Claims / Legal
New Verisk Tool Reveals IDs Phantom Garagers, Confirms Mileage
Auto insurance companies now have a tool that lets them verify the garaging address of a vehicle, confirm the driver's commuting mileage and obtain loss costs and premium differentials for the ...
Toyota Launches $1B Center Focused on Creating Smart Cars That Don’t Crash
Toyota Motor Corp. is spending $1 billion to form a research institute focused on the artificial intelligence and robotics technology it needs to make cars that can overcome driver errors and reduce ...
Munich Re Takes Big Tianjin Explosion Hit; XL Catlin, Allied World Impacted Less
Munich Re, XL Group and Allied World are among the latest insurers and reinsurers disclosing catastrophe costs stemming from the Tianjin port explosion in China earlier this fall, and the hits range ...
Buffett’s Railway Company Helped Lead Successful Effort to Delay Train Safety Tech
When an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Philadelphia in May, killing eight people and injuring scores more, the railroad industry's campaign to delay a Dec. 31 deadline to install technology to ...
Takata Must Pay Up to a Record $200M Over Defective Air Bags
The Japanese maker of air bags linked to the deaths or injuries of dozens of motorists has agreed to pay a U.S. civil penalty of up to $200 million and have an independent monitor oversee the ...
OneBeacon’s Q3 Results Disappoint; CNA’s Investment Income Plunges
OneBeacon's third-quarter results disappointed; CNA's numbers were mixed to positive, though its investment income took a big hit. Here are the details: *** OneBeacon Insurance Group saw its ...
US and UK Will Jointly Test Global Financial Firms’ Cyber Security
The US and British governments will hold a joint exercise to test cyber security and information sharing arrangements involving global financial institutions, according to the UK National Computer ...
El Faro Owner Pursues U.S. Maritime Liability Limit on Death Claims
The owner of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro that sank in a powerful hurricane off the Bahamas nearly a month ago has filed for protection in Florida federal court from claims it is liable for the deaths ...