Claims News Recap
May 15th - 19th, 2017
|
Friday, May 19th, 2017
A propane tank inside a U-Haul truck exploded Wednesday, causing residents nearby to think there was another earthquake in the area. The incident happened near the Waffle House in the Publix shopping center near Orangeburg Road and Central Avenue...
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
A Chatham man was killed, and Illinois State Police shut down eastbound Interstate 72 at the Morgan-Sangamon county line and eastbound Illinois 104 at Auburn Wednesday afternoon following numerous multi-vehicle accidents due to dirt from fields blowing across the roadway. Police described visibility at times as a total blackout...
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
Allstate has told collision repairers it will cease using its drive-in inspection stations in favor of its QuickFoto Claim photo estimating system within the Allstate app. “Findings from a recent test validated that QuickFoto Claim continues to be a viable option for inspecting vehicle damage and showed that customers embrace this option”...
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
Tuesday, May 16th, 2017
Hardware chain Lowe’s is outfitting employees with a simple exoskeleton to help them on the job. The company has partnered with Virginia Tech to develop the technology, which makes lifting and moving heavy objects easier. The non-motorized exoskeletons are worn like a harness, with carbon fiber rods acting as artificial tendons...
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
Monday, May 15th, 2017
A pair of hurricane hunter planes landed at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Opa-locka air station Friday with a message for South Florida: Get ready. With the start of the hurricane season less than two weeks away on June 1, the planes helped showcase the advancing technology that has helped improve hurricane forecasting...
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
Having trouble viewing this message? View as a Web Page.
Click here to manage your subscriptions. |