Claims Journal

3 days ago | claimsjournal.com | Riley Griffin |Shirin Ghaffary

Reddit Inc. sued artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, saying it has used the social media company’s content without permission to train its AI models. The lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Anthropic attempted to access Reddit data more than 100,000 times since last July. Reddit said this “unauthorized commercial use of its content” has breached its rules and exploited users’ personal data without their consent.

3 days ago | claimsjournal.com | Supantha Mukherjee

Microsoft is offering free of charge to European governments a cybersecurity program, launched on Wednesday, to bolster their defenses against cyber threats, including those enhanced by artificial intelligence, it said. After a surge in cyberattacks in Europe, many linked to state-sponsored actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, the program aims to boost intelligence-sharing on AI-based threats and help to prevent and disrupt attacks.

3 days ago | claimsjournal.com | William Rabb

A North Carolina insurance agency cannot escape a lawsuit brought by a homeowner who was denied coverage after a hurricane because key elements of the property were not mentioned in the coverage application. In a case that began almost a decade ago and is likely to continue for another few years, the state Supreme Court decided last month that a move to dismiss the lawsuit against J. Kim Hatcher Insurance agency is not allowed under 100-year-old case law.

1 week ago | claimsjournal.com | William Rabb

After eight years of losses, Florida’s personal property insurance market reported an underwriting profit and a considerable jump in operating income in 2024, the AM Best rating and analytics firm said in a report this week. The firm examined 45 insurers that have written most of the personal property insurance in the state, including some that went insolvent in recent years but excluding large national carriers.

1 week ago | claimsjournal.com | Zahra Hirji

When a series of deadly storms and tornadoes pummeled Arkansas in mid-March, downing power lines and tearing up homes, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the federal government for money to not only help repair the damage, but also boost the state’s defenses against future disasters. On May 8, President Donald Trump approved the state’s request for funds to help individuals and families recover.