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Dash Cams in Fleet Vehicles are Key to Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts, Risk Managers Say
ORLANDO, Fla. — Cameras. One showing the driver and another facing forward. Those can be the keys to avoiding nuclear verdicts after auto and truck crashes, especially for companies with fleets of vehicles and relatively inexperienced drivers, two Crum & … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreRescue Operation for 40 Workers Trapped Under Collapsed Tunnel in India Enters 3rd Day
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers are working around the clock Tuesday to remove debris to extract 40 workers who have been trapped for over two days after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in northern India. Officials hope to extricate them in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFire that Closed Vital Los Angeles Freeway Called Arson
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles that was seriously damaged in an act of arson does not need to be demolished and can be repaired in three to five weeks, California Gov. Gavin Newsom … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWorker Dies at Platinum and Palladium Mine in Montana, Triggering Temporary Halt to Mining
NYE, Mont. (AP) — A contract worker has died in a machinery accident at an underground precious metals mine in south-central Montana and work has temporarily stopped while the death is investigated, mine officials said. The worker was preparing an … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreVehicles with Higher, Vertical Front Ends Raise Risks for Pedestrians
Motor vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends raise risks for pedestrians, according to a highway safety organization. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said that whatever the nose shape, pickups, SUVs and vans with a hood height greater than … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims People: Texas Mutual, Criterion Adjusters, Goldberg Segalla
Texas Mutual Appoints VP for Claims Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Peppia Sherrouse to vice president of claim operations. Sherrouse has served as vice president of regional operations in Houston for the past five years, the insurer said in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFederal Court Splits North Carolina Hurricane Insurance Claims
A North Carolina investment firm and its property insurer have each won partial victories in a dispute over hurricane insurance claims that has been in court since 2019. A federal district court judge for Eastern North Carolina dismissed the insured’s … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHair Relaxer Claims Against L’Oreal, Revlon Can Proceed -U.S. Judge
A federal judge on Monday allowed the majority of claims to move forward in sprawling litigation that claims chemical hair relaxer products made by L’Oreal USA, Revlon and others cause cancer and other injuries. Illinois-based U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUS Climate Assessment Lays Out Growing Threats, Opportunities as Temperatures Rise
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Climate change harms Americans physically, mentally and financially, often hitting those who have done the least to cause it, including Black people facing floods in the South and minorities enduring searing heat in cities, a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFBI Struggled to Disrupt Dangerous Casino Hacking Gang, Cyber Responders Say
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON —The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that’s been tormenting corporate America over the last two years, according to nine cybersecurity responders, digital crime experts and victims. For more than … Source: Claims Journal
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