Posts by Y@DminG
Gallagher Bassett Names Simpson EVP of Workers’ Comp, Sinha Managing Director of Captives
Gallagher Bassett named Irina Simpson executive vice presidents of workers’ compensation and Ajay Sinha was named managing director of captives. Simpson was previously chief claims officer and senior vice president at PMA companies. Sinha, who has been with Gallagher Bassett … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGM Self-Driving Unit Cruise Admits to Submitting False Report, Will Pay Fine
General Motors’ self-driving car unit, Cruise, admitted to submitting a false report to influence a federal investigation and will pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, the Justice Department said. The department said Cruise failed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMusk Escalates Altman Legal Feud, Casting OpenAI as Monopolist
Elon Musk is ramping up his feud with Sam Altman, alleging in a court filing that OpenAI is trying to corner the market for generative artificial intelligence and sacrificing safety in a race to get ahead. In a revised version … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFanDuel Settles MLB Union Lawsuit Over Use of Player Likenesses
Major League Baseball’s players union settled a lawsuit that accused sports betting giant FanDuel of using the names and likenesses of hundreds of MLB players on its betting platform without permission. A FanDuel spokesperson said on Friday that the company … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAI Weather Models Have Shown Promise This Hurricane Season
When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the tech company’s artificial intelligence unit, saw something other models missed. Deepmind’s AI-driven program, called GraphCast, forecast the storm would take … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBristol Myers Faces Renewed, $6.7B Lawsuit Over Delayed Cancer Drug
Bristol Myers Squibb was hit on Thursday with a $6.7 billion lawsuit claiming it cheated former Celgene shareholders by delaying federal approval for three drugs, 1-1/2 months after a federal judge abruptly dismissed an earlier version of the case. The … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMeta Fined $841M by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance
Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a €798 million ($841 million) fine by European Union regulators by tying its Facebook Marketplace service to the social network, the U.S. tech giant’s first ever penalty for E.U. antitrust violations. In a groundbreaking … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAllstate Insurers Sue Hyundai, Kia to Pay for Claims From Defective Cars
A group of subsidiaries of Allstate have filed a subrogation suit against Hyundai and Kia to get back costs paid to insureds for damages when their cars suddenly erupted in flames. According to the lawsuit, now in U.S. District Court … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNew Hampshire High Court Invalidates Geico Underinsured Claim Provision
A claim provision requiring insureds to seek underinsured benefits from their auto insurer within three years of an accident is unenforceable in New Hampshire because it restricts the insureds’ right to obtain the same benefits they would have received if … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSedgwick: US Product Recalls on Pace to Hit 6-Year High
If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the end of the year, a new report from Sedgwick shows. Year-to-date there have been 2,454 product recalls across five key … Source: Claims Journal
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