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Too Much Tech, More Lawyers Fuel Auto Insurance Woes: Hartford Execs
Although small commercial insurance—outside of auto—is a top-line accelerator at The Hartford, auto insurance severity continues hitting the bottom line, say executives who expect a pretax $50 ...
Trade Secrets Stolen in Massive Cyber Attack Against Steelmaker ThussenKrupp
Technical trade secrets were stolen from the steel production and manufacturing plant design divisions of ThyssenKrupp AG in cyber attacks earlier this year, the German company said on Thursday. ...
Cyence’s CEO Sees an Urgent Need to Model Cyber Risk
Property/casualty insurers continue to explore ways to better insure cyber risk. Cyence digs deeper, modeling the financial impact cyber events can cause. Launched a little over two years ago in ...
J&J Will Appeal $1B Verdict in Recent Artificial Hip Implant Trial
Johnson & Johnson will challenge the fairness of a trial that produced a verdict of $1 billion in damages against the company last week over allegations of design flaws in its Pinnacle hip ...
State Farm Loses Hurricane Fraud Case in U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to two whistleblower sisters by upholding a jury verdict that found State Farm defrauded the U.S. government when the insurance company assessed damage ...
Apple’s Patent Infringement Award From Samsung Hit With SCOTUS Setback
The U.S. Supreme Court told a lower court to take another look at a $399 million award won by Apple Inc. from rival Samsung Electronics Co. for copying the design of the iPhone. The unanimous ...
Using Technology to Solve Carrier/Broker Inefficiencies
During the annual International Association of Claim Professionals (IACP) conference held in Sonoma recently, Claims Journal hosted an executive roundtable with board members to discuss ...
RBS Agrees to Pay Up to $1B to Settle Investor Lawsuits Over 2008 Offering
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc moved closer to clearing a backlog of charges for misconduct that have slowed its return to profitability, agreeing to pay as much as 800 million pounds ($1 billion) ...