News for February 2025
- ZestyAI: More Than $2 Trillion in US Homes at High Risk of Wildfires
- Edison Says Wildfire Fund May Shield Balance Sheet From LA Fire Claims
- Norfolk Southern Wins Dismissal of Bondholder Lawsuit Over 2023 Ohio Derailment
- CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Capital One Over Savings Rates
- Newsom Leans on Veteran Republican to Push $40 Billion California Fire Aid
- Sedgwick: European Product Recalls Reached Record High in 2024
- Oklahoma High Court Claims Ruling: Insurer Must Provide Direct Renewal Notice to Named Insured
- Tesla Sets Sights on Waymo, Uber in California Ridesharing Bid
- Microsoft Outs Hackers Behind Tools to Bypass Generative AI Guardrails
- Trump Says Canada, Mexico Tariffs to Take Effect, Adds New China Duty
- Aborted Airport Landing Adds to Series of Flight Incidents
- Jeep Maker Urges Trump to Take Aim at Cars Without US Parts
- Thieves Targeting Trains in California And Arizona Make off With $2M Worth of Nikes
- Musk’s Ex-Twitter Workers Win Severance Over ‘Fork in the Road’ Email
- US Supreme Court Seems Poised to Lower Bar for Reverse Discrimination Suits
- Walgreens to Pay $595 Million to Settle COVID Test Contract Dispute
- Fire Danger in LA Is All Around, But Signals to Residents Are Mixed
- Munich Re Faces $1.3 Billion in Claims From Los Angeles Wildfires
- Florida Wants More Claims Data, Warns Insurers About Concurrent Causation Denials
- Meta Must Face Lawsuit Claiming It Prefers Cheaper Foreign Workers
- 1MDB Drops $248 Million Against ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Producer
- Survey Shows Declining Consumer Confidence in AI for P/C Insurance
- Smartwatches Measuring Mortality Risks Are New Tool for Insurers
- US FDA, CDC Investigating Multi-State Listeria Outbreak
- OKX to Pay $500 Million After Guilty Plea for Crypto Crime
- J&J Sues Samsung Bioepis Over Contract Breach for Stelara Biosimilar
- DoorDash to Pay $16.8 Million in Back Pay to New York Couriers
- Google’s AI Previews Erode The Internet, Edtech Company Says in Lawsuit
- EU Expands Tariff List in Trump’s Looming Metals Trade Dispute
- ATI Restoration Names Zoellner Regional Vice President of Mountain West Region
- Engineering Company Settles Flint Water Lawsuits for $53M
- Bybit Hit by Crypto’s Worst Hack With Nearly $1.5B Stolen
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Laid Off 4% of Staff, Spokesperson Says
- How Better Water Systems Can Help a City Survive The Next Firestorm
- LA Mayor Removes Fire Chief in Fallout From Palisades Blaze
- CoreLogic: Chicago Has Most Homes at Risk from Convective Storms
- Four Big Banks Fined $132M for Sharing UK Bond Market Information
- Woman Sues Fertility Clinic, Saying She Gave Birth to Another Patient’s Baby
- Mastercard Wins UK Court Nod for $253M Deal to End $12B Class Action Claim
- Stellantis’ $807M UK Lawsuit Over Airbag, Seatbelt Cartels Dismissed
- Tesla Recalls 380,000 Vehicles in US Over Power Steering Assist Issue
- Zurich Insurance Sees $200 Million LA Wildfire Loss
- Report Drills Down on Property Damage from Beryl, Helen and Milton
- New York Sues Vape Sellers Like Puff Bar for Targeting Kids
- Sedgwick Acquires Bottomline’s Legal Spend Management Business
- Sentry Transformation Saves ‘Tens of Thousands of Hours’ with AI in Claims
- Delta Offers $30,000 to Each Passenger in Toronto Crash Landing
