Posts by Y@DminG

While investigating mass transit accidents, especially in air travel, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials often rely on digital clues left behind in flash memories of any and all electronic devices—both personal and professional—at a crash site. With the physical … Source: Claims Journal

The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas in July, killing 16 people, was taking medications that should have precluded him from flying, medical experts testified at a federal hearing on Friday. Experts also testified that Alfred … Source: Claims Journal

West Virginia Gov.-elect Jim Justice’s businesses are being sued by a flood restoration company for unpaid bills, after cleanup crews restored parts of the Greenbrier following flooding that hit parts of the state in late June. Attorneys for BMS CAT, … Source: Claims Journal

A proposed fuel break system in southwest Idaho, southeast Oregon and northern Nevada will limit the size of destructive rangeland wildfires and protect habitat for sage grouse, say officials with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The agency on Tuesday … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. government is trying to get automakers to move faster to fix 42 million vehicles that are being recalled because of potentially deadly Takata airbag inflators. Expressing renewed concern about the pace of the recall, which is the largest … Source: Claims Journal

MAPFRE Insurance Launches Program To Help Insureds Restore Damaged Homes As part of an ongoing effort to better serve its policyholders, MAPFRE Insurance, a Mass.-based provider of home and auto insurance, has launched the MAPFRE Select Home Restoration Program. The … Source: Claims Journal

CSAA Insurance Group Appoints Huebner Chief Risk Officer CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, announced the appointment of Jeff Huebner as the company’s new chief risk officer. In his new role, Huebner will be responsible for managing all aspects of … Source: Claims Journal

When Jefferson Community College was making plans to build its first residence hall, there was one must-have for President Carole McCoy: generators for backup if the power went out. With her campus in Watertown, New York in the bulls-eye of … Source: Claims Journal

Developing a drone program in any size enterprise will involve investment and risk, according to Global Aerospace, which has insured small unmanned aerial systems (UAS), weighing under 55 pounds, since 2012. This is one of the key observations in a … Source: Claims Journal

Authorities investigating the California warehouse party fire that killed 36 people have said they are considering a criminal case – even murder charges. But as relatives learned after a nightclub fire killed 100 people in Rhode Island, any prosecution would … Source: Claims Journal