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3Q Supply Chain Analysis Shows Organized Crime Driving Increased Theft Activity

A new report shows a large year-over-year increase in cargo theft incidents and evolving organized crime tactics. A CargoNet analysis of cargo theft trends for the third quarter of 2024 shows 776 cargo theft events across the U.S. and Canada …

People’s Trust Managed Repair Clause Survives Another Florida Legal Challenge

After at least three appeals court decisions in the last four years, homeowner lawsuits that take issue with a Florida insurance carrier’s managed repair program may finally have run their course. “It really should” be a nail in the coffin …

Insuring the Future: The Metaverse Has Entered the Chat

The digital and physical realms are converging in unprecedented ways, and nowhere is this more evident than in the metaverse. This virtual space, once reserved as the playground of gamers and tech enthusiasts, has evolved from a sci-fi concept to …

Exclusion Does Not Exclude Coverage for Condo in Nashville Christmas Bombing

The insurance fallout from the Christmas Day 2020 bombing in downtown Nashville continues, with a federal court deciding this week that Aspen Specialty Insurance must cover millions in replacement costs for a heavily damaged condominium building. The insurer in 2021 …

Survey: Most IT Decisionmakers at Insurers Plan to Invest $500K to $5M in AI This year

Most insurance IT decision-makers (69%) plan to invest from $500,000 to $5 million in AI this year. That’s according to a new study, which shows many of those decision-makers have nearly doubled the AI spend in their budgets over the …

Expert: ‘Unceasing Onslaught’ of Legal Ads Worth Insurance Industry Attention

Often alarming, misleading or just plain annoying — when mass tort lawsuit advertisements pop on a TV screen, many consumers instinctually reach for the remote. An expert believes that the ads are worth your attention. “Especially for those in the …

Survey: 78M Americans Damaged Their Smartphones in the Last Year

The amount of money spent on cellphone screen repairs surged to $8.3 billion in 2023, nearly tripling the amount spent in 2018 ($3.4 billion), according to new research by Allstate Protection Plans. Researchers found that 49% of American smartphone owners …

US Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents Pose Big, Unreported Climate Threat

Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch pipeline buried under a field, sending more than 51 million cubic feet of natural gas hissing into the air. While the incident on Williams Companies’ Northwest …

Insurance Shopping Likely to Remain Strong in 2024, Despite Seasonal Dip in Q4 2023

Personal and auto insurance shopping is likely to increase in 2024 due to several market factors, new research shows. The observation in a new TransUnion report comes at a time when shopping for both insurance lines dropped at the end …

Viewpoint: Are We Drowning in Forms?

Claims adjudicators rely heavily on data to make informed decisions. It’s the nature of the work: assessing a claim correctly requires a sizable amount of information, such as policy coverage details, underwriting terms, data on the claimant’s past health, reason …