STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Swedish nationals were acquitted Monday of desecrating a sunken ferry by sending down a robot in the Baltic Sea to film the wreck of one of Europe’s deadliest maritime disasters. In its ruling, the Goteborg District … Source: Claims Journal

CNC Hires Senior VP for Strategy Catastrophe & National Claims, an insurance adjusting firm based in Mobile, Ala., has appointed Tom Noonan as senior vice president of strategy and innovation. Noonan has more than 36 years of experience in operations … Source: Claims Journal

Alacrity Buys Fourseventy Claim Management Alacrity Solutions Group, a claims management provider based in Fishers, Ind., has acquired Fourseventy Claim Management. Fourseventy, based in Waco, Texas has a has a nationwide network of field and desk adjusters that serve residential … Source: Claims Journal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s largest utilities said Friday that they will spend about $13 billion to reduce the risk of wildfires following the worst fire season in modern state history and a string of blazes that were blamed on … Source: Claims Journal

RISHIKESH, India (AP) — Indian authorities launched a search operation Sunday after part of a Himalayan glacier broke, sending a massive flood of water and debris slamming into two dams and damaging a number of homes. At least nine people … Source: Claims Journal

The damage caused by wildfires can be devastating, gutting structures and driving out people who live and work nearby. And researchers say the smoke from the annually recurring blazes also delivers economic damage to areas that were never touched by … Source: Claims Journal

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — When the Cedar River flooded over 10 square miles of the city in 2008, few property owners had flood insurance _ slowing recovery for residents and business owners as they waited for resources from the … Source: Claims Journal

MASON, Texas (AP) — A suspect has been arrested been taken into custody following a massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of an 111-year-old Texas courthouse, an official says. The fire at the Mason County Courthouse … Source: Claims Journal

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The first sign of trouble was that the mink stopped eating, said Hugh Hildebrandt, one of two main mink vets in Wisconsin. Next came coughing and sneezing, lethargy and labored breathing. Hildebrandt had worked with mink … Source: Claims Journal

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a private bus in Northern California that crashed in 2008 and killed 11 passengers headed to a casino has been released from prison after his sentence was reduced because of changes in state … Source: Claims Journal