October, 2024

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Tesla Recalls Over 27,000 Cybertrucks in Fifth Callback This Year

Insurance Journal

Tesla said on Thursday it would recall more than 27,000 Cybertrucks in the United States due to delayed rear-view camera images that could impair driver visibility and increase crash risks.

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The Regulatory Blind Spot: How Insurance Departments Fail to Detect Systemic Bad Faith Claims Practices

Property Insurance Coverage Law

Recent investigative reporting by CBS’s 60 Minutes, noted in CBS 60 Minutes Exposes Alleged Insurance Company Fraud: Adjusters Reveal Altered Hurricane Damage Estimates by Claims Management, has exposed alleged widespread underpayments of claims and unethical claims practices in Florida’s property insurance industry. This exposé raises serious questions about the effectiveness of state insurance regulators, particularly … The post The Regulatory Blind Spot: How Insurance Depart

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Hurricane Milton Insured Losses in $30B-$50B Range, Says Verisk

Insurance Journal

Catastrophe modeler Verisk said it expects insured losses from Hurricane Milton will be between $30 billion and $50 billion from damages caused mostly by wind.

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The Data Behind Rising Homeowners Premiums: By Peril and By State

Insurance Journal

The U.S. home insurance industry has experienced an upward trend in all-peril loss costs over the past seven years, according to a new report released by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The ninth annual LexisNexis U.S.

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Dozens of Alleged Looters, Unlicensed Construction Workers Arrested in Florida

Insurance Journal

More than 100 people were arrested late last week in storm-ravaged Pinellas County, Florida, charged with looting homes and working as unlicensed contractors, two weeks after Hurricane Milton forced many residents to evacuate.

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Softbank Says Credit Suisse to Blame For Fund’s $440 Million Greensill Los

Insurance Journal

Softbank Group Corp., facing a $440 million lawsuit from Credit Suisse, said the bank was to blame for some of the investor losses tied to the collapse of Greensill Capital.

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New York Mets Hit With Class Action Alleging Biometric Privacy Violations

Insurance Journal

The company that owns the New York Mets professional baseball team is the target of a class action lawsuit alleging the organization collects and profits from fans’ biometric information at its stadium, CitiField, in violation of the city’s biometrics privacy …

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Hurricanes Milton and Helene Expose Limits of US Flood Maps

Insurance Journal

Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by millions of American homeowners and businesses are severely out of sync with a new …

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The Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer: Leading AI Innovation and Risk Management

Insurance Journal

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a new technology with the potential to completely reshape business practices and create new avenues for innovation. It will significantly impact virtually every industry sector.

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Honda Recalling 780,000 Vehicles in North America on Fuel Pump Concern

Insurance Journal

Honda is recalling 780,000 vehicles in North America over concerns that a high-pressure fuel pump may crack and leak fuel.

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Lloyd’s Focuses on Delegated Authority Arrangements as Looming Market Risk

Insurance Journal

While the Lloyd’s market reported its best first-half profit in 17 years, it isn’t resting on its laurels. It is carefully monitoring areas where potential vulnerabilities have been identified.

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Lemonade Remains in the Red With $68M Loss in Q3

Insurance Journal

Insurtech Lemonade reported a third quarter 20243 net loss of nearly $68 million and a year-to-date loss of $172.2 million. Results were in comparison to a net loss of $61.5 during the same quarter and a loss of $194.

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90% of Insurers Have GenAI Budgets; 10% Can Fully Comply With AI Regs

Insurance Journal

Data and technology leaders at insurance organizations are gung ho about using GenAI to increase customers satisfaction, reduce operating costs and improve risk management, but few are fully ready to comply with regulations or to monitor AI results.

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Fla. DFS Offers to Check Contracts With Roofers, Adjusters; Tenn. Eyes Claims Denials

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Officials in two Southeastern states have taken steps to hold insurers or recipients of insurance funds accountable after Hurricanes Helene and Milton spurred thousands of insurance claims.

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Fourth Storm in 14 Months Takes Aim at West Florida. Citizens Most Exposed

Insurance Journal

Another day, another hurricane.

