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Bus with Chinese-Speaking Tourists Crashes in Utah; 4 Dead
A tour bus crashed on a highway running through the red-rock landscape of southern Utah on Friday, killing four people from China and injuring dozens more. The bus from Southern California rolled onto a guard rail, crushing its roof and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePG&E Attacks Rival Plan for Paying Fire Victims Before Insurers
PG&E Corp. and a group of insurers urged a judge to reject a competing reorganization plan for the bankrupt utility because the proposal would pay fire victims who lost their homes ahead of insurance companies and “unjustly enrich” bondholders including … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBoeing Max Crash Report Faces Pushback from Lion Air, Regulator
Lion Air and Indonesia’s civil aviation authority are pushing back on conclusions reached by investigators probing last year’s deadly crash of a Boeing Co. 737 Max amid concerns that too much blame is being placed on the Indonesian side, according … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreU.K. Launches Massive Tourist Airlift After Thomas Cook Collapse
The U.K. government deployed the “largest repatriation in peacetime history” to bring home more than 150,000 tourists stranded on overseas beaches and in vacation hotspots by the collapse of tour operator Thomas Cook Group Plc. The massive airlift, using chartered … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreU.K. Travel Insurer Contacting Clients Stranded by Collapse of Thomas Cook
Saga Plc said on Monday it was securing alternative flights, where possible, for customers who are due to travel imminently and have been impacted by the collapse of Thomas Cook. The over-50s tourism and insurance firm said in an email … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHouse OKs Stopgap Funding for Government, Flood Insurance Until Nov. 21; Senate Action Awaited
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives last week passed a continuing resolution to extend federal government funding through Nov. 21 and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month. The bipartisan vote of 301-123 saw three Democrats vote no … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePMA, Orchid Medical, Athens Group, Ametros, Hancock Make Appointments
PMA Appoints Claims Leader for the Southeast PMA Companies Insurance Group has appointed Sabrina Mitchell as claims assistant vice president for its Southeast Region. Mitchell reports to Ray DiCello, senior vice president and chief claims officer for PMA, which is … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreShady Adjuster and Alleged Fake Racist Attack Top Fraud Roundup
SoCal Adjuster Jailed for Embezzlement A former licensed public adjuster from Huntington Beach, Calif., was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and five years of felony probation after pleading guilty to three felony counts of embezzlement and one felony … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreOnce Hacked, Twice Shy: How Auto Supplier Harman Learned to Fight Cyber Carjackers
LAS VEGAS — When researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee in 2015, slowing it to a crawl in the middle of a U.S. highway, the portal the hackers used was an infotainment system made by supplier Harman International. Harman, now … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAviation Industry Expects Double-Digit Premium Hikes After 737 MAX Grounding
The aviation industry is bracing for double-digit insurance premium hikes for the first time in about 15 years, as insurers wrestle with higher costs from aircraft groundings, including the grounding of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jets following two fatal crashes, … Source: Claims Journal
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