Archive for June 2018

Researchers at Oregon State University say bridges and roads in the northwestern resort city of Seaside should be prioritized for improvement after a simulation discovered they would have higher mortality rates in an earthquake and tsunami. Researchers found that the … Source: Claims Journal

Science advisers to the federal government say safety regulators should do more to speed the integration of commercial drones into the nation’s airspace. The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine said in a report Monday that federal safety regulators … Source: Claims Journal

Man Gets 3 Years for Filing False Oil Spill Claims Federal authorities say a man charged with filing fraudulent claims in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has been sentenced to just over three years in prison. A recent … Source: Claims Journal

So far this year, 111 pedestrians have been killed on state roads – an increase of 16 percent from this time last year, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation. In 2017, 260 pedestrians were struck and killed in the … Source: Claims Journal

The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over a 2009 helicopter accident that left its pilot partially paralyzed. Justices ruled 6-2 last week that a proper complaint was not filed by Rob Hammons of Greenwood … Source: Claims Journal

A $94 billion financial behemoth is keeping the market on tenterhooks about its next move. Europe’s largest insurer, Allianz SE, is in the early stages of evaluating a variety of potential acquisition targets as deal-hungry Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete … Source: Claims Journal

Bird Rides Inc. and other scooter startups have drawn fire from pedestrian advocates, politicians and annoyed citizens. Now they have a new nemesis: personal injury lawyers. In recent months, people hurt riding (or hit by) scooters in San Francisco and … Source: Claims Journal

President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that would dramatically reshape the nation’s legal landscape for pot users and businesses. The federal … Source: Claims Journal

Former Broadspire Exec Joins MedRisk as Executive Vice President of Business Development Penn.-based MedRisk named Kenneth Martino, CPCU executive vice president of Business Development. His responsibilities include identifying and evaluating business development opportunities both domestically and internationally, including analyzing competitive … Source: Claims Journal

Kia is recalling over a half-million vehicles in the U.S. because the airbags may not work in a crash. Combined with a previous recall expansion by Hyundai, the affiliated automakers are recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles due to the problem, … Source: Claims Journal