Meta Platforms Inc. failed in a bid to challenge a class action suit in the UK that alleged Facebook abused its dominant position and exploited its users personal data. The UK’s Court of Appeal refused to permit Meta and Facebook’s …
Flooding from Hurricane Milton appears to have been more extensive than initially determined, affecting almost 185,000 buildings all across Florida, says a new analysis from ICEYE, a firm that uses satellite images to measure damage for the insurance industry. The …
Abbott Laboratories and a unit of Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc were cleared by a jury over claims they hid risks their premature-infant formulas can cause a bowel disease that severely sickened a baby boy. It was the companies’ first trial …
Sony Pictures Television Inc. accused CBS Studios Inc. in a lawsuit of leaving millions of dollars on the table in the network’s distribution of the popular Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune game shows. Sony, the producer of the programs, claims …
Crawford & Company has launched a new insurtech company with the goal of offering SaaS solutions aimed at enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of property/casualty claims. Turvi’s SaaS products are designed to improve claims processing workflow, expedite the estimating process …
Purdue Pharma is close to a new bankruptcy settlement with its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, and state and local governments that have filed lawsuits alleging that its painkiller OxyContin spurred a deadly opioid-addiction crisis in the U.S., …
Los Angeles County has sued beverage makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the public about the environmental impact and recyclability of their containers. The county in a lawsuit …
Auto insurers have been fighting rising costs and longer repair cycle times since the pandemic, but some relief is in sight for one of those trends. The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study released this week shows that …
Most homeowners are worried about the impact of natural disasters and climate change, a new survey shows. A survey from U.S. News & World Report shows 61% worry about climate change and the impact of natural disasters to their home …
Shipbuilder HII has settled claims against General Electric Co. that one of its units produced faulty propulsion gears for the USS Gerald R. Ford, the US’s costliest warship, that hobbled the vessel eight months after it was delivered, the companies …