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What began as a lawsuit filed against Church Mutual Insurance Company on a $1 million-plus claim dispute turned into a potential $2 million award against a contractor after a jury found the contractor intentionally interfered with the insurance contract and …
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said this week the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead to a global “jobs apocalypse” and the technology had not claimed as many white-collar jobs as he had feared. Speaking virtually at a …
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Transactional risk claims with a major broker saw a 9% year-over-year decrease, a new report shows. Marsh Risk published its 2026 Global Transactional Risk Insurance Claims Report, providing a perspective on the transactional risk insurance claims landscape. Findings from the …
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A Florida appeals court this month handed ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft a major legal victory with a broad interpretation of what the court called an unusually broad liability immunity law. The 4th District Court of Appeals, one step …
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An accident at a Washington state packaging facility has left at least one person dead, nine missing and nine others injured, with crews working to contain a ruptured tank of caustic chemicals. The incident occurred Tuesday morning at Nippon Dynawave …
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The U.S. government has joined the line of creditors impacted by alleged fraud at bankrupt auto-parts maker First Brands, in this instance for accusations the company cheated on how much it should have paid on tariffs. First Brands was hit …
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A court was right to acknowledge an insurance company’s settlement of a claim and dismiss the lawsuit against its insured without the insured’s approval, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The insured, Patrick O’Brien, objected to the settlement and …
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Workers’ compensation is entering a period of heightened complexity as regulatory changes and policy shifts continue to unfold across federal and state levels. So far this year, a surge in legislative activity, combined with evolving federal healthcare policy and persistent …
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms to avoid a lawsuit brought by Vermont’s attorney general accusing the company of designing its Instagram social media app to be addictive to young users, as …
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Hyundai Motor is recalling 421,078 vehicles in the U.S. over a software error that may cause an unexpected application of brakes, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. The recall covers certain 2025-2026 model Santa Cruz, Tucson, …
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