Asiana Airlines Inc. settled 72 personal injury claims in lawsuits filed over a July 2013 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport and is continuing to negotiate with other passengers. The airline announced the settlement Tuesday in a federal court … Source: Claims Journal

Anyone who isn’t in a high state of alert about safeguarding his or her identity is either in massive denial or is a fatalist. The data breach at Anthem put about 80 million consumers at risk of ID theft, states … Source: Claims Journal

Tornado and high winds are some of the most destructive forces of nature. While tornadoes are frequent in the Great Plains, South, and Midwest, there is no state in the country that isn’t at risk. Insurance helps policyholders to recover … Source: Claims Journal

While cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving, many cyber criminals use variations of the same methods of cyber attack. Specifics of these attacks may differ, but the nature of the attacks stay the same. Cyber criminals take advantage of a user’s … Source: Claims Journal

The head of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood insurance program acknowledged he has seen evidence of fraudulent engineering reports that may have been used to deny flood claims by Superstorm Sandy victims, according to CBS’s “60 Minutes” program that … Source: Claims Journal

With fewer catastrophic storms than prior years, insurance providers have been able to focus time on and apply lessons to managing non-catastrophic claims, which has resulted in a third consecutive year of higher overall satisfaction among homeowners who have filed … Source: Claims Journal

Michigan is aiming to invest in cybersecurity and position itself as a national leader in the field as attacks on governments increase. The state receives more than 730,000 attempted cyberattacks daily, and that number is rising as hackers and thieves … Source: Claims Journal

ExxonMobil has paid more than $4.6 million to nearly 2,900 motorists impacted by the company’s production of more than 5 million gallons of tainted fuel distributed in the Baton Rouge area in March 2014. “ExxonMobil proactively honored all valid claims … Source: Claims Journal

OSHA is urging employers and workers who remove snow from rooftops and other building structures to be aware of the hazards and safeguards associated with this work. Several recent incidents of workers falling through skylights, one resulting in a fatality, … Source: Claims Journal

That Google is getting into auto insurance should have the voice in the head of every agent who sells personal auto coverage saying: “Be afraid, be very afraid.” OK, that’s not exactly how W.R. Berkley Corp. CEO William R. Berkley … Source: Claims Journal