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Stellantis Recalls 24,000 Chrysler Minivans for Fire Risks, Urges Outdoor Parking

WASHINGTON – Stellantis on Thursday recalled about 24,000 ChryslerPacifica plug-in hybrid minivans worldwide because of fire risks, and urged owners to park outside, away from structures. and not to recharge the vehicles pending a software update. Stellantis said the recall …

Hawaiian Electric Among Firms Eyeing $4B Maui Fire Deal

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. is among the companies that have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion to resolve hundreds of lawsuits over the wildfires that ripped through Maui last year, according to people familiar with the deal. The …

Study Urges Rethinking of Disaster Management in Era of Compounding Events

A new report warns that compounding natural disasters introduce new, interconnected, and complex risk scenarios — and points to a need to reimagine efforts that support disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery “in an era of intensifying extreme weather-climate events and …

MEMIC Group Promotes Foote to Vice President of Claims

The MEMIC Group promoted Stacey Foote to vice president of claims. Foote will oversee MEMIC’s Eastern Region claims handling operation, including the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast territories. She has been part of MEMIC since 2004, starting as a compensation specialist …

North Carolina Man Charged With Threatening Insurance Agents Over Claim

First, a North Carolina man filed a claim with Farm Bureau Insurance. Then he threatened three insurance agents with violence when he wasn’t paid as much as he expected, according to state authorities and one of the insurance agents. Brody …

Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re

Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which discusses the macroeconomic factors …

Hyundai Motor America to Recall Nearly 67,000 Vehicles in the U.S., NHTSA Says

Hyundai Motor America is recalling nearly 67,000 vehicles in the U.S., the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday. The company is recalling about 54,647 vehicles over loss of drive power from a fuel pump failure and about …

The ‘Greenhouse Effect’: How an Oft-Touted Climate Solution Threatens Agricultural Workers

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat. Some contend with headaches, dizziness and nausea. Some …

The Problem(s) With Hail Claims – Part 3

Read the first part in this series, The Problem(s) With Hail Claims, Part 1: A Cautionary Tale for Insureds and Insurers, and the second part in this series, The Problem(s) With Hail Claims – Part 2. My previous two columns …

Amazon Worker Injured Due to Repetitive Tasks Loses Workers’ Compensation Bid

An Amazon distribution center worker in Virginia whose job entailed repetitive lifting and stowing of items all day and who suffered rotator cuff tears has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she failed to prove her injury resulted from an …

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