Monthly Archives: <span>March 2025</span>

Gen AI Is Shaking Up Underwriting, but Can it Replace Human Judgment?

Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it’s affecting many areas of insurance from claims to underwriting to customer service, according to panelists at the 2025 PLUS D&O Symposium in New York City. But has the technology developed so …

Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poses New Risk to Grid Operators

Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were alarmed when a big chunk of those centers – 60 of …

Carolina Woman Charged With Fraud After Claiming Slips and Falls at 8 Groceries

North Carolina authorities charged a woman with insurance fraud after learning that she made slip-and-fall claims at multiple grocery stores in the area. Jackie Kay Lynch, 61, of Wilson, east of Raleigh, filed a $1,000 claim in August 2024 with …

People: BenefitMall Names Scheib Sales Exec, SCDOI Adds Conley as Captive Analyst

BenefitMall, a CRC Group company and employee benefits specialist, has named Jim Scheib sales executive for north Florida, expanding the mall’s commitment to the region, the company said. Scheib has 35 years of experience in employee and group insurance. The …

Florida House Panel Approves ‘Two-Way’ Attorney Fees, Aims at 2022 Reforms

Three bills that would chip away at or substantially reverse 2022 and 2023 reforms on attorney fees and medical damages passed Florida House subcommittees by wide margins on Thursday. But the consensus at the state Capitol is that most of …

Student Driver’s Parent Can Be Liable for Fatal Crash for Negligent Supervision: Court

A Virginia Court of Appeals has given a green light to a negligence lawsuit seeking to hold a mother responsible for failing to supervise her teenage son who was learning to drive when he hit and killed a person in …

Washington Dairy Worker Charged in $122K Workers’ Comp Scam

A Washington farmhand faces felony charges for reportedly stealing more than $122,000 workers’ compensation benefits. Efrain Alatorre Camarena was charged with felony theft for allegedly collecting workers comp payments while discreetly working at another dairy farm. A Washington State Department …

Former Art Adviser to DiCaprio, Other Wealthy Clients Sentenced for $6.5 Million Fraud

A New York art adviser who once counted actor Leonardo DiCaprio among her wealthy patrons was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to cheating clients out of $6.5 million in connection with the sale of 55 …

Social Inflation’s Impact on Insurance in 2025

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Social inflation is not a new phenomenon, but its effects are becoming more pronounced across the insurance industry. In Episode 11 of What’s Brewing, Chris Accetta, VP of …

CSB Releases Update Into Fatal Texas Hydrogen Sulfide Release

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released a second update on its ongoing investigation into the fatal hydrogen sulfide release that occurred on October 10, 2024, at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Two …