Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $40M in Latest Talc Trial
A California jury on Friday awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & Johnson's baby powder was to blame for their ovarian cancer.
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OpenAI And Microsoft Sued Over Murder-Suicide Blamed on ChatGPT
OpenAI and its investor Microsoft Corp. were sued over a Connecticut murder-suicide in the latest case to blame the popular ChatGPT chatbot for dangerous psychological manipulation of users. The ...
What to Expect in 2026: U.S. P/C Results More Like 2024
With premium growth slowing to around 3 or 4 percent, and hurricane activity likely returning to normal levels, analysts at Fitch Ratings foresee 2026 underwriting results for property/casualty ...
Truckers Who Fail English Tests Are Pulled Off Roads in Crackdown
Truck drivers are encountering a new risk on the highway: Law enforcement officers are empowered by the Trump administration to pull them off the road if they fail an English test. The government ...
Legal Finance and Insurance: From Confusion to Collaboration
We knew we were important to the insurance industry—but we didn't understand why. After this month's Insurance Insider US Executive Business Club roundtable, it's clear we are not alone in our ...
New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for ‘Illegal’ Copying of Content
The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, claiming that the artificial intelligence startup was copying, distributing and displaying millions of its ...
How E-Deliveries Are Fueling More Crashes, Pollution and Worker Injuries
Rapidly growing e-commerce and last-mile delivery services have contributed to significant increases in crashes, traffic, workplace injuries and air pollution, according to a report from New York ...
U.S. E&S Outlook No Longer Positive: AM Best
AM Best has revised its market segment outlook on the U.S. excess and surplus lines segment to stable from positive, the rating agency announced in mid-November. The change comes as rates soften and ...
‘Clear Soft Market Conditions’ for Commercial P/C Lines in Q3, Says CIAB
According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the third quarter of 2025 rose by 1.6 percent, as ...
Meta Buried ‘Causal’ Evidence of Social Media Harm, Court Filings Allege
Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users' mental health, according to unredacted ...