August 28, 2013
Tony Davis, a 54-year-old construction worker in central Arkansas, said he welcomed the boom in natural gas drilling that brought jobs and new businesses to his hometown starting about a decade ago. But that was before the earth shook. In …
August 28, 2013
When the call comes in, as it did on a frigid April morning, rescue crews from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay are expected to be ready and under way within a half-hour. About 8:30 a.m., a passing vessel reported a …
August 28, 2013
U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesday they are upgrading an investigation of 103,000 older Chevrolet Corvettes after drivers reported instances of the low-beam headlights failing. The vehicles under investigation are from model years 2005 through 2007, but the National Highway …
August 28, 2013
This is part two in a three part series on outsourcing claims handling. Just as insurers reduced their ranks of company field adjusters who were replaced by in-house or independent adjusters only to be embraced yet again, claims outsourcing is …
August 28, 2013
Police have arrested three armed men who allegedly broke into a Greek monastery, tied up monks and planned to search for treasure with a mechanical digger. They were caught Sunday when a friar who avoided capture phoned police before the …
August 28, 2013
State traffic-safety officials have released a report on drunken driving that says 104 people died last year and more than 28,000 people were arrested in alcohol-related traffic incidents. The state Department of Public Safety said Monday the drunken-driving deaths in …
August 27, 2013
The Mexican unit of Taylor Farms, a food processor whose salad mix had been linked with an intestinal bug outbreak that affected some Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants, has been authorized by U.S. health regulators to resume operations. The …
August 27, 2013
Caliber Collision Centers, operator of collision repair facilities, continues to expand in the greater San Diego area with the announcement that it has acquired San Diego Collision and reopened the location as Caliber’s San Diego North Park. Caliber Collision’s newest …
August 27, 2013
Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have awarded the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal $303,500 worth of grant funds. The federal funds …
August 27, 2013
Did you know that many adjusters close more than 15 percent of all claims with a missed subrogation opportunity? This can have a definite impact to your bottom line. Mitchell is hosting a free, educational liability claims handling webinar on …