Monthly Archives: <span>May 2014</span>

New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Medical Costs Significantly Higher

In the world of workers’ compensation, the fees charged by the healthcare community are significantly more expensive on average in New Hampshire than in other states, according to the New Hampshire Insurance Department. “Medical costs in New Hampshire have grown …

More Transparency for Data Brokers Needed

Companies are collecting billions of pieces of information about consumers to create individual profiles to more effectively target individuals for coupons or product offers, decide whether a would-be buyer gets a car loan or help people check out a potential …

Business Survey Finds Cybercrime Increasing

The hackers are winning, according to a survey of 500 executives of U.S. businesses, law enforcement services and government agencies released Wednesday. The 12th annual survey of cybercrime trends found that online attackers determined to break into computers, steal information …

No Instructions Needed for Google’s Latest Self-Driving Cars

Google will build a car without a steering wheel. It doesn’t need one because it drives itself. The two-seater won’t be sold publicly, but Google said Tuesday it hopes by this time next year, 100 prototypes will be on public …

Trailer With $1M in Clothing Stolen From Florida Gas Station

Sheriff’s deputies say a tractor-trailer containing $1 million in clothing and other items was stolen from a north Florida gas station. The truck, but not the trailer and its contents, was found Monday in Ocala. Alachua County Sheriff’s officials believe …

Search for Colorado Ranchers Ends Due to Landslide Danger

Authorities braced for the possibility of another landslide in a remote part of western Colorado as they surveyed a massive debris field Tuesday amid dangerously unstable conditions that led them to call off the search for three ranchers missing there. …

South Korea Hospital Fire Kills 21 Elderly Patients

A fire believed set by an 81-year-old dementia patient blazed through a hospital ward for the elderly Wednesday and killed 21 people in southern South Korea, mostly from smoke inhalation, police and fire officials said. The fire on the second …

XL Group Builds Up Excess Casualty Team on East Coast

XL Group has enhanced its Excess Casualty team in New York and Atlanta to accommodate its continued growth and sharpened focus on target industries – real estate, hospitality, grocers, restaurants and retail. In New York, XL Group added Tiffani Ann …

Oklahoma City Council Approves Gun Range Liquor License

The Oklahoma City city council has approved a liquor license for a new gun range expected to open this spring. KOKH reports that councilors approved the liquor license for Wilshire Gun Range on Tuesday. The 40,000-square-foot establishment includes 24 firearm …

Tornado Destroys Mobile Homes as it Rips Through Oil Patch

Investigators headed to western North Dakota on May 27 to assess the strength of a tornado that injured nine people, including a 15-year-old girl who suffered critical injuries, and damaged or destroyed 15 trailers at a workers’ camp in the …