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A task force is working on eradicating albizia trees on the east side of Big Island within the next several weeks. The Hawaii Island Albizia Task Force has planned four control projects totaling $1 million, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Monday. … Source: Claims Journal

McLaughlin Named Chief Financial Officer for Hiscox in the US Hiscox, the international specialist insurer, announced today the appointment of David McLaughlin as Chief Financial Officer in the US. McLaughlin is based in Atlanta and will report to Ben Walter, … Source: Claims Journal

A number of passengers aboard an American Airlines flight that caught fire at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in 2016 refused to leave behind their carry-on bags in one of four incidents in the past several years in which an evacuation … Source: Claims Journal

Scenario-based modeling has been used for property risk for some time, but its application in the casualty area is recent, according to Robin Wilkinson, vice president and managing director of Casualty Analytics at AIR Worldwide, a Verisk business. In an … Source: Claims Journal

18 Insurers Join Collaborative Blockchain Consortium: The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance, the risk management and insurance industry’s first enterprise-level blockchain consortium in the U.S. RiskBlock today announced that 18 top risk management and insurance companies have joined … Source: Claims Journal

Federal inspectors found scores of New Jersey Transit train cars riddled with fire risks, faulty brakes and electrical hazards as they scrutinized the troubled railroad that brings 95,000 workers to Manhattan daily. One engine was so defective it was declared … Source: Claims Journal

A helicopter’s crash landing in South Carolina this week may have been triggered by a civilian drone, which would make it the first drone-related crash of an aircraft in the U.S. The incident on Wednesday involved a student pilot and … Source: Claims Journal

In 2013 the Washington Supreme Court found that an insurance company’s claim file was presumptively not privileged in disputes between insurance companies and their insureds unless the insurance company could demonstrate that the attorney-client aspects of the file involved the … Source: Claims Journal

The Weinstein Co. thought it had found a path to survival. A group of investors led by a respected businesswoman offered to acquire the company, rebrand it and install a female-led board of directors. It was an eye-catching idea in … Source: Claims Journal

There were slightly fewer crashes in Lincoln, Neb., last year than in 2000 despite a nearly 25 percent growth in the city’s population during that time, which officials say may be due to improvements in car safety and infrastructure, and … Source: Claims Journal