Construction Workers Start Apartment Building Fire

Orem firefighters responded to a two-alarm residential fire Monday afternoon. According to Ryan Peterson with the Orem Fire Department, the fire started at 730 E. 950 South at about 11:35 a.m. The fire was at building B of the Aston Apartments, part of the University Place complex near Costco.
September 14, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Utah

Driver Saves 20 Children From Burning Bus

A Maryland bus driver is being hailed today as a hero after she helped 20 elementary school students off a bus and to safety as a fire quickly enveloped their school bus in just seconds.
September 14, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Maryland

Autonomous Vehicles May Cut Insurance Premiums 40% By 2050

Premiums for U.S. auto insurers may drop more than 40 percent once the use of automated vehicles has been fully adopted by 2050 and driving becomes safer, according to insurance broker Aon Plc.
September 13, 2016 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Technology

Developing Solar Industry Faces Risk Mitigation Challenges

The impact of extreme weather conditions on the global solar PV industry has contributed to an 87% increase in the average severity of claims over the past five years, renewables underwriter GCube revealed.
September 13, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Technology

High School Bus Crash At Denver Airport Kills Driver

A school bus carrying members and coaches of a Colorado high school football team crashed into a concrete pillar Sunday at Denver International Airport, killing the driver and injuring 18 passengers, authorities said.
September 12, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Colorado

FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Planes

U.S. air-safety regulators have taken the unusual step of singling out Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone as a potential airborne fire hazard, urging passengers to avoid using the devices entirely on board airliners, dealing another blow to the technology giant’s smartphone recovery efforts.
September 9, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Legislation & Regulation Liability Technology

$3M In Jewels Stolen From Drake’s Tour Bus: Phoenix Police

About $3 million worth of jewelry was taken from a tour bus belonging to rapper Drake and his official DJ, Future the Prince, police said. Police Sgt. Vince Lewis says the theft occurred Tuesday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix, where the men were performing.
September 9, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Arizona

Florida Family says Jeep Totaled by Exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Just days after Samsung recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, a St. Petersburg man says he found out the hard way why the recall was issued in the first place.
September 9, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Technology Florida

20 Residents Displaced By Apartment Complex Fire

Authorities on Wednesday morning battled a large apartment fire at the Hyde Park Apartments in Cary that displaced at least 20 people.
September 9, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines North Carolina

Samsung Note 7 Possible Cause of South Carolina House Fire

A South Carolina man is looking for answers after his garage caught fire over the weekend. Horry County Fire Rescue investigators said the fire originated near a wall outlet where the man’s phone was charging. The phone was a Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
September 8, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Technology South Carolina

$1400 In Damages To Hotel Room From Exploding Galaxy Note 7

Yet another Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has spontaneously exploded, this time reportedly racking up more than $1,800 AUD ($1,383 USD) worth of damages in a man’s hotel room.
September 7, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Technology

Copter Crash In Palm Bay Kills Three

Three people were killed Tuesday in a helicopter crash in Palm Bay near Osmosis Drive, police said. Brevard County Fire Rescue hazmat personnel were at the scene near Bayside High School, along with the Palm Bay Fire Department.
September 7, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Workers' Compensation Florida

Semi Collision With Commuter Train Injures 21

Nearly two dozen people were injured when a Metrolink commuter train carrying nearly 200 passengers crashed into a semi truck on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, fire department officials said.
September 7, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

Welder Sparked Intense Fire That Closed Liberty Bridge

Thousands of Pittsburghers will be going back to work Tuesday morning following the long Labor Day weekend, but they’ll be coming into city without the benefit of the Liberty Bridge. The span has been closed since a fire last Friday.
September 6, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania

Explosion Rocks Spacex Launch Site In Florida

An explosion took place during a SpaceX fueling operation at its launch site in Florida. An engineer at Kennedy Space Center told ABC News that Space X was in the process of conducting a fueling test on Launch Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral when the incident occurred.
September 1, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Florida
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