Helicopter Crash Into Newport Beach Home Kills Three
Three people were killed and two injured Tuesday afternoon when a helicopter that had taken off from nearby John Wayne Airport crashed up against a house in a neighborhood on the northeast end of Upper Newport Bay.
January 31, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
California
CargoNet 2017 Cargo Theft Trend Analysis
The CargoNet Command Center logged 1,391 supply chain intelligence events into the CargoNet database in 2017. A total of 741 records involved a cargo theft event in the United States or Canadaone of the safest years ever recorded by CargoNet.
January 30, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
9 Vehicles Involved In Fatal Chicago Pileup
A Vernon Hills man was among those injured in a fatal nine-vehicle pileup Saturday in Chicagos South Loop, state police said.
January 29, 2018
Auto
Liability
Illinois
Lyft Investigates Claims Staff Abused Access To Customer Data
Allegedly using it to stalk exes to nab personal info on executives.
A user posted on the anonymous app Blind claiming that Lyft employees abused their access to customer data, from gathering info on exes to acquiring Mark Zuckerbergs personal info.
January 26, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
A user posted on the anonymous app Blind claiming that Lyft employees abused their access to customer data, from gathering info on exes to acquiring Mark Zuckerbergs personal info.
Hundreds Of Accidents Reported On Treacherous Chicago Roads
Hundreds of traffic crashes, at least three of them fatal, were reported Wednesday morning as a surprise bout of freezing rain paralyzed much of the Chicago area.
January 26, 2018
Auto
Liability
Illinois
First Lawsuit Filed Over Flaming Casino Shuttle Boat
One of the passengers who escaped a burning boat on Jan. 14 has filed suit against owner Tropical Breeze Casino Cruz LLC in Pinellas-Pasco circuit court.
January 25, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Florida
Ferrari Owner Sues Hotel For Giving Away His Car
Its a problem almost no one can relate to: The valet hands the keys to your $300,000 Ferrari to the wrong person.
January 25, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Weird
Florida
Chain-Reaction Vehicle Pileup Hits Fairbanks Expressway
More than 20 vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction accident Tuesday afternoon that shut down the westbound lanes of the Johansen Expressway.
January 24, 2018
Auto
Liability
Alaska
Black Ice Blamed On Dozens Of Crashes In Chicago Metro Area
Freezing drizzle made for dangerous driving conditions, causing more than 50 crashes in numerous Chicago suburbs Wednesday morning.
January 24, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Illinois
Tesla Collision Into Firetruck Under Investigation By NTSB
A tweet by the local firefighters union Monday showed a photo of a Tesla Model S with its nose wedged under the back end of a fire truck and its hood badly wrinkled. The car had been traveling at 65 miles an hour, the tweet said.
January 24, 2018
Auto
Liability
Technology
California
Family Agrees To $12M Settlement Following Poisoning Death Of Son
The family of an 11-year old Rock Hill boy who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Best Western hotel in Boone in 2013 has agreed to settle wrongful death and injury suits against the hotel chain and other parties for $12 million, attorneys for the family said in a news release Monday.
January 23, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
North Carolina
Distracted Driving Leading Cause Behind Fatal Crashes In 2016 In New Jersey
Distracted driving continued to be the top factor in fatal crashes in the state for the sixth straight year, more than speeding or driving while intoxicated, according to a State Police analysis of 2016s fatal crashes.
January 22, 2018
Auto
Liability
New Jersey
Truck Driver Dies In Pile-Up On Connecticut Interstate
A tractor trailer truck driver killed in a six-car pileup Saturday morning, that also injured three other people, has been identified as a 33-year-old man from Thomaston Connecticut.
January 22, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Connecticut
Marsh Warns Of Hurricane Katrina-Scale Losses From Cloud Breach
Cyber exposure shot into focus in 2017. Dramatic events like WannaCry and NotPetya crippled parts of the corporate sector and forced the business world to wake up to the ever-evolving issue.
January 19, 2018
Catastrophe
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Risk Management
Technology
Helicopter Crash In New Mexico Kills 5 Aboard
A helicopter crashed in a mountainous rural area of northern New Mexico, killing five people, three of them from Colorado, and seriously injuring the sixth person aboard, a New Mexico State Police spokeswoman said Thursday.
January 19, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Mexico



