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374K Haul Master Trailers Recalled For Missing Side Lights

Harbor Freight Tools is recalling more than 374,000 trailers because they may not have red side marker lights as required by federal safety standards.
September 14, 2016 Liability Subrogation

One In Three Americans Hacked In The Past Year

More than one-third of U.S. consumers experienced a computer virus, hacking incident or other cyber attack in the past 12 months, a survey by Zogby Analytics for The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) reported today, and young adults 18-24 were the most likely victims.
September 13, 2016 Liability Technology

Is No-Fault Auto Insurance To Blame For High Rates, Fraud?

Michigan House members returned to work this week to decide whether they’ll give the state’s motorists a break on their highest-in-the-nation auto insurance premiums.
September 12, 2016 Auto Fraud Liability Michigan

High School Bus Crash At Denver Airport Kills Driver

A school bus carrying members and coaches of a Colorado high school football team crashed into a concrete pillar Sunday at Denver International Airport, killing the driver and injuring 18 passengers, authorities said.
September 12, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Colorado

Driver Plows Through Convenience Storefront After Pedal Mixup

Police in Clinton released startling video of an SUV crashing through the front of a convenience store. They said it happened at the Shell gas station at the intersection of East Main Street and Beach Park Road on Sept. 1.
September 12, 2016 Auto Liability Connecticut

Porch Collapse Injures Students Of Trinity College, Connecticut

Twenty-eight Trinity College students were taken to hospitals after the back porches on a college-owned house on Broad Street collapsed, hurling students and porch decks to the ground.
September 12, 2016 Liability Property Connecticut

FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Planes

U.S. air-safety regulators have taken the unusual step of singling out Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone as a potential airborne fire hazard, urging passengers to avoid using the devices entirely on board airliners, dealing another blow to the technology giant’s smartphone recovery efforts.
September 9, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Legislation & Regulation Liability Technology

Florida Family says Jeep Totaled by Exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Just days after Samsung recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, a St. Petersburg man says he found out the hard way why the recall was issued in the first place.
September 9, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Technology Florida

Strong Oklahoma Quake Spotlights The Emerging Risk Of Fracking Activities

The 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Oklahoma Saturday was not only one of the strongest in state history, it was one of the first that insurance companies linked directly with hydrofracking and wastewater injection - an association that could lead to complications for quake coverage for homeowners and liability policies for oil and gas companies.
September 9, 2016 Liability Litigation Property Oklahoma

Samsung Note 7 Possible Cause of South Carolina House Fire

A South Carolina man is looking for answers after his garage caught fire over the weekend. Horry County Fire Rescue investigators said the fire originated near a wall outlet where the man’s phone was charging. The phone was a Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
September 8, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Technology South Carolina

Small Aircraft Collide Over West Georgia Runway

Channel 2 Action News has confirmed three people are dead after two planes crashed in Carroll County on Wednesday.
The crash happened near West Georgia Regional Airport on Regional Road, according to Carroll County Fire PIO Bud Benefield.
September 8, 2016 Liability Georgia

$1400 In Damages To Hotel Room From Exploding Galaxy Note 7

Yet another Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has spontaneously exploded, this time reportedly racking up more than $1,800 AUD ($1,383 USD) worth of damages in a man’s hotel room.
September 7, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Technology

Semi Collision With Commuter Train Injures 21

Nearly two dozen people were injured when a Metrolink commuter train carrying nearly 200 passengers crashed into a semi truck on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, fire department officials said.
September 7, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

GM Reaches Settlement Of Two Bellwether Ignition Suits

General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Monday it settled the last two so-called bellwether cases stemming from a faulty ignition switch linked to 124 deaths and 275 injuries.
September 6, 2016 Liability Litigation

Welder Sparked Intense Fire That Closed Liberty Bridge

Thousands of Pittsburghers will be going back to work Tuesday morning following the long Labor Day weekend, but they’ll be coming into city without the benefit of the Liberty Bridge. The span has been closed since a fire last Friday.
September 6, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania
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