Industry News
Fire and heat risks persist across parts of the western U.S. from North Dakota to California. There are red flag fire warnings in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, plus North and South Dakota. There is also a fire weather watch up …
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The powerful El Niño that’s already disrupting global weather patterns has a 75% chance of becoming “a historic event,” surpassing all records dating back to 1950, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said. El Niño will likely keep getting stronger through …
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When the cargo plane came to rest 1,300 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport, its nose sat flush with the ground, the tail — and the billboard-sized Amazon.com Inc. smile painted on it — jutting …
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Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group named Sharon Duez Shaw vice president and head of claims. Shaw joined the Pharmacists Mutual as part of a planned leadership transition from Peter Lambert, senior vice president, who will retire effective March 31, 2027. Shaw …
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Despite the proliferation of dystopian news harbingers about artificial intelligence and disruptive technology, those aren’t always the biggest worries among those in the claims industry. Claims Journal recently polled people on LinkedIn asking adjusters, claims managers, TPAs, vendors, to ring …
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The Washington Commanders football team has failed to block a workers’ compensation claim in Maryland by a former defensive tackle injured at the team’s training facility in Virginia just three days after he was signed by the team. In 2024, …
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of records about the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, including documents showing officials were weighing potential liability from toxic exposure while trying to reassure the public about …
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Chrysler parent Stellantis is recalling 201,976 Jeep vehicles in the U.S. due to a software error that may cause the tire pressure monitoring system to fail to detect low tire pressure or illuminate the warning light, the U.S. National Highway …
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DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion ($1.03 billion) in damages linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group said on Wednesday. The claimants include the liquidators of four companies: BlackRock Commodities (Global), …
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Artificial intelligence use is surging on farms as growers look for some high-tech help in planning and managing operations after years of scaling back on spending, according to McKinsey & Co. Some 17% of the world’s farmers now use generative …
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