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Insurance Covers Settlement Paid by Stocks Instead of Money: Delaware High Court
A settlement paid by stocks rather than money is a covered loss that must be paid by an insurer, the Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed. The state's high court agreed with a lower court's ruling ...
EV Collision Claims Rebound as Expiring U.S. Government Tax Incentives Drive Sales
Claims frequency for battery electric vehicles rose to 3.21 percent in the U.S., marking an all-time high and an increase of 4.2 percent year-over-year, a new report shows. New battery electric ...
Zillow Deleting Home Climate Risk Scores Reveals Limits of Flood, Fire Data
When Zillow Group Inc. removed climate risk scores from its home listings last month, following a complaint from the real estate industry, many observers took to the press and social media to warn ...
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 ...
JD Power: Full Digital Claims Process Drives High Customer Satisfaction
Receiving adequate digital updates is one of the top drivers of customer satisfaction with the digital insurance claims process, but insurers deliver on this key performance indicator just 22 percent ...
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 ...