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Property Claims Are Fewer but Costlier as Labor Costs Keep Climbing

U.S. property claim assignment volume dropped to approximately 1.24 million in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest second-quarter total in recent years, according to Verisk’s Quarterly Proper

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Risk & Insurance
#insurance-news #property #claims

Google Accused of Overcharging 20 Million Consumers in UK Class Action

Google was accused of overcharging Android app developers for over a decade, leading to inflated prices on the Play Store for about 20 million U.K. customers. The U.S. giant’s 30% levy for digit

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Claims Journal
#insurance-news #google #accused

AI-backed criminals change strategies in cyberattacks

PHILADELPHIA – Ransomware remains a persistent source of claims and losses even as cybercriminals have changed their strategies for treating data, industry experts said. Criminals are turning to sorti

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Business Insurance
#insurance-news #ai-backed #criminals

Warren, Hawley Press Insurers Over Closed, Unpaid Claims

US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley are questioning six insurers, including State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and Allstate Corp., over concerns about a growing number of claims that

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Insurance Journal
#insurance-news #warren #hawley

ACA premiums 2027: how much rates are rising in every state

Insurers want double-digit increases across most of the country for the second year running. A few state regulators cut those requests hard. Most couldn't, or didn't

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Insurance Business America
#insurance-news #aca #premiums

Starbucks Sued Over β€˜Sugar-Free’ Claims for Protein Beverages

Starbucks has been sued by consumers who said the coffee chain falsely advertised eight protein beverages as “sugar-free” because they contain lactose, a naturally occurring sugar in milk.

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Insurance Journal
#insurance-news #starbucks #sued

Sanlam seeks full ownership of Santam

South African firm Sanlam Ltd. has offered to buy all remaining ordinary shares of Cape Town-based Santam Ltd., an insurance group with market value of approximately 43.9 billion South African rand ($

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Business Insurance
#insurance-news #sanlam #seeks

Collaboration needed to bridge transition insurance gap: Cilia Tortell

As emerging climate technologies bring new risks, insurers, brokers and risk managers face a shared challenge in closing the protection gap, according to Ferma’s Sharon Cilia Tortell. There are many r

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Commercial Risk Europe
#insurance-news #collaboration #needed

Intact hires Rahul Khanna from Allianz Commercial

Rahul Khanna, formerly with Allianz Commercial, has been named global head of risk consulting at Intact Insurance. Khanna, based in London, was previously global head of marine risk consulting at Alli

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Commercial Risk Europe
#insurance-news #intact #hires

Climate Science Under Political Attack Reaches US Supreme Court

In 2018, local officials in Colorado sued oil companies in state court, charging that pollution from fossil fuels contributed to global warming and harmed Coloradans through extreme summer temperature

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Insurance Journal
#insurance-news #climate #science

San Diego Sues AppLovin Over Explicit Ads Shown to Kids’ Devices

San Diego County has filed a lawsuit against mobile advertising technology company AppLovin Corp., alleging that it bypassed parental controls to serve ads for adult dating services, alcohol, vaping a

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Claims Journal
#insurance-news #san #diego

Broker consolidation shifts from deal-making to integration

Years of rapid consolidation in the insurance brokerage sector are giving way to a greater focus on integrating acquired firms and on finding sources of organic growth in a softening market, while tec

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Commercial Risk Europe
#insurance-news #broker #consolidation

Data Centers Pump $340M Into Rural Texas Projects

A new water tower in Turkey: $3 million. Upgrades for a museum in Stamford: $400,000. A first responders appreciation barbecue in Medina County: $10,000. These are just some of the public investments

πŸ“… 2026-10-06 | πŸ“° Insurance Journal
#insurance-news #data #centers