New Fire At Deer Park Plant As Leaking Toxins Close Ship Channel
A fireball again erupted into the sky. An unknown volume of chemicals leaked into waterways, destined for Galveston Bay. Deer Park residents peered out their windows at another plume of black smoke.
March 25, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Two Semitrailers Involved In Fatal Interstate Chain-Reaction Crash
One person is dead and three others were sent to the hospital after a chain-reaction crash between two tractor-trailers and five vehicles Saturday on westbound I-70 in Terre Haute.
March 20, 2019
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Indiana
2 Dead, Dozens Injured In Charter Bus Crash In Virginia
Two people were killed and several others hurt when a Tao’s Travel Inc. bus overturned on Interstate 95 in Prince George County Tuesday morning.
March 20, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Massachusetts
Virginia
Texas Petrochemical Fire Spreads To More Storage Tanks After Firefighting Snag
A raging fire at a petrochemical storage terminal in Houston has engulfed two more massive tanks after firefighting water pumps stopped working for six hours, the company said on Tuesday.
March 19, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Texas
Mold Damage From Allegedly Defective Work Excluded From CGL Coverage
Following a contractor’s remodeling of a house, the home owner sued the contractor and its commercial general liability (CGL) insurer, Wisconsin Mutual Insurance, as well as its own homeowners insurer, Hastings Mutual Insurance. The home owner claimed the house was rendered uninhabitable by the contractor’s negligent work on a bathroom that resulted in leaking water, which caused mold to grow and then release the chemical trichothecene into the residence.
March 18, 2019
Education & Training
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Property
Wisconsin
AI-Generated Artwork Raises Intriguing Insurance Questions
Christie’s recently held the first-ever auction of artwork created by artificial intelligence (AI). The AI-generated piece, which involved some minimal human intervention by Paris-based art collective Obvious, shocked the art world by selling for $432,500, more than 40 times the official estimates.
March 18, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Risk Management
Technology
Record Travel Insurance Claims Expected Following Grounding Of Boeing Jets
Online travel insurance broker InsureMyTrip is expecting a record number of claims following the grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets.
March 15, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
High Winds Blow Train Off Of New Mexico Rail Bridge
A tornado that ripped roofs from buildings and injured five people in a tiny New Mexico town has left a trail of debris that authorities said Wednesday they would wait to clear because of high winds still sweeping through the region.
March 14, 2019
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Property
New Mexico
150 Residents Displaced By Massive Yonkers Apartment Building Fire
Firefighters battled a massive fire that raged for several hours Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning at an apartment building in Yonkers.
March 13, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
New York
Small Plane Crashes Into Ohio Home
A twin-engine Piper PA-31 plane crashed into a home near Madeira, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon, killing at least one person, according to a local fire official.
March 13, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Subrogation
Ohio
Damage Reported Throughout North Texas From Windstorm
It was a rude awakening for North Texans Wednesday morning as severe weather and powerful winds moved through the area. Throughout the early morning hours, residents said they heard emergency sirens wailing to warn of the threat of damaging winds.
March 13, 2019
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Texas
Insurers Face Large Claims After Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Boeing Co’s insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation sources said.
March 12, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Overturned Semi Spills Beer Cargo All Over Roadway
A big-rig carrying beer went off the side of a 10 Freeway on-ramp in West Covina Thursday morning, sending its large load spilling out on the roadway below.
March 8, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Snow Load Collapses Fargo Office Building Roof
Weight from snow accumulation caused the roof of a south Fargo office building to cave in late Monday, March 4.
March 7, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
South Dakota
At Least Seven Missing In Alabama After Deadly Weekend Tornadoes
Alabama search and rescue teams on Tuesday were combing through the wreckage of houses flatted by weekend tornadoes, looking for seven or eight people still unaccounted for in the wake of the deadliest U.S. twister outbreak since 2013.
March 6, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Alabama
