawsuits Alleging Its Baby Powder Caused Cancer
- Mississippi Supreme Court Won’t Budge on $15M Bad-Faith Decision Against USAA
- Salesforce Sued By Authors Over Artificial Intelligence Software
- Electric Vehicles Make Up 11% of US Car Sales
- Storm System Threatens Central and Southern US With Hail and Damaging Winds
- National COSH Says Tennessee Plant Explosion That Killed 16 Was Preventable
- Natural Disaster Claims in 2025 to Again Top $100B Despite ‘Abnormally Low’ Q3 Events
- 8 Auto Insurance Providers to Pay New York $19M Over Data Breaches
- Insureds Need Early ACV Estimate to Claim Breach of Contract, Appeals Court Rules
- Nissan Recalling 173,000 Vehicles Over Fuel Pump Issue
- IIHS: Headlight Glare Implicated in Small Percentage of Crashes
- US Warns of ‘Catastrophic’ Hacks After Cyber Firm F5 Breach
- State Farm Sued by Illinois Amid Probe of Homeowner Premiums
- Xiaomi Driver Death Adds to China Push for New EV Door Designs
- Contractor Offering ‘Claim Assistance’ Fined for Acting as a Public Adjuster
- Credit Suisse Loses $440M UK Suit Against Softbank Over Greensill Losses
- Platt’s BlueCrest Agrees to Pay Out $101 Million to Investors
- Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills 16, Toll May Rise
- Stellantis Will Invest $13 Billion in The United States
- AmTrust Specialty Names Scott Head of Claims
- GM to Take $1.6 Billion Charge as Tax Credit Blow Muddies EV Plans
- Florida, National Groups File Suit Over ‘Anti-Public Adjuster’ Endorsements
- UK Warns CEOs of Cyber Threat After 50% Spike in Big Attacks
- Apple Sued Over Use of Copyrighted Books to Train Apple Intelligence
- Woman Facing 170 Felony Charges in Insurance Fraud Involving Stolen GLP-1 Drugs
- Moody’s Says Weak Governance of AI Raising Risks of Cyberattacks
- ICW Group Names Moretti Chief Claims Officer
- Watch It, Uber: The Future Looks a Lot More Like Waymo
- Jury Hits Samsung With $445.5M Verdict Over Wireless Communications Patents
- New York City And Northeast Brace for Flooding Rains From Weekend Storm
- La Niña Is Back, But It’s Weak And May Be Brief. Will It Still Amp up The Atlantic Hurricane Season?
- EV Estimatics Training Is The Smart Strategic Response to Industry Shifts
- The World Is Far More Ablaze Now With Damaging Fires Than In 1980s, Study Shows
- Survey: Employer, Employee Views Differ on Workplace Safety
- Workers’ Comp Medical Costs Per Claim Rose 5%-12% Across Most States in Study
- Ex-Fed Official Sees Secular ‘Shocks’ Ahead From Extreme Weather
- La Niña Emerges Raising Drought Risks for California and Brazil
- Lyft Plans Fleet of Hundreds of Tensor Robocars Starting in 2027
- Engle Martin Acquires London-Based Integra Technical Services Claims Adjusters
- Musk Settles Suit by Ex-Twitter CEO Over Denied Severance Pay
- Toyota Explores Small Drone System for Off-Road Vehicle Use
- New York City Sues Social Media Companies for Allegedly Addicting Children
- Survey Shows Homeowners Warming to DIY Digital Claims, Insurance Processes
- Man Charged With ‘Maliciously’ Starting Destructive LA Wildfire
- GM Backtracking on Plan to Claim Last-Minute EV Tax Credits
- Ransomware Gang Qilin Claims Hack That Hit Beermaker Asahi
- Tesla Unveils Lower-Cost Models in Drive to Reignite Sales
- Expert: Inflation Continues to Sew Uncertainty in Auto and Auto Repair
- Negotiation Is the Job: Reframing Defense Work in an AI-Enhanced Era
- Jaguar Land Rover Bailout Shows Rising Cost of Cybercrime
- Chobani Urges End to Dannon Parent’s Cold-Brew Coffee Lawsuit
- J&J Must Pay $966M After LA Jury Finds Company Liable In Talc Cancer Case
- Toyota Recalling 394K Vehicles for Rearview Camera Issue, NHTSA Says
- Vietnam Capital Flooded Again After Storm Matmo Sweeps In
- Delek Sues Over Oil 1,000 Times More Contaminated Than Allowed
- Fears of Massive Battery Fires Spark Local Opposition to Energy Storage Projects
- Trump Says US Tariffs on Heavy Truck Imports to Begin Nov. 1
- Qualcomm Fighting $647M Lawsuit Over Smartphone Chip Royalties
- Report: Tariffs, Repair Costs, Economic Strain Driving Auto Claims Trends
- Asahi Resumes Beer Supplies in Japan After Crippling Hack
- Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Sue Meta Over Church Shooting
- Live Nation Rejected by Supreme Court in Consumer Antitrust Case
- Singer’s Elliott Escalates Battle With Texas Private Equity Firm
- California State University Targeted by EEOC Antisemitism Inquiry
- Report: Nurse Malpractice Claim Costs Rose 12.5%
- Activision Officials Must Face Claims Over Microsoft Takeover of Call of Duty
- California Department of Insurance Taking Actions Against Tesla Over Claims Handling
- Asahi Blames Ransomware for Crippling Japanese Beer Plants
- Tesla Doors Are Faulted in Lawsuits Over Fatal Cybertruck Crash
- Musk Loses Bid to Move SEC Suit Over Twitter Stake to Texas
- Nirvana Again Defeats Child Pornography Suit Over Cover
- California Police Pulled Over A Waymo for An Illegal U-Turn, But They Couldn’t Cite
- Sedgwick: Australian Product Recalls Fell 14% in First Half
- OpenAI Asks Court to Dismiss Trade-Secret Suit From xAI
- Two Delta Jets Collided While Taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia
- Smaller Hail May Be More Damaging to Roofs Than Once Believed, Study Shows
- Tyson Foods to Pay $85M in Largest Pork Price-Fixing Settlement
- Storm Threatens to Disrupt Transport Systems Across Northern UK
- Cyber Group Extorts Executives After Claiming Oracle Apps Breach
- Fired CFO in $4.7M Fight With Moët Hennessy Over NDA
- Coinbase Now Faces Narrowed Shareholder Lawsuit
- Former Deutsche Bank Employees Sue German Lender in London
- Construction Helmet Ratings Show Modern Designs Can Save Lives
- September Marks Rare Absence of Hurricane Landfalls in US
- Buyers Rush to Nab EVs, Giving Carmakers Much-Needed Sales Boost
- Uber Found Not Liable in First US Trial Over Driver Sexual Assault Claims
- Swiss Re Takes a Look at Hidden Behavioral Forces Behind Skyrocketing Jury Awards
- FTC Says Zillow Paid Redfin $100M to Stop Competing on Rental Listings
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