Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group named Sharon Duez Shaw vice president and head of claims. Shaw joined the Pharmacists Mutual as part of a planned leadership transition from Peter Lambert, senior vice president, who will retire effective March 31, 2027. Shaw …
Despite the proliferation of dystopian news harbingers about artificial intelligence and disruptive technology, those aren’t always the biggest worries among those in the claims industry. Claims Journal recently polled people on LinkedIn asking adjusters, claims managers, TPAs, vendors, to ring …
When the cargo plane came to rest 1,300 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport, its nose sat flush with the ground, the tail — and the billboard-sized Amazon.com Inc. smile painted on it — jutting …
Hurricane Lowell passed west of Hawaii, where heavy rains may cause hundreds of millions of dollars of damage. Lowell, with top winds of 105 miles (169 kilometers) per hour, edged west of Kauai but is still dropping heavy rain, as …
The $320 million hack of the Bitcoin-linked Liquid Network is another dent to crypto’s reputation as the industry tries to convince banks and institutional investors that digital assets can become part of mainstream financial infrastructure. The damage extends beyond the …
Artificial intelligence use is surging on farms as growers look for some high-tech help in planning and managing operations after years of scaling back on spending, according to McKinsey & Co. Some 17% of the world’s farmers now use generative …
Amazon.com was sued on Tuesday in a proposed nationwide class action accusing the retailer of systematically discriminating against thousands of pregnant employees, including by firing some it claimed took too much time off. According to a complaint filed by four …
A federal judge has ruled that J.M. Smucker can proceed with a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen sandwiches that Smucker claims are too similar to its Uncrustables. Smucker sued Trader Joe’s in federal court in Ohio last fall, claiming …
Deutsche Bank said it has settled a lawsuit with a second former employee who sought damages in a case involving business with Italy’s Monte dei Paschi, days ahead of a trial that threatened to embroil the bank’s CEO. The banker, …
DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion ($1.03 billion) in damages linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group said on Wednesday. The claimants include the liquidators of four companies: BlackRock Commodities (Global), …