Archive for September 2024

A surprising percentage of people are open to paying higher insurance premiums to subsidize higher-risk individuals, but only when they believe a risk is outside of a policyholder’s control. A survey of U.S. adults, conducted by think tank RAND, sought … Source: Claims Journal

Crawford & Company named Matt Donnelly head of Specialty Loss Adjusting. Donnelly is Crawford Australia’s Head of Global Technical Services, the loss adjusting division focused on large and complex property losses. The change has Donnelly expanding his remit to lead … Source: Claims Journal

Walgreens Boots Alliance agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it fraudulently billed the U.S. government for prescriptions that were never dispensed, the Department of Justice said on Friday. The Justice Department said Walgreens violated the federal False Claims … Source: Claims Journal

Netflix Inc. was accused by an Indian filmmaker of copying his 2009 movie for its popular Squid Game series as the company prepares to release the second season of the show later this year. The filmmaker, Soham Shah, sued Netflix … Source: Claims Journal

South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to Sept. 11. Satellite data … Source: Claims Journal

Cooler weather is aiding the fight against a large Southern California wildfire, one of three large fires in the region. The Bridge Fire exploded in size on Tuesday, forcing evacuations in the communities of Wrightwood and Pinion Hills. Authorities also … Source: Claims Journal

Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to a $65 million settlement of a class action with patients and employees affected by a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed personal and medical information including nude photos of patients. Every settlement class member … Source: Claims Journal

The past quarter alone has been an active season for product recalls in the U.S. From April to June, 254.56 million product units were recalled across the automotive, consumer products, food and drink, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. That’s more … Source: Claims Journal

Microsoft Corp. said it’s building an alternative for cybersecurity companies that now utilize the deepest layer of its operating system after a flawed update from CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. triggered a global IT meltdown. The Redmond, Washington-based technology giant announced Thursday … Source: Claims Journal

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 more … Source: Claims Journal