When a car slams into the side of a tractor-trailer and slides underneath, the results can be horrific. Many of a car’s safety features are rendered worthless. The top of the car may be sheared off; the occupants are often decapitated.

“Nearly 7,000 tons” of baby milk formula made by the French company Lactalis has been recalled over fear of salmonella contamination.

A single-engine plane with four people aboard crashed into a Clairemont home and burst into flames Saturday, killing two passengers and destroying the house, authorities said.

An attack in 2012 by a swan toppled a Des Plaines man’s kayak, sending him plunging into the water of a retention pond. The aggressive swan, which had been nesting, continued to lunge at the man as he attempted to swim to shore. He never made it.

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., a global provider of technology-enabled risk and benefits solutions, announced on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to acquire Cunningham Lindsey, a global loss adjusting, claims management and risk solutions firm.

Product-related risk is one of the biggest perils facing businesses today, with recall exposures increasing significantly over the past decade, bringing the potential for larger and more complex losses than ever before, warns insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) in a new report.

A 5-year-old girl is dead and 22 others were hurt after a school bus crashed into a tree in Liberty County, according to Lt. Thornell King with the Georgia State Patrol.

It was the opening day of deer hunting season, and Ronald Hansen says he loaded his rifle the same way he had countless times before, aimed at a target and fired a shot. This time, the gun barrel exploded, knocking the farmer from Hampton, Iowa, backward, severely damaging his right hand and ear and burning his face.

California has been happy to tweak the rules to get more self-driving cars on the road, but it still has its limits. The state’s DMV has eliminated a planned rule (suggested by GM) that would have let companies avoid liability for an autonomous vehicle crash if the machine hadn’t been maintained to manufacturer specs.

In a closely watched decision that could impact whether ratepayers are on the hook for billions in costs related to the Napa-Sonoma fires if PG&E is found at fault, the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday denied a request from San Diego Gas & Electric to charge its customers $379 million in costs related to three huge fires that the utility’s power lines caused in 2007.

More than half of U.S. small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experienced a cyberattack within the past year, yet only 14 percent of businesses felt prepared and protected, according to a recent white paper from the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).

A new Aviva Canada report revealed an auto insurance fraud trend costing insurers $2 billion every year. This added expense to insurers is leading them to increase premiums to compensate for the fraudulent claims payments.

The lead singer of the rock band Modest Mouse — who once sang in a hit song that “I backed my car into a cop car the other day” — was sued Wednesday for crashing into a pickup truck in August 2016.

From mold to Legionella bacteria outbreaks, environmental- and pollution-related losses on commercial properties are on the rise, and these types of claims will only increase in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. As a result, closer attention is being paid to pollution exclusions on property and liability policies.

The upcoming legalization of marijuana will “impact virtually every line of business” of the insurance industry and introduce a whole new hazy world of risks, a managing general agent said Friday.