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Crews Fight Large Brush Fire in Massachusetts; Separate Fire Kills 1

Insurance Journal

A woman died in an outdoor fire in Massachusetts at an encampment in Millbury on Saturday night and crews on Sunday were still fighting a large overnight brush fire in Salem as dry and windy conditions have raised the risk …

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State Farm Settles Immigration Discrimination Case with Justice Department

Insurance Journal

The Justice Department announced that it secured a settlement agreement with State Farm resolving the department’s determination that one of State Farm’s corporate offices in Richardson, Texas, violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it terminated a worker in …

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Ambani’s Jio in Talks With Allianz for Insurance JVs in India

Insurance Journal

Jio Financial Services Ltd.

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FBI Arrests Man Over SEC Hack, Alleging Bitcoin Manipulation

Insurance Journal

A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday for hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account this year as part of an alleged conspiracy to manipulate bitcoin prices, U.S. prosecutors said.

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Flaws of the Saffir-Simpson Scale: Wind Isn’t the Only Threat in Modern Hurricanes

Insurance Journal

The insurance industry faces significant challenges in covering catastrophic risks, especially as climate change drives more extreme weather events. With soaring premiums and increasing exclusions, the need for an accurate assessment of these risks is more important than ever.

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Perrier Well Contamination Sparks Scrutiny for Luxe Water Brand

Insurance Journal

In the arid highlands near the town of Vergèze in southern France, the sun beats down on a small stone house as the buzz of cicadas fills the air.

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McDonald’s E. Coli Crisis Reveals Vegetable Contamination Is Harder Problem Than Beef

Insurance Journal

Moves by major U.S. fast-food chains to temporarily pull fresh onions off their menus on Thursday, after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E.

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Hurricane Milton Insured Loss Could Be $60 Billion, Similar to 2002’s Ian: RBC

Insurance Journal

Hurricane Milton could result in a $60 billion loss for the global insurance industry, creating a surge in 2025 reinsurance prices which could boost some insurance companies’ shares, analysts at RBC Capital said.

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People Moves: Coalition Appoints AIG’s Simonsen as European Head of Insurance

Insurance Journal

Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, has appointed Tine Simonsen as the company’s head of Insurance for Continental Europe.

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US East Coast Dockworkers Strike, Halting Half the Nation’s Ocean Shipping

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Dockworkers on the U.S.

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Auto Insurers Face Rising Repair Costs, EV and Tech Complexity in 2025: Report

Insurance Journal

Amid inflation and labor shortages, the growing impact of electric vehicles (EVs) and rising repair costs, insurers and repairers will have a bumpy road to navigate in the year ahead, according to CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.

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Landmark Admin Reports Data Breach, Exposing 800,000 Users’ Information

Insurance Journal

Landmark Admin filed a notice of data breach last week after detecting suspicious activities on its system in May.

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Gas Stoves Linked to 40,000 Premature Deaths in Europe Annually

Insurance Journal

Gas stoves in European homes are associated with tens of thousands of premature deaths, a study has found.

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Soft Commercial Market Ahead: Prepare for Underwriter ‘Herd Behavior’

Insurance Journal

Executive Summary: During the period 2013 through 2018, the U.S. did not become less litigious nor did Atlantic sea surface temperatures get less warm. Yet rates for U.S. excess liability and Atlantic hurricane both reduced, observe the co-founders of UWX.

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North Carolina Governor Approves $600 Million in Helene Recovery Funding

Insurance Journal

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of disaster relief funding last Friday for western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene after legislators passed the recovery bill the day before.

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Liberty Mutual Estimates Up to $900M in Losses From Helene and Milton

Insurance Journal

Liberty Mutual Insurance today said it expects up to $900 million in losses from hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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Judge Approves US $102 Million Settlement Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Insurance Journal

A U.S. judge approved on Friday a $102 million settlement by the companies that owned and operated the ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people. The payment, approved by U.S.

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Global Commercial Insurance Rates See 1st Quarterly Decline in Seven Years: Marsh

Insurance Journal

Global commercial insurance rates fell 1% in the third quarter of 2024 from the previous quarter, which marked the first time the index has recorded a quarterly decline since the third quarter of 2017, according to the Global Insurance Market …

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Marsh: US Commercial Insurance Rates Up 3% on Hikes in Casualty

Insurance Journal

Commercial insurance rates during the third quarter in the U.S. increased 3%, with casualty rates up 10%.