When Toyota Motor Corp. concluded that seemingly harmless floormats posed a danger in all of its cars and trucks, the automaker sent a stark warning intended to prevent crashes. “If the floormat is NOT properly placed and secured, it could …
Property/casualty insurers are expected to continue to handle costs for defective Chinese drywall claims in the normal course of business, according to a rating analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. Losses from Chinese drywall will probably be covered within insurers earnings, …
A congressional panel wants U.S. transportation inspectors to expand their investigation in Nevada into the safety of a $600 million highway bypass project being built between Reno and Carson City. The Department of Transportation’s inspector general launched a probe of …
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has scheduled a stakeholder meeting to discuss revisions to its utilization review regulations. Discussion will focus on simplifying and clarifying California’s utilization review (UR) rules. “With this stakeholder meeting, in less than a year …
Federal regulators have issued a warning about possible wing problems on certain Cessna airplanes following a small plane crash that killed five people in New Jersey. The Federal Aviation Administration recommends that owners and pilots inspect any Cessna Skymaster 336 …
Police in Middletown, Connecticut say a man has been critically injured after being pinned under a forklift. The incident happened early Wednesday at Plastic Design International Co., where the employee was driving a forklift down a driveway when he lost …
Insurance and real estate agents are being advised to prepare their clients for another possible interruption of the federal flood insurance program in three days, which could be longer than the one that happened last month. The Senate is expected …
Maryland drivers would likely see their car insurance payments increase under a bill backed by the state House. Maryland’s House of Delegates voted 97 to 36 Tuesday to raise the minimum amount of auto liability insurance required of drivers. Motorists …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for nine companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Regulation program. These nine companies …
Motorists convicted of a first drunken-driving offense would have to install ignition interlock devices on their vehicles for a year under a bill passed by the Kansas House. The 122-0 vote returns the measure to the Senate, which passed it …