Monthly Archives: <span>August 2024</span>

Berkshire Halves Apple Stake, Boosts Cash to $277 Billion As It Gets ‘Defensive’

Warren Buffett appears to have soured on stocks, letting cash at Berkshire Hathaway soar to nearly $277 billion and selling about half its stake in Apple, even as the conglomerate posted a record quarterly operating profit. Berkshire’s results released on …

Travelers: Costliest Claims Driven by Most Common Workplace Accidents

Analysis of 1.2 million workers compensation claims reveals the costliest claims are driven by the most common workplace accidents, according to Travelers 2024 Injury Impact Report. The data also shows first-year employees are still among those most vulnerable to injury. …

US Expected to Propose Barring Chinese Software in Autonomous Vehicles

The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming weeks, according to sources briefed on the matter. The Biden administration plans to issue a proposed rule that would bar Chinese …

Georgia Woman Charged with Insurance Fraud After Claimed Injuries

A woman in north Georgia has been charged with insurance fraud after she claimed that a “personal care device” caused injuries that cost as much as $350,000 to treat. Kamala Anderson, 45, of Snellville, was arrested last month after the …

From the Plaintiffs’ View: Unintended Consequences of SB 426 on Georgia Insurance

For decades, Georgia’s insurance industry has sought to eliminate the long-standing provision allowing trucking-accident plaintiffs to sue insurance companies directly. This was the single most important issue the industry wanted to see addressed by lawmakers. Now, with the passage of …

Drunk Driver Who Killed 4 Crashing Into Nail Salon Was Going 78 mph, Say Prosecutors

The drunk driver who killed four people and injured nine more when he crashed his SUV into a Long Island nail salon was driving 78 mph (125 kph) at the time of the crash, prosecutors said Thursday as the driver …

3 Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud After Washington Insurance Commissioner Investigations

Three suspects pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in May and June after investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. The fraud cases included a suspect from Qatar who had been on a most wanted list since 2013, …

People Moves: BenefitMall Names Bishop Sales Executive in California; Woodruff Sawyer Adds Modesto Team; Davis Joins Alliant as SVP

BenefitMall Appoints Bishop Benefits Sales Executive for Southern California BenefitMall hired Crystal Bishop as a benefits sales executive for Southern California. Bishop has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. She most recently served as executive sales …

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Review Stabbing Death Ruled Homicide Then Suicide

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing death was initially ruled a homicide before the medical examiner switched it to suicide after police objected. First-grade teacher Ellen …

AM Best Places Credit Ratings of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Under Review

AM Best reports that it has placed under review with developing implications the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co. (CATIC) of Essex Junction, Vermont. The …