Monthly Archives: <span>November 2024</span>

Bankruptcy Judge Approves Rockville Centre Diocese $320M Sex Abuse Claims Fund

A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a Chapter 11 plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York that includes a $320 million fund to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse and settles insurance issues. Judge Martin Glenn …

Insurer, Contractors Allege Staged Injury Claims Scheme Under New York Scaffold Law

A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and personal injury lawsuits backed by complicit lawyers and medical providers. …

US High Court Declines Appeal, Upholds Coverage Ruling on Treated Wood

Insurance carriers may want to examine policy language – and what information they request from insureds – after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court’s ruling which could force Argo Group to cover claims that a wood-treating company …

Trump Team Targets Auto Mileage Rules He Blasted as ‘EV Mandate’

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is looking to slash fuel-efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks as part of plans to unwind Biden policies he’s blasted as an “EV mandate,” according to people familiar with the matter. Trump advisers …

Lyft to Roll out Rider Verification Badges in Safety Push

Lyft is rolling out, among other features, verification badges for riders in a bid to improve safety on the ride-hailing platform, the company said on Tuesday. Rival Uber Technologies had started rolling out similar features two months ago and provided …

Indian News Agency Sues OpenAI for Copyright Violation

Asian News International, one of India’s largest news agencies, sued OpenAI in a court in India alleging that the U.S. artificial intelligence company misused its copyrighted news content. ANI also alleged that OpenAI stored the data, which is in breach …

Evian Maker Danone Defeats Lawsuit Over ‘Carbon Neutral’ Claim

The maker of Evian spring water, Danone, won the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging its “carbon neutral” claim on bottles, as a U.S. judge reversed his earlier ruling letting the proposed class action proceed. Consumers accused Danone of defrauding them …

AI: How Leading Insurers Adapt to the New Norm of Extreme Storms

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season brought unprecedented changes to Florida’s insurance market. The impact of inclement weather has caused home and flood insurance rates to balloon over 400% in the last five years alone. Most recently, Hurricanes Helene and Milton …

Verisk: A Shift to More EVs on The Road Could Have Far-Reaching Impacts

What emerging risks could electric vehicles present as they become more widespread? Verisk experts recently explored the current EV landscape and hypothesized what insurance concerns the vehicles could prompt in the future. During a webinar presentation, Greg Scoblete, a principal …

Ford Faces Two Recall Probes as Carmaker Combats Quality Woes

U.S. auto safety regulators are probing two recent recalls by Ford Motor Co. as the carmaker struggles to contain quality lapses in its vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating an April recall of more than 450,000 Bronco …