Monthly Archives: <span>September 2017</span>

Polaris 3-Wheeled Slingshot Probed After Deadly Driver Ejection

U.S. auto-safety investigators are probing seatbelts installed in Polaris Slingshot three-wheeled vehicles after a driver was thrown and killed in a crash despite being buckled up. The Slingshot slid sideways into oncoming traffic while the driver was making a lane …

Poll: Few American Commit to Disaster Preparedness

Following hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is encouraging Americans to increase their commitment to natural disaster preparation. A poll taken prior to the storms found that fewer than one quarter of Americans have …

Insurance Rates Not Likely to Rise in Utah City After Wildfire

Insurance rates aren’t expected to go up in an Ogden, Utah, neighborhood where a wildfire destroyed three homes and caused the evacuations of hundreds. But authorities are warning the residents to be on high alert for landslides because the land …

Business News: CCC, Willis Towers Watson, Startupbootcamp

CCC Announces New Platform Connecting OEMS to Insurers CCC Information Services Inc. and its affiliates (CCC) announced the general availability of the CCC ONE Platform for OEMs, a hyperscale platform that creates a single connection between Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) …

Final San Francisco Plane Crash Suit Settled

A California dentist who was aboard an Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco four years ago – killing three girls and injuring roughly 200 others – reached a settlement Thursday with the airline, ending what her attorney said …

After Losing Home to Sinkhole Florida Family Looks to Future

Florida family will soon be searching for a new place to gather after their home of nearly five decades was lost to a sinkhole. Elena Hale said cracks began appearing in the wall of her grandparents’ Apopka home Monday night, …

Deaths Spark Governor’s Call for Generators in Florida Nursing Homes

After 11 nursing home residents died in the sweltering heat of hurricane-induced power outages, Florida’s nursing home industry is now on a collision course with Gov. Rick Scott. Days after Hurricane Irma ravaged the state, Scott used his emergency powers …

Files Show J&J Knew of Asbestos Risk in Talc in ’70s

Johnson & Johnson trained its employees to reassure anyone concerned about whether the company’s talcum powder contained asbestos that the cancer-causing substance “has never been found and it never will” in its iconic baby powder, according to an undated memo …

Owners, Insurer Settle High-Dollar Suit in Ohio Mansion Fire

A dispute over a multi-million dollar insurance claim for a suburban Cincinnati mansion that burned down in 2014 has been settled weeks before a scheduled trial. Jeffrey and Maria Decker sued Chubb National Insurance Company after it declined to pay …

Fall Deaths at Separate Construction Sites Spark Call for Safety

Two construction workers, one of them a father of five children, fell to their deaths at separate building sites on Thursday. The first death occurred in the morning at a residential high-rise construction site in the financial district. Juan Chohillo …