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A hotel official told a jury Friday that he doesn’t know why an incident report about a British tourist’s fall while taking part in a David Copperfield illusion at a Las Vegas, Nev., show did not include accounts from other … Source: Claims Journal

This year’s weather on the Southern Plains has an odd twist: Oklahoma has yet to record its first tornado, the deepest into the year it’s gone without one since 1962. Although a drought has dried up moisture needed to fuel … Source: Claims Journal

A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania awarded summary judgment to an insurer accused of bad faith after denying a man’s claim for losses exceeding $1 million when a fire destroyed his home. The … Source: Claims Journal

As disaster season approaches, finding ways to improve the understanding of how different roof materials age under real-world conditions is critical to manufacturing products that can stand up to the worst Mother Nature has to offer. The Alabama Insurance Underwriting … Source: Claims Journal

Connecticut Pizza Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud Stemming From Fire The owner of a Connecticut pizza parlor has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge for setting fire to his own business and then collecting insurance money. Federal prosecutors say … Source: Claims Journal

Southwest Airlines Co. in recent days hasn’t found any additional signs of the metal fatigue on jet engine fan blades that led to last week’s fatal accident, though an executive said one cracked blade was discovered during reviews last year. … Source: Claims Journal

The widow of maverick automaker John DeLorean has alleged in a lawsuit that a Texas company illegally received money from the “Back to the Future” movies that used his iconic car. The sleek, angular car with gull-wing doors known simply … Source: Claims Journal

Lawyers for a British tourist who claims he was badly hurt taking part in an illusion by Las Vegas Strip headliner David Copperfield told a judge on Wednesday that they’ve found three other people who were injured in Copperfield shows … Source: Claims Journal

Last year was the second-costliest year for disasters since 1970, according to a new analysis from reinsurance firm Swiss Re AG. Global economic losses from these events reached $337 billion in 2017, behind only 2011’s total losses, and less than … Source: Claims Journal

Passcodes Kept on Sticky Notes, Recipe Cards and Slips of Paper How many different passwords do you have for your smartphone, tablet or computer? Where do you keep the passcodes that you can’t remember? Almost half of U.S. consumers use … Source: Claims Journal