Now’s The Time For Insurers To Develop Meaningful Cyber Liability Policies

Uncertainty about several key variables appears to be causing U.S. businesses and insurance companies to move cautiously into the much-heralded, though still nascent, market for cyber liability policies.
April 17, 2017 Liability

Woman Wrecks After E-Cig Explodes In Her Lap

A woman suffered second-degree burns to her legs and multiple broken bones after her electronic cigarette exploded.
April 17, 2017 Auto Liability Life & Health Arizona

Boy, 5, Crushed At Rotating Atlanta Restaurant

A 5-year-old boy died after being crushed Friday in a rotating restaurant atop a downtown Atlanta tower, with the child getting caught between a table and a wall as the floor moved, police said.
April 17, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Georgia

Car Runs Stop Sign, Collides With School Bus

A Wake County school bus was involved in a crash along Ponderosa Service Road south of Falls of Neuse and Capital Boulevard early Wednesday. Pictures from the scene showed students being cared for by EMS workers and then loaded into ambulances.
April 13, 2017 Auto Liability North Carolina

Family Of Teen Who Drowned In Electrified Pool Files Suit

Instead of celebrating what would’ve been Rachel Rosoff’s 18th birthday, her family was filing a lawsuit inside Wake County Superior Court blaming Rachel’s electrocution and drowning on the alleged shoddy repair work of two Raleigh companies.
April 13, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation North Carolina

7 Students Injured In Sarasota, Florida School Bus Crash

There were multiple injuries following a crash involving a Sarasota County school bus and a second vehicle Tuesday morning in Sarasota.
April 12, 2017 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Florida

Dozing Driver Ends Up In Santa Clara Swimming Pool

A driver is uninjured after crashing a car through a fence and into the deep end of a swimming pool early Tuesday morning in Santa Clara, according to Santa Clara Fire Department.
April 12, 2017 Auto Liability California

Elderly Driver Strikes Pedestrians In Church Parking Lot

An SUV crashed into a crowd of pedestrians Sunday at a church parking lot in California, killing two women, authorities said.
April 12, 2017 Liability California

Firefighters Injured, One Fatally In Collision With Drunk Driver

Three Georgia firefighters were injured, one of them fatally, when the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by a suspected DUI driver Monday evening in Venice, authorities have confirmed.
April 11, 2017 Auto Liability California

5 Children Hurt When Bounce Houses Go Airborne In South Carolina

Five children were injured when a strong wind picked up two bounce houses at a church carnival in South Carolina on Saturday, sending one of the inflatables into a tree and the other into a power line, authorities said.
April 10, 2017 Liability South Carolina

More Than 8,000 Uber and Lyft Drivers Fail Massachusetts Background Check

In November, the ride-sharing companies agreed to let the state run its own background checks as part of a deal that would let Lyft and Uber drivers service Logan Airport. More than 70,000 drivers applied for the checks. The results of the state’s first screening were announced on Wednesday, and more than 10% of applicants did not pass.
April 7, 2017 Auto Liability Massachusetts

Dog Bite Claims Rose 18% Last Year

Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2016, costing in excess of $600 million, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) and State Farm, the largest writer of homeowners insurance in the United States
April 6, 2017 Liability

$10M Settlement In Workers’ Comp Case Largest Ever In The Nation

Once more, attorney Christopher Asvar has set the record for the highest known workers’ compensation settlement or award in the nation.
April 5, 2017 Liability Litigation Workers' Compensation California

Investigating Traumatic Brain Injury Claims: Time Is Of The Essence

Does traumatic brain injury strike concern in your heart? If it doesn’t, it should. Traumatic brain injuries are not limited to people who are found unconscious at an accident scene or even those with a Glasgow Coma Scale result below 15 points.
April 5, 2017 Liability Workers' Compensation

AIG Taps Into Consumer Fears With New Cybersecurity Product

American International Group Inc (AIG.N) is joining insurers offering products that offer consumers safeguards against hackers and cyber criminals who might steal personal data.
April 4, 2017 Liability
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