Archive for November 2015

By the time the turkeys, pumpkin pies and cranberries are devoured and the calendar flips from November to December, 75 percent of Americans will have already started checking items off their shopping lists, according to a new poll released by … Source: Claims Journal

More than half (56 percent) of the drivers participating in an Insurance Research Council (IRC) public opinion survey have made changes in how they drive since installing a telematics device provided by their insurance company in their primary vehicle. Thirty-six … Source: Claims Journal

Tesla Motors is recalling its entire fleet of Model S sedans to check their front seatbelts after one passenger’s seatbelt became disconnected. The recall – the company’s largest ever – involves 90,000 cars worldwide. Tesla sent an email Friday to … Source: Claims Journal

A state audit of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission indicates the agency has not been tracking some mandatory assessments. A sample test of claims paid from two funds showed roughly half had no supporting documentation to determine the calculation used … Source: Claims Journal

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that medical marijuana cardholders don’t have immunity from prosecution under a state DUI law that prohibits drivers from having in their bodies any amount of marijuana or its chemical compound that causes impairment. But … Source: Claims Journal

When Kellie Borgman, president and co-owner of Friends for Paws, took supplies to southern Indiana after major tornadoes and flooding a few years ago, she didn’t see any animals for the first three or four days. “Sometimes, it takes some … Source: Claims Journal

Claims adjusters working on the job have something unique they can add to their toolkit: a way to root out soft or opportunistic fraud as it happens for home contents claims. Enservio, Inc. introduced a new option for its ContentsExpress … Source: Claims Journal

Warning: Marijuana use during pregnancy and breast-feeding poses potential harms. That message would be written on medical and recreational marijuana products and posted wherever they’re sold if the nation’s most influential doctors group has its way. The American Medical Association … Source: Claims Journal

The state must restore the $4,900-a-month pension of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that was taken away three years ago when he was sentenced to decades in prison on child molestation convictions, a court ordered Friday. A … Source: Claims Journal

iovation, the provider of device intelligence for authentication and fraud prevention, is predicting that 48 percent of all retail transactions from Black Friday to Cyber Monday this year will be made from mobile phones and tablets. The company also forecasts … Source: Claims Journal