2 Children, 1 Adult Killed After SUV Hits Bear
Three people were killed and four seriously injured when a car struck a bear and slid off a Colorado highway early Friday morning. According to the Colorado State Patrol, all seven people were ejected from the 2007 Chevrolet SUV.
October 13, 2017
Auto
Liability
Colorado
Canadian Auto Industry Seeing No Reduction In Accidents, But Greater Severity
The Canadian auto industry overall is seeing no reduction in car accidents and “big cost pressures upward on severity coming from both injuries and the repairs of cars themselves,” a speaker suggested last week at the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC).
October 12, 2017
Auto
Liability
Technology
Staged Crash Captured By Dashcam Footage
If at first you dont succeed at getting a truck to rear-end you, do it yourself. Thats what investigators say a Delray Beach man did after slamming his brakes in an effort to have a crash with the tow truck behind him so he could collect insurance money.
October 11, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Florida
Las Vegas Shooting Victims File Lawsuit Against Bump Stock Makers
A lawsuit seeking to represent the victims of the Las Vegas rampage, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, was filed against the makers of so-called bump stocks, which the shooter used to achieve a near-automatic rate of fire.
October 11, 2017
Liability
Litigation
New York
Man Hit By Ball At Wrigley Field Sues Cubs, MLB
Adam Loos tried to raise his hand but he couldnt beat the speed of a foul ball that smacked his 60-year-old father in the face and left the man blind in one eye after a late-August Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
October 10, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Illinois
Insurance Industry Employment Trends
The U.S. Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just published data as of August 2017 on detailed insurance industry employment, and the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) website contains updated multi-decade trend data in chart form.
October 9, 2017
Auto
Liability
Life & Health
Property
Drivers Poor Choices Are The Leading Cause Of Accidents
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the number of traffic fatalities in 2016 rose nearly 6% compared with the previous year to 37,461.
October 9, 2017
Auto
Liability
Property Claim Services, NFIP To Report Aggregate Flood Loss Estimates
Property Claim Services (PCS) reported on Thursday that it will publish aggregate flood loss information supplied by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), beginning with Hurricane Harvey.
October 6, 2017
Liability
Property
Mississippi
Texas
Fraud Ringleader Sentenced After Staging $1M In Claims Losses
A 55-year-old Clarksburg man has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison as the organizer of an insurance fraud ring that caused almost $1 million in losses.
October 6, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Liability
West Virginia
Train Derails, Knocks House Off Its Foundation In Northwest Atlanta
A train derailed and knocked a northwest Atlanta home off its foundation early Thursday as a man slept in his bedroom. The man, who was trapped inside the home in the 1300 block of Andrews Street, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with minor injuries to his legs after authorities rescued him, officials said.
October 6, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Georgia
$31.5M Verdict Against Texas Collision Center For Improper Repairs
A Texas jury found that John Eagle Collision Repair Center owes $31.5 million for performing an improper repair that led to a couple being trapped in a burning car.
October 5, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
Texas
October Is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) kicks off this week. And in the wake of last months Equifax breach announcementin which nearly 145.5 million Americans learned their personal information may have been compromised, coupled with the governments recent efforts to combat cyber threatsNCSAMs timing could not be better.
October 5, 2017
Education & Training
Liability
Driver Who Led Texas Police On High-Speed Chase Was 10-Year-Old
Texas police were startled after they chased a pickup truck at speeds up to 85 mph — only to find out that a 10-year-old boy was behind the wheel.
October 5, 2017
Auto
Liability
Texas
Risk Management: The Challenges Of Municipal Liability
In the aftermath of Ferguson and Baltimore, both cities were chastised for the show of force used to address protesters, with particular criticisms of the display of tanks and military gear. Fast forward to August 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the city was criticized for allegedly standing by and failing to intervene amid physical altercations between protesters.
October 4, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Wells Fargo CEO: We Can Block Customers From Filing Lawsuits Because We Promise To Not Screw Up Again
Imagine a teenager who has been repeatedly caught sneaking out with their friends to get drunk and pilfer garden gnomes from the neighborhood. The teens parents ask “Why should we trust you anymore?” and the best answer the adolescent nincompoop can provide is, “Because I started cleaning my room and Im gonna pass that Geometry quiz, I think.”
October 4, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management



