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Despite Security Fix Hyundai and Kia Thefts Keep Rising
Nearly three months ago, Hyundai and Kia unveiled software that was designed to thwart an epidemic of thefts of their vehicles, caused by a security flaw that was exposed on TikTok and other social ...
Altria Agrees to $235M Settlement to Resolve Juul-Related Cases
Altria Group Inc. said Wednesday that it will pay $235 million to settle at least 6,000 lawsuits accusing it of fueling a teen vaping epidemic through its former ...
LexisNexis: Auto Claim Severity Up 35% Over Pre-Pandemic Rates
Claim severity for both bodily injury and property damage increased by 35 percent since 2019, while collision claim severity has jumped 40 percent, LexisNexis Risk ...
Workers Comp Market Sees Continued Growth: NCCI
Private carrier workers compensation premium continues to climb, according to an annual State of the Line Report released during NCCI's Annual Insights Symposium (AIS) 2023 on May 9 in Orlando, Fla. ...
Gallagher Re: US Leads InsurTech Investments, Funding Continues Healthy Climb
InsurTech funding increased nearly 38 percent from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023, from $1.01 billion to $1.39 billion, according to a new analysis released by Gallagher Re. The U.S. leads France and the UK as ...
FEMA Releases New Flood Insurance Rates by ZIP Code — Brace for Impact
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency unveiled its new Risk Rating 2.0 methodology for calculating flood insurance, advocates and critics alike warned that it ...
Insurance Could and Should Help Drive Gun Safety Efforts, Survey Says
Three out of four Americans believe gun owners should be required to have firearm liability insurance.
Those are the numbers out of a new ...
WHO: COVID-19 No Longer a Global Health Emergency
COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step toward the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, ...