Tag: financial institutions

USAA Sues Regions Bank Over Alleged Mobile Deposit Patent Violation

G. Turner
Farmers court ruling insurance law

A Legal Battle Over Innovation USAA, the San Antonio-based financial services company, filed a lawsuit against Regions Bank on Tuesday, alleging the Birmingham, Alabama-based bank is infringing on four of its mobile deposit capture technology patents. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeks financial damages, calling Regions’ alleged actions “willful.” USAA contends that any damages awarded should be enhanced up to three times their value. This court has proven favorable to USAA in past litigation. Since 2019, the insurer has secured three…

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Allstate’s National General Accused of Forcing Unnecessary Insurance on 2 Million Cars

Logan B.
auto insurance lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil lawsuit against Allstate-owned National General, accusing the auto insurance brand of defrauding customers by force-placing unnecessary Collateral Protection Insurance (CPI) on vehicles financed by Wells Fargo. This lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, addresses fraudulent activities that allegedly occurred between October 2005 and September 2016. Allstate’s National General and The Forced Placed Insurance Allegations The DOJ claims that National General, which was acquired by Allstate in early 2021, imposed CPI on borrowers who…

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Cyber insurance claims smash previous North American records

Marc
Cyber Insurance - Generic Insurance Claim Form

According to broker Marsh, claims in 2023 bashed through all previous records After receiving more than 1,800 cyber insurance claim reports from US and Canadian clients in 2023, Marsh announced that last year broke all previous records for this type of claim filing. The broker went on to identify driving factors Among the reasons for the rising number of cyber insurance claims, according to Marsh, included that the sophistication of these digital attacks is rising.  Moreover, the MOVEit file transfer supply chain incident’s sheer scale drove up claims.  Privacy claims…

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Too big to fail insurance corporations should be governered by different rules than the banking industry

S.Vagus

The term “too big to fail” rose to prominence in the wake of 2008’s economic recession. Much like the effects of the recession, the phrase has lingered and has come to define certain aspects of the business world. Too big to fail is a categorization often attributed to massive corporations that have complex and expansive global business operations and deep ties with financial institutions. If these businesses were to fail, there may be disastrous implications for the global economy that go well beyond the problems born during the 2008 recession.…

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