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Lava Creeps Onto Geothermal Plant Site On Hawaii’s Big Island

Molten lava from the erupting Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island crept onto a geothermal power plant site on Monday, as workers rushed to shut down the facility to prevent the uncontrollable release of toxic gases.
May 22, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Hawaii

The Challenge With Insuring Autonomous Ships

The large body of regulations known as maritime law should be addressed before or in concert with insurance considerations when it comes to autonomous vessels, British Columbia-based author Blake Desaulniers told Canadian Underwriter last week.
May 21, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Legislation & Regulation Technology

The New Cyber Insurance Paradigm

Across industries, many mature organizations have become acutely aware that their industrial-based business models, which strive for control, efficiency and scale, are not designed for speed, innovation or individualized customer experiences. Corporate leaders have no option but to consider using cloud-based platforms, but that introduces new vulnerabilities.
May 18, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines

Loaded School Bus Torn Apart In Collision With Dump Truck, Two Dead

A student and a teacher were killed and 43 others injured when a school bus with preteens on a field trip collided with a dump truck on a New Jersey highway on Thursday, ripping the bus apart and leaving students dangling by seat belts, officials said.
May 18, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New Jersey

Tons Of Contaminated Soil Removed From Fort Peck Reservation Oil Spill Site

Cleanup crews have so far removed an estimated 1,435 tons of soil that was tainted by an oil spill discovered on the Fort Peck Reservation on April 27.
May 17, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Montana

$50K In Fire Damage After Lightning Strikes Apartments

Dawn DiIenno of Mill Creek said she heard a huge crack Saturday night and saw a light that lit up the whole house. She ran upstairs to make sure her roof wasn’t on fire.
May 14, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Delaware

Central Pennsylvania Welding Fire Destroys Truck Shop, Causes $1.2M In Damage

A welding fire set off a two-alarm blaze Tuesday afternoon that destroyed a central Pennsylvania truck shop and caused $1.2 million worth of damage.
May 10, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Pennsylvania

13 Businesses Damaged By Building Fire In North Kansas City, Missouri

Smoke filled the air Tuesday for miles after a building in the heart of downtown North Kansas City caught fire.
May 9, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Property Missouri

$500K Worth Of Jewelry Taken In Smash-And Grab Inside North Carolina Mall

A couple of burglary suspects managed to steal half a million dollars worth of merchandise from one North Carolina jewelry store.
In just six minutes, the owners of Artisan Jewelers in Cary say the thieves made off with hundreds of thousands worth of gold, diamonds and watches.
May 8, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines North Carolina

Brick Wall Collapse Crushes 7 Cars In North Columbus, Ohio

The wind might be to blame for a brick wall collapse that smashed seven parked cars in north Columbus. It happened Friday afternoon at the Harvard Square apartment complex off of West Henderson Road. Some people spent the day digging out their cars from under the brick.
May 7, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation Ohio

Ten New Pickups Stolen From Michigan Ram Assembly Plant

A gang of thieves broke into a Ram truck factory parking lot early Thursday morning and stole around 10 pickups that were fresh off of the assembly line.
May 4, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Michigan

Tesla Accused Of Stealing Semi Design From Nikola Motor In $2B Patent Suit

A startup called Nikola Motor Company recently filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Tesla for patent infringement. Nikola’s claims specifically allege that the Tesla Semi design infringes upon a number of their own patents which were granted years ago.
May 3, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Litigation

Railroad Negligent In Flood, Class-Action Suit Alleges; Case Could Involve Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars

Local residents who suffered property loss during the 2016 flood say they continue to incur damages. And they’re blaming what they call the railroad’s faulty culverts.
May 3, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Texas

Fiery LA Freeway Big Rig Crash Injures 3

A fiery crash involving a big rig has injured three people, two critically, and backed up traffic on a Southern California freeway for miles.
May 2, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

Overturned Semi Spills Watermelon Cargo, Causing Fatal Accident

One person died after a big rig carrying watermelons overturned, causing part of its load to strike another vehicle on I-95 in Philadelphia near the Walt Whitman Bridge.
April 30, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania
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