Italian Police Bust Bone-Breaking Insurance Fraud Gangs
Eleven people from the Sicilian capital Palermo have been arrested, police said. They include a hospital nurse who would procure painkillers for the victims in order to lessen their screams as their bones were broken.
August 10, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Weird
Chain-Reaction DUI Crash Causes Six-Car Pileup On California Highway
A six-car crash involving a big rig early Monday morning brought southbound traffic on Highway 99 to a total stop and resulted in one DUI arrest, the California Highway Patrol reported.
August 9, 2018
Auto
Liability
California
What Insurance Can Learn From The NFL
The advent of in-depth analyses of football statistics, led by the website Pro Football Focus (PFF) and its football fan founder Neil Hornsby in 2004, changed the way that teams evaluated their players.
August 8, 2018
Auto
Technology
Mixed Results From IIHS Tests On Driver Assistance Technologies
Over the past few years, driver assistance features such as automatic emergency braking and lane keep assist have become increasingly more common. But how effective are they? According to a recent study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), these features still arent substitutes for actual human drivers, and the results varied significantly from brand to brand.
August 8, 2018
Auto
Technology
Colorado Springs Area Hammered By Large Hailstones
Chunks of hail the size of golf balls rained havoc on a Colorado zoo on Monday, shattering windows, damaging cars and sending animals and humans running for cover.
August 7, 2018
Auto
Property
Colorado
1.1 Million Ram Trucks Recalled For Unlatching Tailgates
If youre driving a 2015-2017 Ram 1500, 2500 or 3500 pickup truck, make sure any precious cargo is carefully secured in the bed. Thats because Ram is recalling 1.1 million of those trucks over concerns the tailgate could unexpectedly open.
August 3, 2018
Auto
Subrogation
Albuquerque, New Mexico Hit Hard By Biggest Hail Storm In Years
The cleanup continues a day after Albuquerque was nailed by the biggest hail storm its seen in years.
August 3, 2018
Auto
Property
New Mexico
Video: Another Shredded Car Interior Courtesy Of A Bear
The Jefferson County Sheriffs Office is warning people about leaving their cars unlocked after several incidents, including one caught on video, in which bears have gotten into vehicles.
August 2, 2018
Auto
Colorado
Widespread Tornado Damage In Northern Colorado Town Of Brush
A community has a lot to clean up after a tornado dealt widespread damage to the city of Brush in Fort Morgan County. The storm hit Sunday afternoon knocking out power and leaving electrical lines down on the roads.
July 31, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Colorado
Video Released Of Fatal Crash Involving Drowsy Semi Driver
The Nevada Highway Patrol Wednesday released video of the crash that killed two men killed in a fatal crash on U.S. Highway 93 on the morning of July 18.
July 30, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Nevada
More Than 650 California Homes Consumed By Carr Wildfire
The death toll from the states wildfires continued to mount Sunday, with eight fatalities now reported from blazes burning in Shasta County and near Yosemite National Park.
July 30, 2018
Auto
Property
California
45 Vehicles Involved In Chain-Reaction Pileup On Florida Interstate
Eighteen separate crashes involving 45 cars caused a massive pileup on Interstate 10 Tuesday evening. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident began just before 5:30 p.m. between mile markers 200 and 199 on I-10 westbound in Leon County.
July 27, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Florida
Real-Time Data & Funding Power Nationwide Expansion Of Metromile
Pay-per-mile auto insurance start-up Metromile announced earlier this week that it had secured $90 million in a round of funding led by insurance industry titans Tokio Marine Holdings and Intact Financial.
July 26, 2018
Auto
Risk Management
Technology
California Wildfire Forces Entire Town To Evacuate, Arsonist Arrested
A man accused of starting a wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest faces five counts of arson in the blaze, which destroyed homes and prompted the evacuation of the town of Idyllwild and several other communities, authorities said.
July 26, 2018
Auto
Property
California
52 Touch Screen Systems Ripped From New Vehicles At Michigan Dealership
A reward is being offered in connection with the theft of car radios from the Szott M-59 Dodge dealership in Highland Township. An employee of a nearby business called deputies around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30 when he noticed several vehicles had broken windows.
July 25, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Michigan



