Catalytic Converter Thefts Down by Half as Precious Metal Prices Drop November 8, 2023 By Jim Sams The number of insurance claims filed for catalytic converter thefts plummeted this year after rising dramatically in 2021 and 2022....
Member of Crew Tied to 490 Catalytic Converter Thefts Pleads Guilty October 30, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff A Springfield, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston last week to his role in a regional organized...
Target to Close 9 Stores, Including 3 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Citing Safety Concerns September 28, 2023 By Anne D'Innocenzio NEW YORK (AP) — Target said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in four states, including one in New...
Viewpoint: Cargo Theft Continues to Threaten Supply Chains July 11, 2023 By Darin Miller After a few tumultuous years, many of the logistical and manufacturing challenges that have plagued global supply chains are finally...
Prosecutors Say Criminal Gang Took Control of Emergency Mitigation Industry in NYC July 7, 2022 By Claims Journal staff Federal prosecutors have charged nine individuals in an alleged racketeering conspiracy that they say took control of a Brooklyn damage...
$1 Million in Hermes Handbags Stolen from Florida Store December 30, 2021 PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)–More than a dozen one-of-a-kind Hermes handbags with an estimated value of about $1 million were stolen...
Mob Con Artist in Prison, But No Insurance Payout for Jewelry Store May 17, 2021 By Jim Sams Jennifer Lopez probably would have looked great in the five pieces that Crown Jewels Estate Jewelry loaned to a purported...
Trader Buys $36 Million of Copper and Gets Painted Rocks Instead March 9, 2021 By Andy Hoffman Commodities trader Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. struck a deal last summer to buy $36 million of copper from a Turkish...
Juul Fights Mafia Law Designation in Suits Against Its Marketing September 23, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson Juul Labs Inc. has the Mafia to thank for the most potent legal claims accusing the e-cigarette maker of igniting...
Hackers ‘Without Conscience’ Target Health-Care Providers April 1, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines,...