A raging wildfire has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes after it exploded to thousands of acres in Northern California, authorities said. The Kincade Fire, ignited Wednesday night, has scorched 10,000 acres, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire, reported Thursday morning.
A petition from young people preparing to enter a career in insurance is calling on US insurers to end their underwriting and investments in coal and other fossil fuels. The petition was started by Schuyler Holder, a senior at the University of North Texas and a member of Gamma Iota Sigma, a national insurance fraternity.
A fire that destroyed a waterfront home was likely caused by a generator used to power the residence following the gale that darkened much of Knox County.
There were an estimated 748,841 vehicle thefts in the United States in 2018, or about 229 per 100,000 Americans. The vehicles stolen were worth, according to the FBI, an estimated total of over $6 billion.
A two-vehicle crash in southern Crawford County sent one pickup truck into a home Monday morning, knocking the house partly off its foundation. "I’m waiting for the (insurance) adjuster to look at it," said Lisa Peterson, the home’s owner told the Tribune on Monday.
The cost of automobile accidents has risen significantly over the past few years. From 2015 to 2017, bodily injury loss costs increased by 12.4 percent, property damage by 11.4 percent and personal injury protection by 6.4 percent, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
The insurance commissioner of the state of Washington has fined a gun owner’s association for violating state laws regarding the sale of prohibited insurance.
The adage says, “What gets measured gets managed.” What does that mean for workers’ compensation? What can we measure to truly improve outcomes for everyone in the workers’ compensation system, from injured workers, to employers, to insurers and others?
U.S. traffic deaths fell 2.4% in 2018 to 36,560 although the number of pedestrians killed rose to its highest level in nearly three decades, the U.S. auto safety agency said Tuesday.
Firefighters kept watch over a hillside community in San Bernardino overnight after a brush fire fueled by 28-mph gusts Monday burned multiple homes on a sweltering day.
Crews were surveying the damage caused by a long-range tornado that ripped across Dallas and into Richardson on Sunday. Homes, businesses and offices were destroyed.
