The U.S. government Tuesday banned hand-held “texting” by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement the prohibition takes effect immediately. It follows a similar ban …
A report from the Association of British Insurers estimates that the floods in Cumbria in the northwestern part of England and parts of Southern Scotland in November have exceeded £200 million ($322 million) [See IJ web site – https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/11/23/105496.htm]. The …
Bellflower, Calif.-based Staffing Services Inc. has been ordered by the Los Angeles County Superior Court to pay $20 million in restitution after a plea bargain was reached Jan. 15 in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud case, the California Department of …
Renewal marketing now delivered through streamlined submission packages. Schenectady, NY – January 26, 2010 – docSTAR, the leading provider of insurance document management software, has released a brand new module called SubmissionXpress. SubmissionXpress is a powerful addition to docSTAR’s core …
More than a year and a half after a massive flood left a huge swath of eastern Iowa underwater, the tiny farming community of Oakville is clinging to survival. Many of the town’s 400-or-so residents moved on after the June …
In a case involving two workers’ compensation funds, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that lawmakers and the governor cannot replenish the state’s general fund using monies from accounts with commingled public and private monies. However, the state can suspend …
York Specialized Loss Adjusting (York SLA), a division of New Jersey-based York Insurance Services Group Inc., has acquired the assets of Daynard & Van Thunen Co. Inc., a provider of specialized loss adjusting services focused on complex property, ocean and …
Nebraska lawmakers may allow car passengers to make liability insurance claims when their family members cause car wrecks. The Nebraska Legislature on Jan. 22 narrowly gave first-round approval to a bill (LB216) that would repeal the state’s so-called guest statute. …
Big earthquakes are going to happen, so a program at Michigan Technological University aims to spread knowledge about how people can reduce the death and destruction. The danger of catastrophic quakes like the one that hit Haiti on Jan. 12 …
Oklahoma was one of only four states to show lower unemployment in December, compared with the month before, with a drop of half a percentage point to 6.6 percent, according to federal figures. That was the biggest improvement in joblessness …