Sunken Luxury Yacht, A Potential Pollution Threat, To Be Salvaged
A 53-foot luxury yacht that sank in a cove just off the Connecticut River in Lyme in late January is scheduled to be raised by a salvage crew next week, which will come as a relief to environmentalists worried about fuel leakage from the vessel.
February 15, 2019
Salvage
Connecticut
Two Killed In Speedboat Crash On Lake Havasu, Arizona
Two men have died after a boat crash at Lake Havasu. It happened Saturday around 12:30 p.m. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office says a large boat that was traveling at high speeds had crashed and then sank.
April 23, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Salvage
Arizona
Illinois Classic Car Business Off Route 66 Rises From The Ashes Of Massive Fire
There are still a few remnants at Country Classic Cars from the fire that lit up the sky in this rural Illinois town the night of Aug. 8.
Concrete floors in the classic car business off old Route 66 remain warped and blackened in spots.
February 16, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Salvage
Illinois
Concrete floors in the classic car business off old Route 66 remain warped and blackened in spots.
Maine Continues To Add Up Wind Damage, Which Is Likely To Exceed Ice Storm’s Cost
Debris from Monday’s “devastating” storm littered the state Tuesday as Mainers cleaned up and attempted to get back to their daily routines in the face of widespread power outages and property damage.
November 3, 2017
Auto
Marine
Property
Salvage
Maine
NICB: Hurricanes Leave Record Numbers Of Vehicles Damaged
Flooded vehicles have finally stopped arriving at the Royal Purple Raceway east of Houston. That is just one of several insurance industry salvage locations where more than 422,000 insured vehicles damaged by Harvey have been taken for processing.
October 19, 2017
Auto
Salvage
Florida
Texas
Exclusive: An Army Of Tow Trucks Tackles Houston’s Flood-Damaged Cars
How do you remove hundreds of thousands of damaged cars from a massive city still mired in water and muck? Tow-truck driver Alex Toll will tell you: one vehicle at a time.
September 7, 2017
Auto
Salvage
Texas
Car Dealers Prepare For Wave Of Swamped Vehicles In Houston
The Chevy Malibu produced a putrid cloud of must and steam as Troy Rondeno peered beneath the steering wheel. The saturated carpet reeked of mildew and hot plastic, and white spots of mold climbed the sedan’s black leather seats as it languished in a North Houston salvage yard.
September 6, 2017
Auto
Catastrophe
Salvage
Texas
Houston Port Continues Salvage Efforts To Recover From Harvey Damage
Salvage efforts continued on Monday to remove a sunken drydock in an industrial portion of the Houston Ship Channel, home to major oil refineries and petrochemical plants, officials said.
September 5, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Marine
Salvage
Texas
Semi Goes Over Side Of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Officials say driver error caused a tractor-trailer to go over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Thursday afternoon. According to police, 47-year-old Joseph Chen had just passed another tractor-trailer and as he re-entered the lane, he drove over a curb and went airborne.
February 13, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Salvage
Workers' Compensation
Virginia
Owners Sink Sportfishing Boat In Attempted Insurance Fraud
Two men pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Wednesday to conspiring to sink their 57-foot sportfishing charter boat in an insurance scam.
February 2, 2017
Marine
Salvage
California
100,000 Insured Vehicles Damaged In Louisiana Flooding
The August downpours that dumped more than 30 inches of rain in two days on parts on Louisiana have left as many as 100,000 insured cars and trucks damaged, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in the United States said on Thursday.
September 2, 2016
Auto
Salvage
Louisiana
D.A.’s Office Uncovers Sophisticated Car Theft And Insurance Fraud Ring
Bogus insurance. Fraudulent registrations. Stolen cars disguised and resold to unsuspecting customers. Those were some of the tactics prosecutors say were used by dozens of people and three corporations in what they described as an auto-theft and insurance-fraud ring that operated in Philadelphia for years.
August 12, 2016
Auto
Fraud
Salvage
Pennsylvania
Major Auto Theft Ring Exposed In Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
A Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted 13 men accused of running a large-scale auto theft ring with the help of an unnamed former elected official. The group operated for seven years, targeting mostly the East and West Banks of Jefferson Parish and was responsible for about 32 percent of the vehicle thefts in the parish, according to court records.
May 16, 2016
Auto
Fraud
Salvage
Louisiana
