The Most Dangerous Roads In America
Highway 99 is the most dangerous roadway in America, according a new report released by ValuePenguin. From 2011 to 2015, Hwy. 99 saw 62.3 deadly crashes for every 100 miles, according to the consumer research companys report.
December 8, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Florida
Texas
Colorado Ranks As Eighth Worst State For Bad Drivers
Colorado auto insurance isnt cheap and for years, people have said the drivers in the state are simply awful. That said, those types of complaints are commonplace in many states.
December 7, 2016
Auto
Liability
Colorado
Predictive Analytics: A Powerful Fraud-Fighting Tool
Technology is a valued ally of insurers in combatting insurance fraud. And for good reason this crime is growing. These are two findings of the Coalitions newest study of how insurers use tech to combat billions of dollars in fraud each year.
December 7, 2016
Liability
Workers' Compensation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
One By One, Vehicles Slide Into Each Other On Icy Montreal Hill
It didnt take much snow to create a scene amusing for some and unnerving for others in downtown Montreal this morning. One by one, buses, cars, a police cruiser and even snow-clearing vehicles slid down Côte du Beaver Hall toward Viger Street and collided with each other.
December 6, 2016
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
The Distracted Driving Problem: Optional Text-Blocking Technology And iPhone Addiction
Weve all heard it: texting and driving is dangerous. In the United States, more than eight people are killed every day in motor vehicle accidents that involve distracted driving, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
December 6, 2016
Auto
Liability
Technology
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Road Rage Settlement With Geico Was Done In Bad Faith, Florida Court Says
It took six years, but a federal jury in a Florida court has determined car insurance giant Geico acted in bad faith when it didnt fully settle a claim with the family of a woman who died in a road rage accident.
December 6, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
Florida
Two Cars Submerged In Flooded San Antonio Sinkhole
Multiple San Antonio firefighters engaged in a high water rescue operation in the 8400 block of Quintana Road on San Antonios Southwest Side after multiple cars got trapped in a sinkhole.
December 5, 2016
Auto
Liability
Texas
Cheerleader Bus Crash In West Texas Kills One, Injures Seven
Authorities say a woman was killed and seven others were injured when a semitrailer crashed into a bus carrying a group of West Texas high school cheerleaders.
December 5, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
5-Year-Old Boy Killed In DUI Crash Into Apartment
A 24-year-old woman who crashed her car into an apartment complex in South Los Angeles, killing a 5-year-old boy and injuring several others, has been arrested, police announced Thursday.
December 2, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Regulation Limiting Injection Wells Has Decreased Earthquakes In Oklahoma
The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has dropped dramatically since late May, when the state limited wastewater injections into energy wells, an Associated Press statistical analysis shows. And a new scientific study says the state is on its way back to calmer times that prevailed before a huge jump in man-made quakes.
December 1, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Property
Oklahoma
Car Jumps Off Los Angeles Freeway, Crushes Transient
A car shot off the side of a Los Angeles freeway and landed on a homeless encampment Tuesday, crushing to death a woman and injuring three people inside the car, authorities said.
November 30, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Business Is Booming For Reputation Insurance Providers
The social media world has been awash with news stories about fake news going viral on Facebook and Google. The slugfest that was the 2016 US election opened a window for opportunistic writers to invent news that some people wanted to hear but did not necessarily have any basis in truth.
November 29, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
D&O Liability Increasing As Shareholder And Regulator Activism Rises Globally
New risks such as cyber incidents and data privacy, rising regulator and shareholder activism and the influence of third party litigation funders are putting corporate leaders under more pressure of falling foul of investigations, fines or prosecution over alleged wrongdoing, according to a new risk report by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a leading provider of Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance globally.
November 29, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
Legislator Makes Another Attempt To Repeal Floridas PIP System
Sen. Jeff Brandes will once again file legislation to repeal the states no-fault auto insurance requirement, saying its time for Florida to move away from the troubled system.
November 29, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Florida
Regulators, Fuel Trucking Companies Work To Reduce Spills On Alaskan Roads
Federal and state regulators in Alaska say theyre working to stem what has been a growing number of tanker-truck accidents in recent years -- including three big rollovers since September that dumped thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into woods and wetlands.
November 28, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Alaska



