The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has joined with the Grand Prairie Police Department in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and distribution of signs that read, “LOCK your …
Over the two year timeframe from 2009 to 2011 there was a 19 percent increase in the number of questionable claims referred to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), according to a report released today. Its 2011 questionable claims (QC) …
A fire at Brazil’s research station in Antarctica on Saturday killed two navy personnel and forced the evacuation by helicopter of 44 people, the Brazilian navy said. The blaze broke out in the morning in the machine room that houses …
Bicycle riders from across the state have called on New Jersey Transit to reverse its policy about carrying bikes on trains, which the cyclists say leaves most of them stranded at the station. The policy – allowing bikers to bring …
Trinity Insurance Services Group, a national independent adjusting and third party administration firm, has added office locations in the following Texas cities: Austin Houston Dallas San Antonio With the recent purchase and integration of Axcel Claims, the company has an …
The frequency and damages associated with weather catastrophes are expected to increase due in part to manmade climate changes and socioeconomic factors, according to Mark Bove, senior research meteorologist of Catastrophe Management for Munich Reinsurance America. “The first 11 years …
With only eight days to live, a wealthy, ailing Massachusetts merchant wrote in his will 351 years ago that he was leaving a spectacular 35-acre seafront property for the benefit of public school children, decreeing the land should never be …
A tree apparently felled by high winds killed a landscaping worker in Goochland County. The Goochland Sheriff’s Office identified Friday’s victim as 56-year-old Javier Hernandez of Henrico County. He was working with a crew at a residence when the tree …
A Catholic church is Vermont is planning to install surveillance cameras after somebody painted a pentacle and the number “666” on the side of the church. The Rev. John Feltz says somebody tagged the St. Ann Parish in Milton sometime …
Home and business owners are cleaning up after high winds swept across Ohio, damaging buildings and traffic lights and bringing down trees and power lines from Dayton to Youngstown. Meteorologists say winds reaching 55 mph or more were reported in …