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Data Breach at Health Care Organization May Affect 2 Million
BOSTON (AP) — A digital attack on a Massachusetts-based health care organization may have compromised the personal information of as many as 2 million people, officials said. Shields Health Care Group Inc., which provides imaging and ambulatory surgical services at … Source: Claims Journal
Read More3 Dead After Highway Crashes During Stormy Arkansas Weather
FRIENDSHIP, Ark. (AP) — Traffic remained blocked Thursday morning in westbound lanes of heavily traveled Interstate 30 in southwestern Arkansas, where at least three people were killed the previous day during a series of crashes that happened during stormy weather, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFire Caused by Suspected Arson in S. Korea Kills at Least 7
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building Thursday in South Korea’s Daegu city, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, fire and police officials said. Dozens of firefighters and vehicles … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFlorida Faces $1.2 Million Verdict for Killing Citrus Trees
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest verdict against the state agency for destroying citrus trees in the 2000s during an attempt … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreViewpoint: Automobile Safety Rating System is Failing Consumers
The 5-Star Safety Rating Program that Americans use when shopping for new passenger vehicles “fails consumers” by not including collision-avoidance and other technology in the ratings and is approaching “near irrelevance,” National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said. In … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUtah Supreme: Denying Claim Over Nude Photos May Cost Insurer Nearly $3M
UMIA Insurance refused to accept an $800,000 settlement in a malpractice suit against a plastic surgeon who shared nude before-and-after photographs of a patient’s body with a Fox News affiliate. The insurer could pay more than three times that amount … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMilliman: Black-Lung Liabilities Top $9 Billion as Coal Industry Shrinks
The U.S. coal industry may be shrinking rapidly as the country shifts to renewable energy, but insurers’ and self-insured companies’ liabilities for black-lung occupational disease claims have ballooned – to an estimated $9 billion and perhaps more than $14 billion. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreEuropean Gas Jumps as Fire in US Compounds Russia Supply Concern
Europe’s natural gas prices jumped after a fire at a large export terminal in the US wiped out deliveries to a market that’s on high alert over tight Russian supplies. Benchmark futures traded in Amsterdam snapped a six-day falling streak, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDamage Estimates Climb from Massive New Mexico Wildfire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The destruction caused by the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. has been devastating for thousands of residents and their lives have been forever disrupted and altered, New Mexico’s governor said Tuesday after touring the damage … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFeds: Goodyear Knew of Defective RV Tires as Early as 2002
DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say Goodyear knew that some of its recreational vehicle tires could fail and cause severe crashes, yet it didn’t recall them for as many as 20 years. Goodyear wouldn’t recall the tires as late as … Source: Claims Journal
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