Staged automobile accidents in Canada’s most populated province of Ontario pose a unique problem for American auto insurers that must deal with Ontario’s stringent no-fault benefits. Some U.S.-based adjusters may be unfamiliar with the Canadian insurance system and not understand …
With a new facility in Austin, Texas now operational, State Auto announced the in-house and outside claims team: Sandra Robinson, claims supervisor, has 30 years of experience as an all lines adjuster with management and litigation experience. Prior to State …
Texas property blackened by wildfires may suffer reductions in value by as much as 50 to 60 percent and a full recovery could take years, according to Lewis Realty Advisors, a Texas-based real estate appraisal and consulting firm. ‘Smaller banks …
Compwest Insurance Co. founder Bill Mudge is no longer president and chief executive of the firm he started in 2004. Mudge’s name has been removed from the company’s phone system, and it disappeared off its website on Thursday. A spokeswoman …
Amid the horrific aftermath of the nation’s deadliest air racing disaster, a crash that killed nine and sent about 70 people to Reno-area hospitals, a sort of calm pervaded. Witnesses were spattered with blood and pieces of flesh, yet video …
Police in Maine say it’s “unbelievable” that two 17-year-old high school students survived a weekend car crash that saw their vehicle flip end-over-end three times. Seat belts are being credited with keeping the two students from the Maine Central Institute …
Copenhagen’s Tivoli amusement park says a necklace recovered from the Titanic has been stolen from a display. Park spokesman Torben Planks says the jewelry disappeared Saturday morning and that the alarm didn’t sound. Exhibition owner Luis Ferreiro said Monday the …
Rescue workers used shovels and their bare hands to pull bodies from the debris of collapsed buildings Monday, as the death toll from an earthquake that hit northeast India, Nepal and Tibet rose to 50. At least 25 people died …
The amount of aid obligated to North Dakota residents and businesses hurt by this year’s flooding is approaching $350 million. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says federal and state disaster assistance has surpassed $336 million. About 10,000 people have registered …
SeaWorld Orlando is fighting $75,000 in penalties from a federal job safety agency following last year’s death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged under water. A hearing is set for Monday before an administrative …