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Company Refuses NHTSA Recall Demand on Air Bag Inflators
A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after refusing a request that millions of potentially dangerous air bag inflators be recalled. The National ...
Insurer vs. Broker: Court Rules Against WTW in D&O ‘Bump-Up’ Dispute
A judicial panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled insurance broker Towers Watson may not be entitled to $80 million in insurance to cover settlements of shareholder lawsuits related ...
Chubb’s Greenberg: Start Questioning the Societal Benefits of Litigation Funding
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said society and the business community need to start asking questions regarding the purpose of third-party litigation funding, a major contributor to increases in frequency ...
Progressive Falling Short of CR Target; 10 More Points of Rate This Year
With loss reserve actions moving Progressive's first-quarter calendar year combined ratio up to 99, the company is tightening underwriting, cutting advertising spend and taking more rate actions, the ...
NJ Court Affirms Merck Ruling: War Exclusion Does Not Apply to Cyber Attack
The appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court has upheld a state trial court opinion that the war exclusion in drugmaker Merck & Co.'s all-risk property insurance policies does not apply in ...
Google Search vs. ChatGPT AI: Which Should P/C Insurers Use?
Whether you're a casualty underwriter trying to investigate the most recent lawsuit filed against a potential insured or a journalist doing fact checking on recent events, a search engine like Google ...
Claim Professionals’ Perspective: D&O Market Correction Coming
The current directors and officers market is out of balance with insurers facing a soft underwriting landscape just as the volume and severity of claims are rising. The head-scratching imbalance was ...
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 ...