- EEOC Says It’s Going After ‘Anti-American Bias’ in the Workplace
- Airbnb Billionaire Plans Factory-Built Homes for LA Fire Victims
- Claims Handling Accounts for Large Share of Insurance Complaints, Poll Shows
- EPA Submits Biden Approval of California EV Plan to Congress
- Is a Binder Binding? Yes, Says Alabama Supreme Court in Win for Arbitration Clauses
- Xceedance Acquires CIS Claim Services
- Nigeria Suing Binance for $81.5B in Economic Losses And Back Tax
- Farmers Estimates $600M in Losses from LA Wildfires
- Frigid Blast Bears Down on 100 Million People Across the US
- Mastercard’s Settlement in Class Action Suit Gets Court Scrutiny
- Uber Lawsuit Accuses DoorDash of Anticompetitive Practices
- Trump’s Hiring Freeze Throws Wildfire Fighters into Disarray
- AI ‘Hallucinations’ in Court Papers Spell Trouble for Lawyers
- Sedgwick Completes Strategic Sales Team Reorganization
- Auto And Property Insurance Shopping Saw 20% Spikes in 4Q 2024, Report Shows
- Delta Flights Resume in Toronto After Plane Accident Injures 21
- J&J Begins Crucial Battle Over $10 Billion Baby Powder Settlement
- Her Parents Were Injured in A Tesla Crash, But She Had to Pay Tesla Damages
- Insurers Escape Coverage for Parents Accused of Hiding Son’s Murder Weapon
- Trump Says New Tariffs on Autos Coming Around April 2
- California Insurance Commissioner Rejects State Farm’s 22% Rate Request
- Uber Targets Personal Injury Lawyers in Multimillion Dollar Ad Campaign
- Bird Flu Signs Found in Three Veterinarians Suggest Wider US Spread
- Los Angeles Sees Mudslides With Heavy Rains
- Sedgwick: U.S. Product Recalls Reached High Level Again Last Year
- Cybertruck Crash Raises Alarm Bells About Tesla’s Self-Driving Software
- Mexico’s Sheinbaum Threatens to Sue Google Over ‘Gulf of America’ Maps Change
- Southern California Edison Gear Ignited More Fires in 2024 Than Previous Year
- Insurers Have Now Paid out $6.9B for LA Wildfires, Report Shows
- FEMA to Borrow $2B to Pay Flood Claims After Hurricanes Helene and Milton
- NHTSA Launches Engineering Analysis into 129K Honda Vehicles
- Mercury Expects to Lose $1.6B to $2B from LA Wildfires
- Sedgwick Promotes Siva to Chief Operating Officer in Canada
- Musk’s X Agrees to Pay $10M to Settle Trump Suit, WSJ Reports
- AIG Q4 General Insurance Underwriting Income Down 29% on Catastrophes
- Lawsuit Accuses Owners of International Bank of Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
- 2 Million Acres in California Designated High Or Very High Fire Danger Areas
- Greenpeace Sues Fossil Fuel Pipeline Company Suing It for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
- Edison Utility Faces Shareholder Lawsuit Over LA Wildfires
- IIHS Test Shows Automakers Making Strides on Front Crash Prevention
- Report Eyes Cybersecurity Concerns for Insurance Industry
- Cybereason CEO Sues Mnuchin, SoftBank Fund Over Funding Plan
- Bayer Backs Broadened Effort to Shield Weedkiller From Cancer Warning Claims
- Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright ‘Fair Use’ Ruling Against One-Time Competitor
- Hawaiian Electric Welcomes Top Court’s Ruling on $4B Wildfire Settlement
- Ford’s CEO to Warn Lawmakers of ‘Devastating’ Tariff Impact
- Insurers Report Record Claims for Weather-Related Damage in UK
- Travelers Expecting $1.7 Billion in Catastrophe Losses From LA Wildfires
- UBS Whistleblower Verdict Tossed Despite US Supreme Court Win
