An estimated $10 million in damage was caused by last week’s devastating fire that affected four connected buildings at the River Trails Condominium complex in Prospect Heights, according to an official report released Wednesday.
Georgia has joined fifteen other states which have outlawed the use of hand-held cellphones and mobile devices while driving. A new law signed by Governor Nathan Deal makes watching movies, shooting video, and even the mere “holding” of hand-held devices while in the vehicle—even while stopped—illegal.
In 2015, there were more than 6.3 million car accidents reported that involved property damage with insurance fraud accounting for 10 percent of property/casualty claims processed. While not every accident resulted in an insurance claim, those that did required extensive effort to be verified manually.
A six-car pile up turned into a fatal accident on I-70 near milepost 64 Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred at 2:20 pm., approxiately one mile east of Vandalia. Illinois State Police said a semi-truck was traveling west on I-70 where traffic stopped due to road construction.
Aon has launched the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Report for the month of May, which found that the US suffered considerable disaster-related losses despite a “quieter” start to the tornado season.
Confirmed tornadoes damaged homes in the Champaign area on Sunday. The National Weather Service confirmed two weak tornadoes touched down after 2 p.m. that afternoon. They damaged roofs and siding on several homes in the area.
Twelve states will each see insured damages topping $100 million as the weather system that hit the U.S. from May 11-16 caused a total of $2.5 billion in commercial and residential claims, according to a report Tuesday from Boston-based catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co.
For the first time, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts, after the agency released findings from a special investigation report prompted by two deadly 2016 crashes.
At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers don’t have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 2014—2017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.
Firefighters battled a massive blaze at a historic home in west suburban Hinsdale Wednesday afternoon. The home was built in 1899 and is considered a national treasure once known as "American Beauty."
A 67-year-old woman was killed and four other people were injured, including a 5-year-old girl, when a vehicle crashed into a bus shelter and caught fire Tuesday night in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.
Crews are starting street repair work after a car got stuck in a sinkhole Wednesday in Hobart, an official said. A stretch of Lincoln Street near East 9th Street was blocked off Wednesday after the front end of a car fell into a sinkhole.
