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18 05, 2026

34,000 PG&E Customers Without Power on California Fire Risk

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More than 34,000 homes and businesses remain without power across PG&E Corp.’s service area after a weekend outage due in part to dry and windy conditions that raised the risk of wild fires. There were 659 outages impacting 34,322 customers …

18 05, 2026

Half of Pilots Killed in US Accidents Tested Positive for Drugs

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More than half of pilots killed in U.S. civil aviation accidents between 2018 and 2022 tested positive for at least one drug, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a report published Thursday. Of the 984 pilots who died …

18 05, 2026

US Sees A 27% Increase in Recalled Products in Q1, Report Shows

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U.S. product recall activity remained elevated in the first quarter, a new report shows. Sedgwick’s latest U.S. recall report shows the volume of defective products recalled across five U.S. industries rose 27% quarter-over-quarter to 492 million units in the first …

18 05, 2026

Snap, YouTube Settle School-Social Media Suit Ahead of Trial

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Google’s YouTube and Snap Inc. reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims that addiction to top social media platforms has disrupted learning and pushed public schools to spend massive sums fighting a mental health crisis, …

18 05, 2026

Study: California Workers’ Comp Claim Costs Continue to Rise

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California’s workers’ compensation system continues to experience moderate but persistent cost growth due to wage increases, labor market conditions, rising medical expenses and system complexity. Payments per claim in California’s workers’ comp system have risen steadily since 2021, according to …

18 05, 2026

‘Big Tobacco’ Moment for Cannabis: What Insurers Need to Know About Murray v. Cresco

By | May 18th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment for Cannabis: What Insurers Need to Know About Murray v. Cresco

A massive 320-page class action complaint has the attention of the cannabis sector. The insurance professionals who underwrite it should also be paying close attention. The case, Murray et al. v. Cresco Labs Inc. et al., was filed on May …

15 05, 2026

Judge Considers Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Settlement of Authors’ Lawsuit

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A federal judge on Thursday pressed lawyers for more information on several points of artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s proposed $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude. U.S. District Judge …

14 05, 2026

US Farmers Dial Crop Adjusters as Wild Weather Hammers Wheat

By | May 14th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on US Farmers Dial Crop Adjusters as Wild Weather Hammers Wheat

From drought to ping-pong size hail and unseasonable warmth, weather extremes have wheat farmers reaching for their phones to ring their insurance adjusters to assess the viability of their crops. Oklahoma farmer Dennis Schoenhals made the call a few weeks …

15 05, 2026

US Forecaster Says El Niño Has 82% Chance of Developing by July

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El Niño is likely to develop soon, with an 82% probability during May-July 2026, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday. El Niño is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter, with a 96% chance in December 2026-February …

15 05, 2026

Adapting Claim Investigations for AI-Driven Fraud

By | May 15th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Adapting Claim Investigations for AI-Driven Fraud

Insurance fraud is not a new problem. What has changed is the ease with which a fraudulent claim can be made to look legitimate. Tools that once required technical skill are now free and can be used by anyone in …