On January 7 2025, an ill wind began to blow down the mountain canyons north of Los Angeles. Upland forests and shrubs were already bone dry thanks to a delayed start to the winter rainy season, so the arrival of …
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but is the reverse true? The presumption in California could be that it is. One fallout from the plague of wildfires that struck California in recent years is that smoke claims became a bigger issue …
Fraud referral rates declined across several major lines, a new report shows. Carpe’s 2026 Online Fraud Insights Report examines potentially fraudulent evidence identified through the company’s monitoring of open injury claims from 2024 to 2025. Despite the drop in fraud …
Cargo vans and heavy-duty pickups are not as safe as passenger vehicles in front crash prevention, achieving marginal and poor ratings common in new testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Cargo vans were the best performers. The Mercedes-Benz …
As Tesla chases an elusive prize – government approval of its “Full Self-Driving” technology across Europe – the U.S. automaker is waging a pressure campaign casting safety regulators as feckless bureaucrats blocking its life-saving technology. Elon Musk’s company has pushed …
A New Jersey title insurance executive shot his wife and daughter and then shot himself, according to local police and prosecutors. Montgomery Township police discovered the double homicide and suicide when responding to a call to check on the occupants …
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but is the reverse true? The presumption in California could be that it is. One fallout from the plague of wildfires that struck California in recent years is that smoke claims became a bigger issue …
If Isaias turns into a hurricane and hits the Florida Panhandle on Friday, as forecast, a population of more than 1.4 million lies in its path. The number of those that are insured property owners is less than clear. Market …
The projected combined ratio for California workers’ compensation insurers reached 127% in 2025, the highest in more than 20 years, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its latest Quarterly Experience Report, which delves …
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s data was exposed earlier this year in a hack of accounting firm EY, according to a person familiar with the matter. The bank’s systems weren’t affected by the attack, a Goldman spokesperson said in an emailed …