- Microsoft Hit by French Antitrust Probe Over Rivals’ Bing Access
- What’s Tying Up $4B Settlement for Hawaii Wildfire Victims
- Allianz Commercial Promotes Lee to Head of Claims in Canada
- Amazon Paying $4M to Settle Lawsuit Alleging It Took Tips From Drivers
- Lyft to Launch Mobileye Robotaxis in Dallas as Soon as 2026
- SEC Says Game Service Roblox Part of ‘Active Investigation’
- Survey Shows More People Aware of Flood Risk Thanks to Hurricane Season
- ‘Old School’ Job Search Benefits Injured Worker in Lost Wages Claim
- Automakers Urge USDOT to Quickly Restart Federal EV Charging Program
- AccuWeather: Elevated Risk of Mudslides at LA Wildfire Burn Scars With Coming Storm
- Avolon, BOC Settle Irish Lawsuits Against Insurers Over Stranded Russian Jets
- Army Helicopter Pilots Likely Using Night-Vision Before Crash
- New York, Northeast in Line for Weekend Snow Storm
- LA Neighbors See Much Different Post-Wildfire Rebuilding Options Due to Insurance Crisis
- Edison Probing Retired Power Line as Possible Start of LA Eaton Fire
- Couple Sues Walgreens And Optum Rx, Saying Son Died After $500 Price Rise for Asthma Meds
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Claims-Management Provider W.K. Webster
- AM Best: Wildfires Intensifying California’s Property Insurance Troubles
- Designs for New Baltimore Bridge Unveiled Almost a Year After Deadly Collapse
- Judge Blocks Sandy Hook Families’ Settlement in Alex Jones’ Bankruptcy
- Inside the LA Fire Cleanup’s Rush to Remove Tons of Toxic Rubble
- Insurer Seeks to Exit $30 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Boy’s Fatal Shooting
- Trader Who Made $1 Billion in Single Bet Sues Deutsche Bank
- Viewpoint: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA
- Startup Accused of Gouging LA Fire Victims on Rent
- New York and Northeast Set for Slippery Commute on Ice Thursday
- USAA Becomes 3rd Insurer to Report $1B-Plus in Claims So Far for LA Wildfires
- Lawsuit Blames Deaths on Ohio Train Derailment
- LA Wildfire Losses Seen as High as $164 Billion, UCLA Says
- Man Charged With Filing $50K in Fraudulent iPhone Insurance Claims
- Super Bowl Security Tightens After New Orleans Terrorist Attack
- GM Takes Full Control of Cruise in Autonomous Personal Vehicle Shift
- IIHS: Larger Vehicles Offer Minimal Safety Benefits, But Pose Other Dangers
- Amazon to Face Legal Action After Laying Off 1,900 in Quebec
- Investigators Probe Washington Plane Crash Wreckage And Flight Logs
- Google Appeal of Epic App Win Eyed by Skeptical Court
- Risk Matters: Cyber Risk and AI – The Changing Landscape
- Bessent to be Acting CFPB Head, Pauses Rules and Litigation
- Google Asks US Appeals Court to Overturn App Store Verdict
- California Faces Mudslide Threat From Flooding Rains After Wildfires
- State Farm Seeking Interim 22% Rate Hike for Homeowners in Wake of LA Wildfires
- US Could Seek More Than $1B From J&J for Cancer Treatment Costs
- Asda Loses Key UK Ruling in $1.5 Billion Equal Pay Contest
- Car Prices Face $3,000 Increase as Tariffs Hit Auto Sector
- UK Warns DeepSeek Users of Data Risks But Won’t Ban It Yet
- Warner Bros Hit With Superman Copyright Lawsuit Ahead of New Movie
- LinkedIn Lawsuit Over Use of Customer Data for AI Models Is Dismissed
- Securities Litigation Risk for Public Companies Rose by $1 Trillion in Fourth Quarter
- North Carolina Officials Make Urgent Request to Lawmakers on Hurricanes