Insurance Journal

Rio Tinto Reaches $138.75M Settlement With Investors Over Mongolian Mine

Rio Tinto agreed to pay $138.75 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the Anglo-Australian mining giant of defrauding investors by concealing problems with its $7 billion underground expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia. A...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Iran Hijacking Home Security Cameras to Spy Within Israel

Iran is tapping into private security cameras in Israel to gather real-time intelligence about its adversary, exposing a recurrent problem with the devices that has emerged in other global conflicts. Earlier this week, after Iranian ballistic missile...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs

To the untrained eye, the red shipping container at Felixstowe looked no different to the thousands of others stacked up at Britain’s busiest seaport. Destined for Africa, its contents were listed as “household goods,” but to police...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission Votes to Reduce MITF Assessment

The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that it voted this spring to reduce the Multiple Injury Trust Fund assessment on workers’ compensation coverage providers from 7% to 6.29%. This is the first reduction in five years,...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Toyota Files $361 Million South Africa Flood Damage Lawsuit: BD Report

Toyota Motors Corp. has brought a lawsuit for 6.5 billion rand ($361 million) in a South African court for 2022 flood damages that shuttered its plant near Durban, Business Day reported. The claim against Transnet SOC Ltd., the KwaZulu-Natal Departme...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Toyota’s Japanese Insurer Files $361 Million South Africa Claim

A 6.5 billion rand ($361 million) lawsuit has been lodged in a South African court by a Japanese insurance company for a claim arising from flood damages suffered in 2022 by Toyota Motors Corp.’s plant near Durban. The claim against …

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Ex-Shell US Oil Trading Boss Claims He’s Owed $29 Million Bonus

Shell Plc’s former head of oil trading in the US was stiffed on his 2020 bonus by more than $29 million, he claims in a lawsuit that shines a light on compensation inside the oil major’s lucrative trading unit. John …

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

People Moves: Circadian Risk Names Schools CFO

Circadian Risk, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, named Frank Schools as chief financial officer (CFO). Schools will oversee the company’s financial strategy, planning, risk management and reporting functions. Schools previously worked with...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

AmRisc Launches Reciprocal Exchange for Commercial E&S Market

AmRisc, a subsidiary of Alabama-based CRC Group and Truist Insurance Holdings, has launched a reciprocal exchange, initally writing in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, California and Colorado, the company announced this week. Calais Reciprocal Insurance Ex...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Former Connecticut Trooper Accused of Workers’ Compensation Fraud

A former Connecticut state police trooper has been arrested and charged with collecting workers’ compensation benefits totaling $8,341.00 during his employment with the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP)....

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Pano AI in California Raises $44M Series B to Scale Early Detection

San Francisco, California-based Pano AI announced the close of its $44 million Series B funding round. The round, which brings its total amount raised to $89 million, was led by new investor Giant Ventures, with additional new participation from Libe...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Waymo Applies for NYC Testing Permit, Sending Uber and Lyft Shares Lower

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo has applied for a permit to test its robotaxis in New York City, underscoring its intent to operate in one of the largest ride-hailing markets in the US despite an absence of local regulations supporting commercially opera...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Man Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Driver’s Licenses for Ineligible Applicants

A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain driver’s licenses for ineligible applicants, principally illegal aliens, federal prosecutors reported. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts said that Cesar Agusto Martin...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

SpaceX’s Starship Explodes on Test Stand in Yet Another Setback

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on a test stand in Texas, adding to a series of setbacks to Elon Musk’s space ambitions that include trips to Mars. The huge blast enveloped the craft as it stood upright on a test …

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Krispy Kreme Starts Notifying Over 160,000 People Affected by Data Breach

Krispy Kreme released new information about its late 2024 data breach and said it is notifying affected individuals—many of them current or former employees, and their families. According to a post on its website and a notification to the attorney &#...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Plenty of Investor Interest in Insurance Despite Drop in Deal Volume, Says PwC

Deal volume is down but the total value of the deals that were made is up, according an analysis by PwC of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance sector. The look at M&A activity showed total deal value within the …

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know

Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers and their claims professi...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Major Hurricane Erick Hits Mexico’s Pacific Coast, With Life-Threatening Floods Expected

Hurricane Erick made landfall on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday morning, authorities said, potentially bringing intense rains and life-threatening floods and mudslides. The storm made landfall around 5:30 am local time in the town of Santia...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Update: Hurricane Erick Weakens Over Mexico, Leaving Trail of Damage in its Wake

Hurricane Erick weakened after slamming into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a major hurricane on Thursday, leaving a trail of damaged businesses, wrecked boats and flooded streets in the state of Oaxaca as authorities warned of risks from h...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Hard Rock Stadium Tightens Security at Club World Cup After Miami Chaos Last Year

Almost a year since the Copa America final nearly ended in tragedy, big numbers of soccer fans are back at Hard Rock Stadium — this time for the Club World Cup with heightened security. A combined crowd of nearly 120,000 …

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

California Utilities Weigh Power Shutdowns as Dry Winds Approach

California utilities are mulling power shutdowns as breezy dry conditions across the state raise the risk of wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. may turn off power to at least 11,543 customers in 15 counties, according to its website. Souther...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Alabama DOI Encourages Insurers to Use More Than Drones in Nonrenewals

Alabama’s insurance commissioner this week urged property insurers to be judicious in the use of drones and aerial imagery in making nonrenewal decisions, but stopped short of issuing new regulations. “If an insurer uses aerial imagery as...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

People Moves: Aon Promotes Rieth to Global Cyber Leader

Aon Promotes Rieth to Global Cyber Leader Aon plc, headquartered in London, promoted Brent Rieth to global cyber leader within Commercial Risk Solutions. Rieth, based in Chicago, Illinois, currently serves as head of Cyber Solutions, North America, w...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Racketeering Suit Alleges NY Insurance Fraud Scheme by Lawyers, Medical Providers

A New York specialty insurance managing underwriter for contractors and construction risks has sued a New York City personal injury law firm and dozens of medical providers, alleging a wide-ranging scheme to defraud insurers through staged constructi...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Verisk: Q1 Claims Volume Hits 5-Year Low but Severity Up on Wildfire Losses

The first three months of 2025 brought devastating wildfires to California, significant wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in tornado activity to “Tornado Alley,” but claim volume decreased to a five-year low, accord...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025