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#1 Lowe’s Scraps Some DEI Policies as Activist Claims a New Win
Aug 27 2024 // Lowe’s Cos. is scaling back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the latest American company to end such initiatives following a series of activists attacks on firms that promote DEI. The home-improvement...
#2 Trojan Condoms Contain ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Lawsuit Claims
Sep 10 2024 // A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer. In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, the...
#3 How Big Was the Cat? Investigator Warns About Claims of Clogged Toilets
Sep 13 2024 // Did you hear the one about cat poop clogging a toilet, resulting in thousands of gallons of sewage water in the home and a big insurance claim? Lin Werkheiser, an insurance fraud investigator, has heard that one and many...
#4 Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats Claims 5 More Lives, CDC Says
Aug 29 2024 // The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats has resulted in 14 new illnesses and five additional deaths. This brings the total to 57 cases, all of...
#5 Boating Accident Claims Lives of 2 Men in Illinois Lake; Girl Survives
Aug 21 2024 // MARSEILLES, Ill. (AP) — Two Indiana men have died and a 7-year-old girl has been found safe after the boat they were fishing from was found capsized on an eastern Illinois lake. Police responded Sunday to a 911 call at...
#6 Three Charged With Auto Insurance Fraud in Miami After False Injury Claims
Sep 4 2024 // Florida authorities have charged a Miami-area nurse practitioner and two others with creating false medical reports and attempting to defraud an auto insurance carrier out of more than $47,000. Local news reports said that...
#7 Hurricane Debby Florida Losses Top $121M; 60% of Claims Closed
Sep 11 2024 // A month after Hurricane Debby made landfall in northern Florida, the number of property insurance claims has reached almost 20,000, and total estimated insured losses are more than $121.5 million, the Florida Office of...
#8 Hurricane Debby Claims Already Two-Thirds of Idalia Claims in Florida, as Insurance Market Strengthens, Regulator Says
Sep 2 2024 // The number of Florida claims from Hurricane Debby, filed within 10 days of the storm, stood at almost two-thirds of the number of claims filed from Hurricane Idalia in a three-month period. Debby claims by Aug. 16 had...
#9 Judge Says X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff
Sep 5 2024 // A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination as a class, exposing the company to...
#10 How Social Media Complicates Defamation Claims and How to Handle Them
Sep 12 2024 // Five professional models who sued long after a state’s three year statute of limitations expired may pursue their defamation claims against an adult entertainment nightclub for posting their images to the giant...
#11 Montana Asbestos Clinic Seeks to Reverse Court Finding That It Submitted Hundreds of False Claims
Aug 23 2024 // An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse a lower court determination that it submitted hundreds of false claims on behalf of...
#12 Viewpoint: Early Action Key to Mitigating Risk in Professional Liability Claims
Sep 11 2024 // Professional liability claims impact a multitude of professions, including those in the legal, medical, financial and insurance industries. Claims for malpractice, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and related...
#13 Canada’s Insurance Sector Faces Deluge of Climate-Related Catastrophe Claims
Sep 3 2024 // Hotter summers in Canada that have sparked wildfires in tourist areas, intense hailstorms and thunderstorms with severe flooding in major cities, all likely linked to climate change, are leading to personnel shortages and...
#14 Swiss Re First-Half Profit Beats Estimates on Lower Catastrophe Claims
Aug 22 2024 // Swiss Re AG’s first-half net income beat estimates, as the re-insurer avoided higher claims from natural catastrophes that have impacted the broader insurance industry. Profit for the second quarter was $996 million,...
#15 People Moves: Resilience Names Jones to Lead Engineering and Gittler Global Head of Claims; USG Hires McMahon, Buck and Gudenkauf
Sep 4 2024 // Resilience, headquartered in New York, named Rebecca Jones as senior vice president of engineering and Jeremy Gittler as global head of claims. Rebecca Jones Jones takes over leadership responsibilities for the...
#16 Civil Trial Begins Into Sexual Abuse Claims by Ex-Patients at Virginia Children’s Hospital
Sep 17 2024 // Testimony has begun in a civil trial against a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children, its owner and its former medical director in a lawsuit filed by three former patients who allege they were touched...
#17 Australian Insurer IAG Says Rise in Claims, Third-Party Costs to Push Up Premiums
Aug 21 2024 // Insurance Australia Group said on Wednesday it expects premiums to keep rising because of a huge jump in loss claims and third-party costs for home and automobile repairs, sending its shares more than 3% lower. IAG said...
#18 Claims From 4 Summer Weather Events in Canada Exceed Prior Year Total: IBC
Sep 6 2024 // Four natural catastrophes over four weeks during Canada’s summer season have resulted in about five times the amount of claims than the 20-year average, reported the Insurance Bureau of Canada. About 228,000 home,...
#19 Plumbing Water Damage Claims Revisited
Sep 16 2024 // Looking back at my Insurance Journal columns over the past 5 years, I found that I wrote at least one column a year about water damage claims. So, before this year runs out, I guess it’s time for another, especially...
#20 Insurers Say Dark Fleet Oil Tankers Pose a Major Claims Risk
Sep 18 2024 // Marine insurance markets face significant risk from the growth of a shadow fleet of ships hauling oil from sanctioned producers like Russian and Iran, an industry group said. The opaque nature of the ownership of those...
