Articles by Nathan Gomes

US Opens Probe into Over 110,000 Ford SUVs on Seat Belt Concern

The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Monday it had initiated a recall query into about 112,567 Ford SUVs over an issue with seat belt retractors. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had received three complaints, alleging an …

Porsche Auto Insurance Launches New Unlimited Policy

Porsche Auto Insurance launched a new unlimited policy for owners of Porsche automobiles who drive more than 10,000 miles per year. The product is indended to complement to the original pay-per-mile policy offered by Porsche Auto Insurance by providing customers …

Gallagher Bassett Names Simpson EVP of Workers’ Comp, Sinha Managing Director of Captives

Gallagher Bassett named Irina Simpson executive vice presidents of workers’ compensation and Ajay Sinha was named managing director of captives. Simpson was previously chief claims officer and senior vice president at PMA companies. Sinha, who has been with Gallagher Bassett …

GM Self-Driving Unit Cruise Admits to Submitting False Report, Will Pay Fine

General Motors’ self-driving car unit, Cruise, admitted to submitting a false report to influence a federal investigation and will pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, the Justice Department said. The department said Cruise failed …

Musk Escalates Altman Legal Feud, Casting OpenAI as Monopolist

Elon Musk is ramping up his feud with Sam Altman, alleging in a court filing that OpenAI is trying to corner the market for generative artificial intelligence and sacrificing safety in a race to get ahead. In a revised version …

FanDuel Settles MLB Union Lawsuit Over Use of Player Likenesses

Major League Baseball’s players union settled a lawsuit that accused sports betting giant FanDuel of using the names and likenesses of hundreds of MLB players on its betting platform without permission. A FanDuel spokesperson said on Friday that the company …

AI Weather Models Have Shown Promise This Hurricane Season

When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the tech company’s artificial intelligence unit, saw something other models missed. Deepmind’s AI-driven program, called GraphCast, forecast the storm would take …

Bristol Myers Faces Renewed, $6.7B Lawsuit Over Delayed Cancer Drug

Bristol Myers Squibb was hit on Thursday with a $6.7 billion lawsuit claiming it cheated former Celgene shareholders by delaying federal approval for three drugs, 1-1/2 months after a federal judge abruptly dismissed an earlier version of the case. The …

Meta Fined $841M by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance

Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a €798 million ($841 million) fine by European Union regulators by tying its Facebook Marketplace service to the social network, the U.S. tech giant’s first ever penalty for E.U. antitrust violations. In a groundbreaking …

New Hampshire High Court Invalidates Geico Underinsured Claim Provision

A claim provision requiring insureds to seek underinsured benefits from their auto insurer within three years of an accident is unenforceable in New Hampshire because it restricts the insureds’ right to obtain the same benefits they would have received if …