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Register: AI Tools for FNOL & Digital Claims Intake ‘Demo Day’ on September 16

Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for FNOL & Digital Claims” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for insurance claims leaders, including chief claims officers, innovation & transformation leaders, customer experience …

What Do We Remember About 9/11? Whom Do We Remember?

Where were you on September 11, 2001, when you heard that at 8:46 a.m. a hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) in Manhattan? And that minutes later hijackers crashed United …

The Big Data/AI ‘Revolution’ Is Driving Up Verdicts, Settlements as Plaintiffs Buy In

Nick Kosiavelon, an insurance defense attorney in Massachusetts, tells the story about some plaintiffs’ lawyers he faced off against in a recent brain-injury lawsuit. He said within an hour of seeing the list of potential jurors in the jury pool, …

InterDigital Seeks $118 Million from Disney in Patent Fight

InterDigital Inc., a technology and patent licensing company, is seeking €101.7 million ($118 million) from Walt Disney Co. over the alleged unlicensed use of video technology by the Disney+ streaming service, according to people familiar with the matter. The claim …

The Nation’s Insurance Laboratory: What Liability Trends in California Mean for the Rest of the Country

For claims executives and insurance company leaders, one jurisdiction consistently demands disproportionate attention: California. The Golden State has long functioned as the nation’s bellwether for the liability trends, regulatory frameworks and legal doctrines that eventually ripple across the rest of …

VW Signals Rugged SUVs and Pickups Will Power Its US Turnaround

Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume sees rugged SUVs and pickups like the Jeep Wrangler and Ford F-150 as a way to boost its flagging U.S. business, with the automaker considering new VW and Audi models tailored to American …

House Democrat Urges US Action Over Sleeping Tesla Drivers

A Democratic lawmaker called on a U.S. auto safety agency on Thursday to take action to address misuse of Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems, citing dozens of videos that appear to show drivers asleep or disengaged from driving. In …

Portuguese Group D3 Sues Meta, TikTok And YouTube Over Addictive Design

Portuguese digital rights group D3 has filed lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, accusing them of designing features in their platforms that keep users hooked, it said on Thursday. The four collective actions, which allow associations to bring cases …

Top Pentagon Official Rejects Anthropic Researcher’s AI Warning

A top Pentagon official is pushing back against rising fears about artificial intelligence risks days after a public warning from an Anthropic PBC engineer that AI insiders believe the technology “could kill us all by the end of the decade.” …