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Lithium-ion batteries, so useful in smartphones, electric cars and energy storage systems, can catch fire and explode. The risk is magnified in warehouse settings where hundreds of thousands of batteries could be stored. Because of the fire risk, FM Global, … Source: Claims Journal

XL Catlin Announces Reinsurance Leadership Changes XL Catlin’s reinsurance operations announced two key leadership appointments, both effective January 2017. Jonathan (Jon) Gale, currently chief executive London Reinsurance, will take over as chief executive Bermuda Reinsurance subject to Bermuda Immigration approval, … Source: Claims Journal

Michigan, in a race with Silicon Valley for supremacy in autonomous autos, enacted legislation that it said is the first in the U.S. to establish comprehensive regulations for testing, use and eventual sale of self-driving cars. Governor Rick Snyder signed … Source: Claims Journal

A polar vortex is blasting cold air across the northern half of the U.S. this week – and by Christmas, it’ll be warm enough to barbecue in Washington. Just last week, models had this polar vortex – a term loosely … Source: Claims Journal

Social media data mining offers insurers an opportunity to combat fraud and improve underwriting, according to a recently issued white paper by QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited. The white paper titled “Innovations … Source: Claims Journal

An appeals court has cleared the way for refiling of a lawsuit against an engineering firm in the deaths of four people killed in flash flooding in Pittsburgh, Pa., more than five years ago. Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. earlier … Source: Claims Journal

This week, Texas will launch what state officials say is the nation’s largest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. The University Interscholastic League, Texas’ governing body for public high school sports, is partnering with the O’Donnell Brain Institute … Source: Claims Journal

It’s burglar catnip: a large, unoccupied home late at night, with iPads and laptops strewn temptingly around. Sure enough, one man did break in—exactly as the police had planned. Arrested, he protested his innocence, at least until law enforcement shined … Source: Claims Journal

The illegally occupied Oakland, Calif., warehouse where dozens of partygoers perished in a blaze does not appear in a database fire inspectors use to schedule inspections and may never have been checked for fire hazards, a firefighter with knowledge of … Source: Claims Journal

Federal homeland security officials should move faster to require rail and transit agencies across the nation to screen their employees using federal terrorism watch lists, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said. The New York Democrat told The Associated Press on Saturday … Source: Claims Journal