Posts by Hometown Insurance
Reddit Sues Perplexity, Others Over Alleged Data Scraping
Reddit Inc. sued Perplexity AI Inc. and three other companies over alleged data scraping from the discussion site without permission, a sign of the growing demand and value of original data in the burgeoning AI industry. Three data scraping companies …
Read More Rotting Apple: Berkley Explains Property Market, Company Appetite
Analysts trying to reconcile third-quarter premium jumps reported by line of business for W.R. Berkley Corporation with the CEO’s opening remarks during an earnings conference call this week may well have been confused. “That bloom is off the rose,” President …
Read More Authorities Investigating Death of Rail Conductor Struck by Train in Montana
Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The conductor worked for BNSF Railway, the agency said in a post on the social media …
Read More Iowa Man Charged with Public Adjusting Without a License
An Iowa man has been charged with one count of acting as an adjuster without a license—a class D felony—following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. According to criminal complaints filed by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud …
Read More Apple Attacks EU Crackdown in Digital Law’s Biggest Court Test
Apple Inc. lashed out at the European Union’s attempts to tame the power of Silicon Valley in the most far-reaching legal challenge of the bloc’s Big Tech antitrust rules. The iPhone maker’s lawyer Daniel Beard told the General Court in …
Read More US Saw Record $101 Billion in Weather Losses Through June
The US saw more than $101 billion in losses from severe storms and fires in the first half of 2025, setting a record. That’s according to a database of billion-dollar disasters that a nonprofit has re-launched since the Trump administration …
Read More AWS Outage a ‘Moderate Incident,’ Another Near Miss for Insurance Industry
The recent 15-hour or so outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) again raised questions about the potential for systemic loss to the cyber insurance market, but losses from the temporary lapse in cloud services is not likely to be catastrophic. …
Read More Colorado’s Regulator Warns Insurers About Auto Shops Waiving Deductibles
Colorado’s Insurance regulator is warning consumers and insurers about trend in auto shops in the state offering to waive deductibles. “The Division has become aware that certain auto repair shops in Colorado are advertising or engaging in practices that involve …
Read More Liberty Mutual Signs on as Title Sponsor for Music City Bowl in Nashville
It’s not the Liberty Bowl, but the Music City Bowl in Nashville that Liberty Mutual Insurance is sponsoring this year, giving the insurance carrier more branding exposure in a Dec. 30 matchup between Southeastern Conference and Big Ten football teams. …
Read More Supreme Court Declines to Revive Mumps Vaccine Antitrust Case Against Merck
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by a group of physicians and healthcare providers to revive their antitrust lawsuit accusing drugmaker Merck of misleading federal regulators to maintain a decades-long monopoly over the mumps vaccine …
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