Archive for April 2015

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will implement ongoing safety enhancements in aerial acts to protect employees against injuries like those sustained by its aerialists during a May 4, 2014, performance in Providence, Rhode Island. Feld Entertainment Inc., headquartered … The post Hair Hanging Acrobat Accident Leads to Safety Improvements appeared first on Claims…

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced the arrest of an insurance claims adjuster and her accomplice brother for allegedly stealing more than $79,000 from her former employer. Arleatha Martin of Macon, and her brother Christopher Lorenzo Battle of Locust Grove, … The post Former Allstate Adjuster Arrested for Insurance Fraud in Georgia appeared first on…

A task force will begin work next week with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national flood insurance program to examine problems that arose after Superstorm Sandy and to develop recommendations to correct them. U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, … The post FEMA Launches Task Force to Examine Superstorm Sandy Issues appeared first on…

Florida-based Patriot National announced its acquisition of Missouri-based Corporate Claims Management, Inc. (CCMI), a multi-line provider of claims administration, with 2014 revenues of $6.5 million. Founded in 1992, Corporate Claims Management provides the risk management community with claims administration services … The post Patriot National Acquires Corporate Claims Management appeared first on Claims Journal. Source:…

Last Monday, a Texas district judge put on hold a hospital operator’s efforts to seek a worker’s compensation claim for a nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first U.S. patient to succumb to the deadly disease. State District … The post Texas Judge Halts Ebola Nurse Worker’s Comp Claim appeared first on Claims…

Mountaineers, guides and porters streamed from Mount Everest base camp on Sunday in the wake of a deadly earthquake-triggered avalanche that obliterated parts of the rocky village of nylon tents. Some warned that dozens of people may still be missing. … The post Nepal Earthquake Causes Deadly Mount Everest Avalanche appeared first on Claims Journal.…

In a first-of-its-kind analysis of vehicle thefts released today, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) found a disturbing trend — an increasing number of thefts of vehicles with the keys left inside. For the years 2012 through 2014, at total … The post Vehicles With Keys Left Inside Easy Target for Thieves: NICB appeared first…

The moment, almost 20 years later, remains crystal clear in the mind of Tommy Self. He was a volunteer firefighter in the tiny central Alabama town of Townley, about 10 miles west of Jasper. The department responded when an EF-5 … The post Storm Chasers Not Just in it for the Money appeared first on…

If proposed legislation leads to all officers in South Carolina wearing body cameras, the devices could provide some officers their only way to capture video of an arrest. Dashcams are not as widespread in South Carolina as many assume. Seventeen … The post Many South Carolina Police Vehicles Still Lack Dashcams appeared first on Claims…

More than 143 million people in the mainland states now live on shaky ground, earthquake scientists say. That’s because more people have moved into the quake-prone West Coast and some quake zones were recently expanded, according to researchers from the … The post More Than 143M Americans Live in Earthquake-Prone Areas appeared first on Claims…