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CDI Announces Investigation of State Farm Wildfire Claims Handling
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday announced a formal investigation into State Farm's handling of thousands of insurance claims from wildfire survivors affected by the ...
Beyond the Call: How Real-Time AI Lets Insurers Deliver Calm During Storms
When extreme weather events strike, property/casualty insurance providers can count on a deluge of customer service calls from policyholders with high personal and financial stakes. Each weather ...
Uber Alleges Insurance Fraud Scheme in Florida as It Goes on Legal Offensive
Uber Technologies Inc. sued a group of lawyers, medical providers and rideshare drivers it claims staged car accidents, manufactured damages and received unnecessary medical procedures to take ...
Why FEMA Keeps Denying Disaster Preparedness Aid to States
The Trump administration is increasingly skipping a form of federal disaster aid that helps states better prepare for future storms, flooding and wildfires. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
Wildfire Season Preview: Rest of 2025 Is High-Risk, May Follow LA Wildfires Paradigm
Following the "paradigm-shifting" Los Angeles wildfires in January, the 2024-2025 wildfire season will be remembered as a turning point for the insurance industry, and a warning that "wildfire is no ...
Trump Tariffs May Remain in Effect While Appeals Proceed, U.S. Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court allowed President Donald Trump's most sweeping tariffs to remain in effect on Tuesday while it reviews a lower-court decision blocking them on grounds ...
Whole Foods Supplier Hack Leaves Empty Shelves, Stalls Forklifts
United Natural Foods Inc., a grocery distributor for Amazon Inc.'s Whole Foods Market, is working to bring systems back online by June 15 and resume product deliveries after a cyberattack disrupted ...
ECRA, CMC Pools Have New Runoff Manager: Alan Gray LLC
Alan Gray LLC has been named will perform claim administration, financial coordination, and data management services related to the runoff of two legacy reinsurance portfolios containing long-tail ...