Insurance Journal

Global Warming Can’t Be Ignored, Montana’s Top Court Says, Upholding Landmark Climate Case

Montana’s Supreme Court upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming. The justices, in...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Chicago Restaurant Owners to Pay $125K in Overtime Back Wages

The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment and order in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Dec. 2, 2024, that requires D’Nuez Corp. and owners Antonio Rendon and Albino Rendon – operators of &#8...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Swiss Re’s Business Unit CEOs Share Views on Key Risk Themes of 2025

Social inflation will continue to be a top concern for insurers and reinsurers in 2025 with US liability claims increasing by 57% during the past decade and nuclear verdicts rising in frequency, said Swiss Re, pointing to jury awards above …

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Tesla Recalls Nearly 700,000 Vehicles in Over Tire Pressure Monitoring Issue

Tesla said on Friday it was recalling 694,304 vehicles in the United States over an issue with the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). The TPMS warning light may not remain illuminated between drive cycles, failing to warn the driver of …

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Liberty Mutual Weighs Sale of Thailand, Vietnam Assets

Liberty Mutual Holding Co. is considering a sale of its businesses in Thailand and Vietnam as the US insurer seeks to streamline its operations, according to people familiar with the matter. Liberty Mutual is working with a financial adviser on &#823...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Safeco to Stop Writing New Condo and Renter Policies in California

It appears another insurance carrier is turning sour on wildfire-prone California. Safeco, a Liberty subsidiary, is preparing to stop writing new condo and rental policies in California at the beginning of next year. Liberty stopped writing new condo...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Cleveland Clinic Plans New Hospital, Larger Outpatient Center in South Florida

The Cleveland Clinic, a health care system with hospitals and clinics around the world, said it plans to build a 150-bed hospital in the Palm Beach area and will quadruple the size of an outpatient clinic there. Cleveland has operated …

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Ships Canceled, Smelter Hit As Mozambique Braces for More Post-Election Disruption

Post-election protests rocking Mozambique since late October have interrupted trade and hampered a major aluminum smelter, with the southeast African nation braced for more disruption next week. The Constitutional Council is set to validate the dispu...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Palm Beach Revolt Forces Sylvester Stallone to Abandon Mansion Sea Barrier

In his movies, Sylvester Stallone has taken on drug cartels, Soviet troops and boxer Apollo Creed. But in real life, he had to beat a retreat against the Palm Beach Town Council. The movie star appeared Thursday before the council …

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor Found in Contempt of Court After Lawsuit Loss

A computer scientist who falsely claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin was handed a suspended prison termafter being found in contemptof court by a London judge after a stinging lawsuit loss. The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance, a nonprofit crypto...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Group Calls New Jersey’s Toxic Waste Dump Settlement ‘Woefully Inadequate’

Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the &#823...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

People Moves: Chubb’s Westchester Announces New Head of Programs, COO

Westchester, a Chubb Company and Chubb’s excess and surplus lines division, named Nick Gatt, previously chief operating officer (COO) for Westchester Programs, as head of Westchester Programs. Gatt will oversee strategy, underwriting and profit...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

G-7 Considers Options to Harden Price Cap on Russian Oil

Group of Seven nations are exploring ways to toughen the price cap on Russian oil as they seek to better target Moscow’s ability to fund its war against Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Options under consideration range &#...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Singapore’s bolttech, Valued at $2.1 Billion, Raises More Than $100 Million

Singapore-headquartered insurance technology firm bolttech has raised more than $100 million in its latest funding round, led by Dragon Fund of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and fintech direct lender Liquidity Group, it said on Friday. The Series C...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Grubhub to Pay $25M in Deceptive Business Settlement With Illinois AG and FTC

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Grubhub Inc., an online food ordering and delivery platform, will pay $25 million to settle a dispute over alleged deceptive business practices with the Illinois attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission, officials sa...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

People Moves: Augment Risk Tabs McElhiney to Lead New Captive Offering

Augment Risk, the reinsurance and risk capital solutions broker, announced the appointment of Steve McElhiney as partner of newly created captive and alternative risk transfer solutions offering. Based in Dallas, Steve will develop Augment Risk&#8217...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Auto Insurer’s Online System Breach Tied to Unemployment Fraud

Noblr, a USAA Insurance subsidiary offering insurance through an online quoting application, will pay $500,000 following a data breach that New York officials say affected 80,000 people and led to fraudulent unemployment benefit claims. New York Atto...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Amazon Agrees to Worker Safety Measures to Settle OSHA Probe

Amazon.com will implement safety measures at all of its U.S. facilities to settle a federal agency’s claims that it failed to prevent workers from developing back problems and other ergonomic injuries, the agency said on Thursday. Amazon settle...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

American Airlines Settles Race Discrimination Suit by Black Men Removed From Flight

American Airlines has agreed to settle a race discrimination lawsuit by three Black men who were temporarily removed from a flight at the insistence of white flight attendants, according to a court filing on Thursday. The terms of the agreement &#823...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting

With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said experts during a November we...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Senate Committee Reveals Climate Change Danger to Financial System

A Senate Budget Committee report shows how dangerous climate change is to the nation’s financial system as well as how bad it could be for homeowners seeking affordable insurance. A Senate Budget Committee Staff report out this month, Uncoverin...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Afore Moves into Childcare Insurance Market With Block Insurance of Florida

Afore Insurance Services, a brokerage and broker acquisition platform based in the Atlanta area, has acquired Block Insurance in Oveido, Florida, a firm that has specialized in finding coverage for childcare providers, educators, private schools and...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Florida Businessman Pleads Guilty to Rolling Back Odometers by Thousands of Miles

A Florida car dealer is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to rolling back the odometers on at least three vehicles by thousands of miles. Drew Mitchell Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group, in Winter Garden, admitted that he...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Suspect in Killing of UnitedHealth Executive Faces Federal Murder Charge

The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group UNH.N executive Brian Thompson is being charged with federal murder and stalking crimes, according to a court document filed on Thursday, alongside state murder and terrorism charges previously announc...

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

Man Charged With Hiring Another to Burn Down His Home for $1.3 Million in Insurance

A New York man has been arrested on charges of conspiracy, arson and insurance fraud for allegedly hiring a man to set fire to his Yonkers home and then attempting to collect more than $1.3 million from his home insurance …

Posted: Dec 20, 2024