22 01, 2025

New York Proposes Plan to Stabilize Broken Taxi Insurance Market

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed measures to stabilize the city’s taxi and rideshare insurance industry, which is reeling from the insolvency of its largest provider American Transit Insurance Co. Two of the bills would make it easier to adjust …

22 01, 2025

South Korea to Change Airport Design After Deadly Jeju Air Crash

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South Korea will extend runway safety areas and redesign infrastructure after the crash of a Jeju Air Co. flight last month that killed almost everyone on board, sparking criticism that the design of the airport might have exacerbated the accident. …

22 01, 2025

US Agency Sues Two Automakers, Alleging Discrimination And Harassment

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued two large automakers, accusing General Motors and the United Auto Workers of age discrimination and the Stellantis unit that includes Chrysler of subjecting female employees to sexual harassment. GM and the UAW were …

22 01, 2025

Insurtechs’ Approach to Wildfire Insurance: Part II – Kettle

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While the Los Angeles wildfires inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses continue to creep higher. CoreLogic said the industry price tag of the Palisades and Eaton fires could land between $35 billion and $45 billion. Moody’s RMS, in …

22 01, 2025

South Dakota Bill to Protect Farms From Spying Could Limit Access to Data

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Proposed legislation aimed at protecting South Dakota farmers from potential “agro-terrorism” activities could have a secondary effect of limiting access to some information about the state’s largest animal feeding operations. Senate Bill 14 seeks to strengthen a set of existing …

22 01, 2025

Alliant Employees Blocked From Soliciting Former MMA Clients

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A federal judge in Manhattan overseeing an insurance brokerage poaching case has blocked three Alliant Insurance Services employees from soliciting or contacting any current Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA) clients or using a spreadsheet of MMA clients that MMA alleges …

22 01, 2025

Growing Concerns About Wildfires in Carolina Thanks to Kindling Left by Helene

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As southern California continues to suffer from wildfires, officials in another part of the country fear their area could be next – thanks to tons of dry wood left over from Hurricane Helene’s wind and flooding. “The number one fire …

21 01, 2025

Insurers Balk at $19.7M Claim on Fake Basquiat Paintings Seized by FBI

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Two insurance companies have asked a court to block a $19.7 million claim by owners of more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings that were seized during an FBI raid at the Orlando Museum of Art in 2022. The …

21 01, 2025

Automakers Seek Repeal of Biden’s High-Speed Braking Rule

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The largest U.S. auto trade group wants a federal court to block a Biden administration rule requiring carmakers to install automatic emergency braking systems on new vehicles that the industry argues is impractical. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation on Friday …

21 01, 2025

GM Agrees to 5-Year Ban on Selling Drivers’ Location Data

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U.S. automaker General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar agreed not to disclose sensitive vehicle geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies for five years, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said last week. The agency alleged the largest U.S. …