TESLA AUTOPILOT

The ruling is a setback for Tesla after the company won two product liability trials in California earlier this year over the Autopilot driver assistant system.

The insurer’s problems fit into a pattern of rushed and sloppy management leading to troubles across Elon Musk’s technology and manufacturing empire.

Tesla on Tuesday won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several other similar lawsuits across the country.

The automaker also said in a regulatory filing that the Justice Department was looking into its self-driving feature, personal benefits and personnel decisions, in a move that marked intensifying regulatory scrutiny of the Elon Musk-led company.