Five Missing In Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Gas Well Explosion
Five people were missing after an explosion and fire at a gas well in Pittsburg County, according to Emergency Manager Kevin Enloe. The explosion took place a little before 9 a.m., sending flames shooting 50 feet in the air.
January 22, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
Oklahoma
Truck Driver Dies In Pile-Up On Connecticut Interstate
A tractor trailer truck driver killed in a six-car pileup Saturday morning, that also injured three other people, has been identified as a 33-year-old man from Thomaston Connecticut.
January 22, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Connecticut
Marsh Warns Of Hurricane Katrina-Scale Losses From Cloud Breach
Cyber exposure shot into focus in 2017. Dramatic events like WannaCry and NotPetya crippled parts of the corporate sector and forced the business world to wake up to the ever-evolving issue.
January 19, 2018
Catastrophe
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Risk Management
Technology
2 Sought In $2M Jewelry Theft From Sugar Land, Texas Store
Police are looking for two men who stole jewelry valued at $2 million from a Sugar Land store after smashing display cases with a hammer.
January 19, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Texas
Helicopter Crash In New Mexico Kills 5 Aboard
A helicopter crashed in a mountainous rural area of northern New Mexico, killing five people, three of them from Colorado, and seriously injuring the sixth person aboard, a New Mexico State Police spokeswoman said Thursday.
January 19, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Mexico
Fire Leaves Fleet Maintenance Business With $2M In Property Damage, Contents Losses
A leak on a big rig that ran on natural gas led to a fire that caused more than $2 million in damage and losses at a truck maintenance facility in southwest Wichita on Monday, fire officials said.
January 18, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Workers' Compensation
Kansas
Montecito Homeowners Sue Utilities, Alleging Negligence Before Deadly Mudslide
A group of Southern California homeowners charge that the rupture of a water main during last week’s mudslide released as much as 10 million gallons of water into the community of Montecito, overwhelming a flood control system already deluged with heavy rains.
January 18, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
California
Semi Crashes Into Classroom Of Minnesota School
Multiple students were injured after a semi-truck crashed into a school classroom Tuesday morning in southern Minnesota, with authorities still investigating just how and why the incident occurred.
January 17, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Minnesota
City’s Insurer To Cover $115M Settlement To O’Hare Shelter Collapse Victim
A young dancer left partially paralyzed when a shelter at O’Hare International Airport collapsed on her has received a record $115 million settlement from Chicago and its insurer, her attorney announced Tuesday.
January 17, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Illinois
20 Vehicles Pile Up On Icy New Mexico Interstate
Two people were killed in a crash involving 20 vehicles, including three semi-trailers, Monday night. The crash happened on I-25 near Romeroville where roads were icy due to freezing temperatures in the area.
January 17, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Mexico
Class-Action Status Sought In BMW Defective Sunroof Suit
A lawsuit has been filed against BMW alleging several of the company’s makes and models were designed with defective panoramic sunroofs and moonroofs that are prone to shattering.
January 16, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Litigation
New Jersey
Jewel Robbery At The Paris Ritz: An Estimated $5.4M Taken During Smash-and-Grab
Spring, in the form of France’s traditional seasonal spike in high-profile jewel thefts, arrived a little early at cocktail hour in Paris’ recently-renovated Ritz hotel last night, as at least five axe-and-pistol-slinging robbers mounted a blitzkrieg raid on the storied hotel. . . .
January 12, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Subcontractor Sues Over Miami Train Station Work
A Canadian subcontractor tapped to help build a train station in downtown Miami has filed a lawsuit, claiming it is owed millions for additional unpaid work. The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, alleges breach of contract by Suffolk and negligence claims against Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and All Aboard Florida.
January 11, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Florida
Crash Involving Multiple Semis Caused Chemical Spill, Large Fire On Indiana Interstate
A crash involving multiple semis closed I-65 near Seymour for several hours on Thursday as crews worked to clean up a chemical spill that later caught fire.
January 11, 2018
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Liability
Indiana
Two Injured In Fire At New York’s Trump Tower: Official
Two people were injured, one seriously, in an early-morning fire near the top of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, the New York Fire Department said on Monday.
January 8, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
New York
