Nearly 15,000 trucks manufactured by Paccar, Daimler and Autocar are being recalled for various defects, according to recent documents from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Late at night in the middle of June, on a leafy residential street in Minneapolis, Hayling Han was awoken by an odd popping noise. She told her husband Heap that it sounded like firecrackers. Shortly before 1 a.m. that night, the sensors on the couple’s motion-activated surveillance camera also detected that something was happening.
The tornado count from last week’s severe storms in southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin now stands at 16. Fifteen of those tornadoes were in Minnesota, making the Sept. 20 storms the largest September tornado outbreak on record in the state, according to the National Weather Service.
Residents of several counties south of the Twin Cities begin cleaning up late Thursday after fierce storms, including possible tornadoes, damaged structures and downed power lines and trees.
Damage has been reported in portions of Minnesota and western Wisconsin after severe storms moved through the area Monday. <br /><br />According to the National Weather Service, an 82 mph wind gust was reported in Red Wing.
Aon has launched the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Report for the month of May, which found that the US suffered considerable disaster-related losses despite a “quieter” start to the tornado season.
Storms continue to move across Minnesota and Wisconsin Tuesday night, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.<br /><br />West of the Twin Cities is a different story. Homeowners in Hutchinson came outside to see trees on top of houses and blocking streets. Two massive pine trees were uprooted, falling into the street. They have since been moved out of the way, but this is just one example of how strong the winds were this afternoon.
For the first time, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts, after the agency released findings from a special investigation report prompted by two deadly 2016 crashes.
At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers don’t have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 2014—2017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
