NTSB blames faulty inspection process in 2006 Pennsylvania d A fiery train derailment near Pittsburgh in 2006 was caused by the railroad’s inadequate rail inspection and maintenance program, the National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday. The Federal Railroad Administration’s inadequate …
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Working in conjunction with Everest National Insurance Company, the insurance fraud mitigation and claims investigative service, MJM Inc., successfully aided in the arrest and conviction of a California man for fraudulent workers’ compensation insurance claims. Odir Fuentes, a 30-year-old construction …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty ordered a stay of the suspension of the Allstate Companies’ licenses to sell new business in the state. McCarty’s decision comes as the result of Allstate’s submission of an affidavit certifying that it has complied …
The National Weather Service says that severe weather on May 11 spawned 15 tornadoes in central Georgia. The strongest of the so-called “Mother’s Day tornadoes” occurred in Treutlen County and was an EF3. Most of the twisters were rated as …
Maran Inc. Children’s Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Recalled Due to Strangulation Hazard The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products …
Firefighters hoped to make further major gains against a wildfire that has charred thousands of acres along Florida’s Atlantic coast, as police questioned a man seen tossing a Molotov cocktail into nearby woods. Schools that had been closed for two …
Casino owner Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. settled a lawsuit with two insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damage to the company’s property in Mississippi. Allianz Global Risks U.S. Insurance Co. agreed to pay $48 million on top of $5 million it already …
Kathleen Burrows has been promoted to medical networks operations manager for State Fund’s claims/rehabilitation department in California. She began her State Fund career as a claims adjuster for the organization’s San Bernardino,CA district Office in 2001. Two years later she …
A new analysis of the South Carolina furniture store fire that killed nine Charleston firefighters last year says the department inadequately trained and supervised its personnel and exposed the men to excessive risks the night they fought the fire. The …