Safer Driving Contributes to Cooling Inflation March 12, 2019 By Matthew Boesler The latest culprit for cooling U.S. inflation: safer driving. A measure of underlying price pressures watched closely by policy makers... Read More
Accurate Claim Length Estimates Key to Customer Satisfaction March 11, 2019 By Jim Sams Property insurers generally score well for customer satisfaction, but the carriers that fare more poorly than others could do a... Read More
National Safety Council Says ‘Visual Literacy’ Can Identify Workplace Hazards March 11, 2019 Employers can reduce workplace hazards by teaching workers how to see like artists, according to the National Safety Council. The... Read More
FAA Says Boeing 737 Max is Airworthy Despite 2nd Crash March 11, 2019 By Alan Levin and Julie Johnsson U.S. aviation regulators signaled their confidence in the safety of Boeing Co.’s embattled 737 Max jetliner, issuing a global notice... Read More
Even Improved Tornado Warnings Can’t Prevent All Death and Destruction March 8, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before... Read More
Rutgers Promotes Safe Patient Handling Practices to Reduce Health Care Worker Injuries March 8, 2019 By admin Nurses, nurse aids, orderlies, emergency medical technicians and physical and occupational therapists have some of the highest numbers of nonfatal... Read More
Attorney Turned Criminal Apologizes to Insurers for Giant Workers’ Comp Fraud March 7, 2019 By Jim Sams Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal... Read More
Recording Indicates Amazon Cargo Jet Crew Lost Control Seconds Before Crash March 7, 2019 By Alan Levin (Bloomberg) -- Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal... Read More
Viewing Drones from an Insurance Claim Perspective March 7, 2019 By Heather McMahon Do you own or know somebody who owns a drone? Think about this past year — have you had experiences... Read More
FDA Warns of Asbestos in Claire’s Cosmetics; Company Disputes Claim March 6, 2019 By Chad Terhune The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called on Congress to modernize rules for cosmetics safety on Tuesday after it issued... Read More