Posts by Y@DminG

Hundreds of Northern California wildfire victims desperate for housing and living in recreational vehicles on their burned-out lots were ordered off their properties Monday after federal authorities threatened to cut off funding for the state’s biggest natural disaster cleanup. The … Source: Claims Journal

A bill that would curtail Mississippi property owners’ liability to be sued for some acts on their property is advancing despite frayed tempers. House Judiciary A Committee Chairman Mark Baker, a Brandon Republican, pushed House Bill 337 aka The Landowners … Source: Claims Journal

When a negligent driver causes damage to another vehicle in an accident, most states allow the owner of the damaged vehicle to recover damages in tort for the reasonable cost of repairing or replacing the vehicle along with the monetary … Source: Claims Journal

Fiat Chrysler is recalling over 660,000 heavy-duty trucks worldwide because a loose nut can cause a loss of steering control. The recall covers Ram 3500 pickups from 2013 through 2017, as well as 2500 pickups and 3500 Chassis cabs from … Source: Claims Journal

A new approach to defining opioid-related auto fatalities provides insight into the nature and distribution of opioid-involved deaths in the state of Maryland, say the authors of a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of … Source: Claims Journal

More intense rain and higher sea levels are prompting Galveston officials to deviate from a drainage master plan written in 2003 by rethinking their approach to system improvements and requiring developers to meet more stringent drainage requirements. The Galveston County … Source: Claims Journal

A former crash investigator said he’s confident officials will figure out why a small plane broke apart in the air over a Southern California neighborhood, raining down chunks of metal and igniting a house fire that killed four people. The … Source: Claims Journal

The last five years were collectively the world’s warmest on record, two of the largest U.S. science agencies announced on Wednesday. With its fourth place showing, 2018 now ranks behind 2016, 2017, and 2015 and ahead of 2014 on the … Source: Claims Journal

Caliber Collision, Abra Auto Body Repair of America Merger Transaction Closes Caliber Collision Centers and Abra Auto Body Repair of America announced the closing of their merger that unites the companies’ talented teams, brands and operations to better serve customers, … Source: Claims Journal

Though the Property & Casualty (P&C) industry has made definitive inroads into technology adoption, there remain vast opportunities for the sector to reap the benefits of technology to achieve better, faster results. Insurers and claim organizations at large still have … Source: Claims Journal