Hail-Related Claims For Vehicles Cost Insurers Billions
The spring and summertime forecast is a familiar one severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail are on the way. Already in 2016, Texas in particular has been walloped by bigger-than-baseball-size hail that shattered windows, busted roofs and dinged vehicles in March and April.
June 13, 2016
Auto
Arizona
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Frozen Produce Recall Involves Millions Of Packages, 3 Countries
Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry itll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products they may have bought as far back as 2014.
May 20, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Poll Reveals 90% Of Businesses Experienced A Cyber Attack In The Last Year
Nine of ten businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the past year, according to a survey of business risk managers released today by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re.
May 17, 2016
Liability
Risk Management
Technology
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Frozen Produce Recall Expanded After Eight People Contract Listeria
CRF Frozen Foods is expanding a recall of frozen organic and traditional fruits and vegetables over possible listeria contamination. The recall includes some 358 products sold under 42 brand names, including items like kale, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli and various vegetable medleys, among others.
May 4, 2016
Liability
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Research Suggests More Than 250K Americans Die Yearly From Medical Errors
Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests.
May 4, 2016
Education & Training
Liability
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Takata Doubles The Number Of Vehicles Under Recall In The U.S.
Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp (7312.T) is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.
May 4, 2016
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
City Contractors Main Line Work Results In Sewage Backup Claims
Work to tighten up Joplins main sewer lines in the tornado zone to prevent water infiltration into the sewer system has resulted in seven claims of damage from sewage backups.
May 2, 2016
Liability
Property
Subrogation
Missouri
The Top 20 Cities With Highest Average Speed In Fatal Crashes
Speeding is the second leading cause of car crashes in America, but its especially dangerous in some California cities.
Auto Insurance Center studied the average speed of more than 12,000 fatal car crashes across the country to find out which cities drivers are putting the pedal to the metal before colliding with other cars or smashing into roadside objects.
April 28, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Florida
Louisiana
Missouri
North Carolina
Auto Insurance Center studied the average speed of more than 12,000 fatal car crashes across the country to find out which cities drivers are putting the pedal to the metal before colliding with other cars or smashing into roadside objects.
Severe Storm System Generates Tornadoes, Large Hail Across Central U.S.
A spring storm system that battered parts of the Plains, Midwest and Texas with reported tornadoes, baseball-sized hail and high winds was forecast to expand into the Mississippi Valley and South on Wednesday.
April 27, 2016
Auto
Property
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas



