Archive for September 2015
American Well Partners With Corvel to Offer On-Demand Doctor Visits for Workers’ Comp Patients
American Well, a telehealth services provider, announced it is entering the workers’ compensation sector through a strategic partnership with CorVel Corporation, a national provider of risk management solutions. Together the companies will deliver on-demand doctor evaluations for employees with a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLessons From a ‘Rebel Without a Cause’: Remembering James Dean 60 Years After Fatal Car Crash
Sixty years ago this week, teen idol James Dean died at the age of 24, after crashing his sports car at the intersection of California Routes 46 and 41. He was reportedly driving 85 mph; his death remains a grim … Source: Claims Journal
Read More‘Transform’ This! Tips on Understanding Electrical Transformer Failures
Transformers are everywhere, from compact ones used to charge our cell phones or laptops up to large industrial transformers used in manufacturing plants and power grids. Transformers have been around since the late 1880s. Transformer failures caused by insulation breakdown … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAuto Safety Technology Could Save Nearly 10,000 U.S. Lives a Year
New auto safety technologies such as automatic braking and sensors that keep a car in its lane could prevent almost 10,000 U.S. road deaths a year and save $251 billion if they were more widely available, according to a Boston … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHurricane Joaquin Takes Aim at Bahamas
Storm Joaquin grew into a Category 1 hurricane as it bore down on the Bahamas, where warnings and watches are posted for the central and northwestern islands in the chain. The storm’s top winds now reach 75 miles (120 kilometers) … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNew Report on Handling Quakes Caused by Fracking
A group of U.S. drilling states, seismologists, academics and industry experts issued guidance Monday in a frank new report on handling human-induced earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing or the disposal of fracking wastewater. The 150-page report, produced by the StatesFirst … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSea Level Rise Increasing Major Storms, Floods off New Jersey Coast
A new study looking back over 1,000 years finds the flooding risk along the New York and New Jersey coasts increased greatly after industrialization, and major storms that once might have occurred every 500 years could soon happen every 25 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDespite Decent Profits Medical Professional Liability Premium Decline Continues
Medical professional liability insurance for the U.S. property/casualty industry continued its years-long decline in 2014 in terms of net written premium volume, hammered by everything from worsening accident-year results to a rapidly evolving healthcare market, Fitch Ratings found. Fitch said … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLaw Professor Says SEC Enforcement Stats Padded
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s metrics for computing annual enforcement statistics are “deeply flawed,” making the agency falsely appear as though it is getting tougher every year, a new academic study concluded. The draft study by Emory University law … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreVolkswagen to Recall Cars Connected to Emissions Scandal
Volkswagen announced plans on Tuesday to refit up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand to try to move on from the scandal over its cheating on diesel emissions tests. New Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said the German … Source: Claims Journal
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