NTSB Advocates For Seat Belts On School Buses In Wake Of Fatal Wrecks
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.
May 24, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Legislation & Regulation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Insurances Flawed Business Model
At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers dont have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.
May 24, 2018
Risk Management
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Animal-Related Insurance Claims Top 1.7M In Four Years
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 20142017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
May 23, 2018
Auto
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Occupants Walk Away After Rolling McLaren Supercar In Nevada Desert
Police say seatbelts saved the lives of two people who crashed their $300,000 supercar in the Nevada desert, but the vehicles engineers deserve a fair share of the credit.
May 16, 2018
Auto
Liability
Nevada
Semi Rollover On Nevada Interstate Spills $8ooK In Dimes
Theres no use in crying over spilled milk, but its probably reasonable to cry over $800,000 in spilled dimes.
May 10, 2018
Auto
Liability
Nevada
Insurers Expected To Pay $1.5B For Aprils Severe Weather
A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.
May 10, 2018
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Negligence Suit Filed Against Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour Operator
The parents of one of the British victims of the Grand Canyon helicopter flight are suing the US tour operator which manages the flight.
March 5, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Nevada
NICB Reports On Insured Tailgate Thefts
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports today that insured tailgate thefts have stabilized since 2014. NICB analysis shows that in 2016, there were 1,877 claims for tailgate theft identified in ISO ClaimSearch®, an insurance industry claims database.
January 30, 2018
Auto
Arizona
California
Florida
Nevada
Texas
Hundreds Of Las Vegas Shooting Victims File Negligence Suits
Attorneys who filed one of the first lawsuits after the Oct. 1 mass shooting that killed 58 concert-goers and left hundreds injured on the Las Vegas Strip filed four new negligence cases Monday on behalf of more than 450 victims.
November 21, 2017
Liability
Litigation
California
Nevada
Las Vegas Shooting Lawsuits Stack Up With 14 More Filed
Legal action stemming from the mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert is picking up with lawsuits filed on behalf of 14 concertgoers. The 14 civil complaints were filed together Wednesday in state court in Las Vegas. Several plaintiffs are from the Chicago area, and a Chicago law firm helped prepared the filings.
November 16, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Nevada
Truck Driver At Fault In Las Vegas Driverless Shuttle Crash
The driver of a semi-truck was apparently at fault in an accident Wednesday afternoon involving a driverless shuttle bus operating in Las Vegas, police say.
November 9, 2017
Technology
Nevada
Possible Halloween Egging Prank Causes Thousands In Damage
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - A possible Halloween prank turned into a serious crime when the egg throwing ended up doing thousands of dollars in damage.
October 31, 2017
Property
Nevada
California Deputies Hurt In Las Vegas Massacre Are Denied Workers Comp
A group of Southern California law enforcement officers who rushed to save lives during a gunmans deadly rampage in Las Vegas returned home wounded but alive. Yet, while they were hailed for their heroic efforts, there is one benefit they wont be afforded as they recover physically and psychologically from the Oct. 1 attack: workers compensation.
October 26, 2017
Workers' Compensation
California
Nevada
Concert Attacks Spur Demand For Terror Insurance For Performing Artists
Due to the recent string of deadly attacks at music events — most recently the shooting that occurred in Las Vegas — more artists are now considering the need for terrorism insurance.
October 23, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Nevada
24 Face Fraud Charges In Las Vegas Car Crash Scheme
Twenty-four people were indicted last week on racketeering, fraud and battery charges in a massive scheme to stage east valley car crashes, then file fraudulent insurance claims.
September 21, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Nevada



