Home Condemned After Fire, $300K In Damage
A City of Falls Church family has been displaced from their home in the 300 block of Timber Lane after a fire broke out Saturday, causing $300,000 in damages, the City announced Sunday.
December 19, 2016
Property
Virginia
Multi-Vehicle Collision On Icy Virginia Interstate
Virginia State Police continue to investigate the multi-vehicle crash Saturday in the northbound lanes of Interstate 495 at the 50 mile marker. The chain-reaction crash occurred around 5:12 a.m., Saturday (Dec. 17), just as road conditions became slick and treacherous, police said.
December 19, 2016
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Virginia
Victims Of Hurricane Matthew Filed Over $162M In Claims To NFIP
Georgia victims of Hurricane Matthew have now received over $6.5 million in payouts from the National Flood Insurance Program. There were a total of 1,054 claims filed with the federal flooding program by the time November came to an end.
December 5, 2016
Property
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Obama Grants FEMA Aid For Storm-Damaged Areas In Virginia
President Barack Obama declared parts of Hampton Roads disaster sites Wednesday because of the extensive damage from Hurricane Matthew last month.
November 3, 2016
Property
Virginia
Fan Crashes Into Spectators At NASCAR, Injuring 22
Several people were hit by a car in a parking lot at Martinsville Speedway just after 5:30 Sunday evening, according to State Police. Emergency crews say a fan leaving the NASCAR race went into a group of people near the helicopter pad.
October 31, 2016
Auto
Liability
Virginia
Fire Supression System Saves Facility Targeted By Arsonist
Water--not smoke--signaled trouble at a home for pregnant women in crisis in downtown Orange on Monday morning. There was so much water on Caroline Street that a passerby suspected a water main break and alerted the town.
October 19, 2016
Property
Virginia
2 Die In Speedboat Crash On The Potomac
Two men are dead after a speedboat accident on the Potomac River, authorities said. The Maryland Natural Resources Police identified the victims as James Melley, 49 and Garth Tagge, 61.
October 17, 2016
Liability
Marine
Virginia
Homeowner, Auto Claims Stacking Up From Florida To Virginia
Homeowner and auto insurers are dealing with thousands of claims in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. And some policyholders are discovering — or rediscovering — a hard truth: Standard homeowners policies typically do not cover flood damage, that is, damage from rising water.
October 13, 2016
Auto
Property
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Blue Bell Issues Another Ice Cream Recall
The Brenham, Texas-based company is once again worried about potential listeria contamination. Blue Bell said Wednesday that it is recalling packages of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
September 22, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
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. Thats 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
Credit Card Payment Systems Hacked At HEI Hotels In 10 States
HEI Hotels & Resorts provided a list of hotels20 hotels in 10 states and the District of Columbiathat suffered a “security incident,” in which payment card data of customers may have been affected. “HEI was recently alerted to a potential security incident by its card processor,” HEI said in a statement released Friday.
August 16, 2016
Liability
Technology
California
Colorado
District Of Columbia
Florida
Illinois
Train Derails At Paper Mill In Isle Of Wight, Virginia
Crews in Franklin worked to clean up after several cars on a CSX train derailed at International Paper in Isle of Wight on Tuesday. No one was injured.
August 10, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Virginia
Woman Attempting To Parallel Park Backs Into A Ferrari
A Ferrari 458 Speciale has been damaged after a woman driving a Mercedes-Benz 380SL Roadster reversed into the prized Italian exotic.
August 8, 2016
Auto
Liability
Virginia
Woman Seriously Injured After Fair Ride Cable Snaps
A 47-year-old woman was seriously injured after falling roughly 40-feet from a fair ride at the Frederick County Fairgrounds in Virginia on Monday, July 25, according to police.
July 28, 2016
Liability
Virginia
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



