Found On Road Dead? Ford Recalls 88K Cars For Stalling Issue
There are few things worse than having your relatively new car stall on you without warning. That’s why Ford is recalling nearly 90,000 vehicles with a defect that could leave your car dead — and unable to restart — in the middle of the road.
August 24, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Explosion Kills Property Inspector, Damages Surrounding Houses
The woman killed in an explosion Monday at a Benson-area home was a property inspector who had gone there to check its condition after the evicted tenant had cleared out.
July 26, 2016
Fraud
Property
Workers' Compensation
Nebraska
GM Recalling Almost 290K Impalas Over Airbag Issue
Over the past two years, General Motors has recalled millions of vehicles over airbag issues, many related to Takata safety devices deploying too forcefully. Now, the company is recalling nearly 290,000 Chevrolet sedans for a different reason: the airbags might not deploy in a crash.
July 22, 2016
Auto
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Recall Of P.F. Chang’s Frozen Meals Expanded
After a long day, it can be nice to come home and grab a frozen meal from the fridge for a quick and easy dinner. If you’ve been stocking up on P.F. Chang’s frozen meals, you might want to double-check they aren’t included in a recently expanded recall of more than 195,000 pounds of frozen dinner product that may contain metal fragments.
July 18, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Massive Frozen Veggie Recall Involves Nation’s Largest Retailers
Nearly two months after CRF Frozen Foods set off a massive recall of vegetables thought to be contaminated with listeria and linked to at least two deaths and eight illnesses, a second frozen vegetable supplier — National Frozen Food Corp. — has initiated a separate recall over listeria concerns, and many of the recalled products are from the nation’s largest retailers.
June 21, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
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 it’ll 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
Tornado Outbreak Leaves Two Dead In Oklahoma
A large and violent tornado hit an area south of Oklahoma City on Monday, causing at least two deaths and reducing at least three homes to splinters, authorities said. The hardest-hit areas were about 70 to 80 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, where a tornado reported to be more than a mile wide ripped through the area.
May 10, 2016
Property
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Claims Settlement For Carnival Accident Likely To Take Years
Officials continue the investigation into Saturday’s accident at the Cinco de Mayo Festival that left 11-year-old Elizabeth Gilreath critically injured. On Saturday, Gilreath’s hair got caught in the spinning mechanism of the ride, ripping off part of her scalp.
May 10, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Nebraska
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
Business Destroyed In Fire Sparked By Homemade Explosives
The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office has determined that Sunday night’s explosion and fire at Winfrey Plumbing and Heating here resulted from the manufacturing of homemade explosives by the man who died in the fire.
April 27, 2016
Property
Nebraska
Emergency Responders Prep For Violent Storms In Plains States Tonight
A severe weather outbreak gearing up to hammer the country’s midsection on Tuesday could spawn sustained, muscular tornadoes as well as softball-size hail showers, say forecasters, who also warned of additional rounds of storms to follow.
April 26, 2016
Property
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
