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Eyes Wide Open: A ChatGPT Users’ Guide for Insurance Professionals
OpenAI's ChatGPT will give you some pushback if you ask it how to commit a crime—like breaking into someone's house. But a little creative coaxing can elicit a "misaligned response" from the ...
U.S. Jury to Decide Test Case in Tesla Autopilot Crash
A California state court jury began deliberating on Thursday in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving Tesla's Autopilot partially automated driving software. The verdict ...
Allstate Estimates $1.7B of Q1 Cat Losses
Allstate Corp. said pre-tax catastrophe losses for the first quarter are expected to be about $1.7 billion, with about $1.3 billion occurring during the month of March. Losses in March were ...
How AI Chatbots Can Expose Corporate Secrets
Companies using generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT could be putting confidential customer information and trade secrets at risk, according to a report from Team8, an Israel-based ...
Clear Intent to Exclude Named Storms Not Enough to Deny Coverage
In 2015, the Shiloh Christian Center in Melbourne, Fla., cut its property insurance premiums in half by asking its insurer to drop coverage for named windstorms. Hurricane Matthew struck the next ...
Courts Mixed on PFAS Coverage Litigation
A handful of coverage lawsuits have been decided over the application of pollution exclusions to deny coverage for PFAS claims, and rulings have been split on whether carriers owe coverage or a duty ...
GEICO Faces Class Action for Allegedly Underpaying Auto Claims
GEICO General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents. U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in ...
‘Tender Your Limits’: Plaintiff Lawyers Step Up Demands As Fla. Reform Heads to Gov’s Desk
With the Florida Senate passing a take-no-prisoners tort-reform bill on Thursday, plaintiffs lawyers moved to file tens of thousands of lawsuits before the new restrictions kicked in yesterday. The ...