Last Year’s Monster Hailstorm Caused $2.3B Damage in Colorado May 9, 2018 The insurance costs for the monster hailstorm that pounded Colorado’s Front Range on May 8, 2017 have skyrocketed from an...
Business News: RMS, Roost/The Weather Company, Hiscox May 9, 2018 RMS Releases New Japan Earthquake and Tsunami High Definition Model Global risk modeling and analytics firm RMS announced the release...
OSHA Forms Alliance to Prevent Trench Deaths in North Dakota May 9, 2018 Some business groups in North Dakota are working with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to increase awareness of...
DOT Urges Drivers to Repair Faulty Takata Airbags Now May 9, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation is again urging owners of vehicles with defective Takata airbags to seek repairs immediately. The...
Amid Crash Inquiry Uber Hires Former NTSB Chairman as Adviser May 9, 2018 By Eric Newcomer Uber Technologies Inc., whose self-driving car program is reeling from a fatal collision with a pedestrian, has hired Christopher Hart,...
Survey: Claims, Customer Service and Underwriting Main Focus of Insurer Data Analytics May 9, 2018 Three frontrunners lead US property & casualty (P&C) insurers’ priorities for data and advanced analytics: customer experience; claims management; and...
Massachusetts Court Rules MIT Isn’t Liable for Student’s Suicide May 9, 2018 By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER The Massachusetts Institute of Technology cannot be held responsible for the death of a graduate student who killed himself on...
California Jury Awards Fired Allstate Employee More Than $18M May 8, 2018 By Denise Johnson A former Allstate Insurance Co. employee who was fired following an arrest has been awarded more than $18 million in...
Hawaii Volcano Destroys More Than 20 Homes, Forces Evacuations May 8, 2018 By CALEB JONES, JENNIFER PELTZ and SOPHIA YAN Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano destroyed 26 homes and spewed lava hundreds of feet into the air, leaving evacuated residents unsure how...
Families Want to Revive Lawsuit Over 1968 West Virginia Mine Disaster May 8, 2018 By DENISE LAVOIE Nearly half a century after an explosion tore through the Farmington No. 9 mine in West Virginia, the families of...