Zurich Insurance Group AG is expecting pretax losses of $200 million from the January California wildfires as the insurer reported a 5% gain in profit for 2024. Group operating profit rose to $7.75 billion in the year, the company said … Source: Claims Journal

New York’s top prosecutor is suing Puff Bar and about a dozen other makers and distributors of popular e-cigarette brands for alleged illegal sales practices and marketing products to children. The lawsuit follows a two-year investigation by Attorney General Letitia … Source: Claims Journal

Sedgwick is acquiring Bottomline’s legal spend management division. Sedgwick plans to operate the LSM business as a separate division, and the company anticipates transitioning roughly 300 LSM employees. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals. The LSM … Source: Claims Journal

It would be hard to find a better testimonial to the power of artificial intelligence than what you’ll get when you speak to people overseeing an AI and technology transformation at Sentry Insurance. The Stevens Point, Wisconsin-based mutual carrier insures … Source: Claims Journal

Delta Air Lines Inc. is offering $30,000 to every passenger aboard a regional jet flight that came to rest upside down after crash landing at a Toronto airport earlier this week. The payments are “a good-faith gesture” that have “no … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it will enforce antidiscrimination laws against employers that “illegally prefer non-American workers. In a Feb. 19 announcement EEOC’s Andrea Lucas, acting chair, said the commission is “putting employers and other covered entities on … Source: Claims Journal

Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate $15 million of factory-built dwellings to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. The pre-fabricated houses — made by Gebbia’s startup, … Source: Claims Journal

Claims handling continues to be one of the biggest sticking points in the insurance process, a new report shows. Complaints about the claims handling process appear to be on the rise. In 2024, nearly half of Americans who filed a … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has submitted the Biden administration’s approval of California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 to Congress for review and potential repeal. The decision by the new … Source: Claims Journal

Is a binder binding, even if the property owner never received the insurance policy? Yes, it is, the Alabama Supreme Court decided last week in a case that marks another win for insurers relying on binding arbitration agreements. When Francine … Source: Claims Journal