Archive for May 2023

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Construction crews had placed “insufficient support” beneath part of an upper floor that collapsed during renovations on the 124-year- old federal courthouse in Savannah, according to the government agency overseeing the project. Three construction workers were … Source: Claims Journal

Insurers may not use a war exclusion to deny coverage to Merck & Co. for a 2017 cyberattack blamed on the Russian military, a panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled. The panel affirmed a decision by the Union … Source: Claims Journal

NEW YORK –– A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to let Peloton Interactive Inc. customers pursue a class action accusing the bike and treadmill maker of misleading them about the “ever-growing” size of its library of on-demand fitness classes. In … Source: Claims Journal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year- old retired statesman Henry Kissinger. … Source: Claims Journal

The Florida House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would prohibit assignments of benefits for windshield repairs, sending it to the governor for his signature. Senate Bill 1002, passed by a vote of 103 to 16, also … Source: Claims Journal

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp equipment like bone saws has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the investigation … Source: Claims Journal

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) – A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach … Source: Claims Journal

DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) — An interstate highway in Illinois reopened Tuesday after a windstorm that kicked up clouds of blinding dust from farm fields and led to crashes that killed at least six people and injured dozens more, police said. … Source: Claims Journal

More than 85% of Americans own a smartphone, meaning about 300 million people across the country have high-resolution digital cameras tucked into their pockets. The ubiquity of these devices has led to efficiencies in the claim-handling process for many property … Source: Claims Journal

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon on Tuesday issued $2 million in fines against McClenny Moseley & Associates and three of its partners, the maximum amount allowed by law. “The illegal insurance scheme perpetrated by McClenny Moseley & Associates is frankly … Source: Claims Journal