Multiple Fatalities After Sightseeing Planes Collide Off Alaska’s Coast

Federal investigators are due in Alaska on Tuesday to try to find out why two sightseeing planes collided in mid-air over open water during daylight hours, killing at least four tourists.
May 14, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Alaska

Chemical Spill In Houston Ship Channel After Vessels Collide

Much of the Houston Ship Channel remained closed Saturday a day after two vessels collided, causing a large gasoline blend spill and setting off another round of environmentalists concerns for the Gulf Coast.
May 13, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Marine Salvage Texas

New BMWs Destroyed In Semi Truck Fire

Six brand new BMWs were destroyed after a Freightliner commercial semi truck carrying the vehicles caught fire on the Blackwater River Bridge Tuesday night.
May 9, 2019 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Florida

Boston Bound: What To Expect At CLM’s 2019 CMPL Conference

This July marks the start of a fully reinvented conference that focuses on cyber, management, and professional liability claims issues—something Andrew Fastow, a former Enron executive who served six years in prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to two counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, knows something about.
May 7, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Risk Management Technology

Main Building At Key Largo’s New Luxury Resort Destroyed After Massive Fire

The main building that houses the restaurant, bar, spa and lobby of the adults-only, all-inclusive Bungalows resort in Key Largo was destroyed after a large fire raged there early Sunday morning.
May 7, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Florida

Insurers Cough Up Tens Of Millions Over Church Sex Abuse

The Diocese of Duluth has reached a settlement with the 125 people who claimed they have been abused by the organization’s priests — the diocese’s insurers will have to shoulder the brunt of the payment as a result.
May 6, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation

Cyber Claims Data Shows Worrying Trend

A recent analysis of 2018 cyber claims data paints a worrying picture for leaders of organizations both large and small.
May 2, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Technology

U.S. Religious Centers Buy More Insurance After Raft Of Shootings

U.S. religious centers are buying special insurance to protect them from the financial consequences of an armed intruder opening fire in their buildings.
May 2, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Risk Management

Human Error Likely Cause Of Seattle Crane Crash, 5 Companies Being Investigated

Human error may be to blame for the Seattle crane collapse on Saturday that killed four people and injured four others, experts said Monday.
April 30, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Washington

Tornado Causes Damage In Rural Kansas

The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Miami County early Monday. Peak winds of the storm hit 85 mph.
April 30, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Kansas

Crane Collapse Onto Busy Seattle Street Kills Four People

Dramatic dashcam video shows the moment a crane came crashing down at Google’s new campus in Seattle on Saturday. Four people were killed, including college student Sarah Wong and iron worker Travis Corbet, and four others were hurt.
April 29, 2019 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation Workers' Compensation Washington

15 Vehicles Involved In Fiery Chain-Reaction Crash On Colorado Interstate

Multiple people were killed and many others injured in a fiery multi-vehicle crash west of Denver during the evening commute on Thursday when a tractor-trailer careened out of the control into several other vehicles, police said.
April 26, 2019 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation Colorado

Customer, Unable To Pay For Repairs, Sets Fire At Dealership

Police say a fire that erupted at a North County car dealership in March was a part of an insurance scam by the suspect.
April 25, 2019 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Subrogation California

Fiery Train Derailment Prompts Evacuations In Fort Worth

A Union Pacific freight train carrying ethanol careened off its tracks in a Fort Worth neighborhood Wednesday and burst into flames, prompting an evacuation of nearby homes and a hazardous materials response.
April 25, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Texas

Six Dead In Crash Of Twin-Engine Plane In Texas

All six people on board a twin-engine plane died when it crashed on a private ranch near an airport in Kerrville, Texas on Monday, officials said.
April 23, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Texas
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