Industry News
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but is the reverse true? The presumption in California could be that it is. One fallout from the plague of wildfires that struck California in recent years is that smoke claims became a bigger issue …
Via: Claims Journal
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s data was exposed earlier this year in a hack of accounting firm EY, according to a person familiar with the matter. The bank’s systems weren’t affected by the attack, a Goldman spokesperson said in an emailed …
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Fraud referral rates declined across several major lines, a new report shows. Carpe’s 2026 Online Fraud Insights Report examines potentially fraudulent evidence identified through the company’s monitoring of open injury claims from 2024 to 2025. Despite the drop in fraud …
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As Tesla chases an elusive prize – government approval of its “Full Self-Driving” technology across Europe – the U.S. automaker is waging a pressure campaign casting safety regulators as feckless bureaucrats blocking its life-saving technology. Elon Musk’s company has pushed …
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Cargo vans and heavy-duty pickups are not as safe as passenger vehicles in front crash prevention, achieving marginal and poor ratings common in new testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Cargo vans were the best performers. The Mercedes-Benz …
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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley are on the wrong track and misunderstand the influences that can affect claims, the industry said. The senators have sent letters to some of the largest personal lines insurers in the U.S., asking for …
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The storm is expected to rapidly strengthen over the next two days, and become a hurricane by Thursday.
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Most of the attention on California’s weather is focused right now on an unusual October heat wave with triple-digit temperatures in some areas, but talk of “atmospheric rivers” bringing crashing waves, pounding rain and snow by the feet to the …
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A Florida injury attorney known for suing insurance companies in medical malpractice, wrongful death and auto claims, has been suspended from practice after he was linked to a murder-for-hire plan. Francisco Javier Gonzalez, 59, of the Orlando area, was suspended …
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A workers’ compensation claim from a New York construction site sat on a judge’s calendar for nearly a year before anyone thought to move it forward or even realized it had stalled. By the time the oversight was detected, both …
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