PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, said it will settle “substantially all” remaining personal injury and property damage claims from a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people. The utility announced the agreement today in a regulatory …
While weather-related losses remain comparatively rare in the global power generation sector, research published by Marsh highlights that their financial impact is considerably higher than other operational loss events. The latest Marsh Risk Management Research report, Common Causes of Large …
A device developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville has become a valuable tool in researchers’ quest to determine how lightning is spawned in clouds, to map strikes from beginning to end and to better predict severe weather. The …
A new survey of U.S. and Canadian insurers reveals that one in three insurers does not feel adequately protected against fraud, according to FICO, a predictive analytics and decision management software company. The survey, which focused on insurance claims fraud, …
The blood-alcohol test used in drunken driving cases in New Jersey is coming before the state Supreme Court again. The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the Alcotest was reliable. It had replaced the Breathalyzer test beginning seven years earlier, …
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety says fewer people died on the state’s roads and highways in July than the same month last year. DPS says 51 fatalities were reported on Oklahoma roadways in July. A total of 60 highway …
The Indianapolis center that handled emergency operations during the 2012 Super Bowl has been closed indefinitely because it’s not safe. Indianapolis Public Safety Director Troy Riggs removed about 150 workers from a city Police Department regional operations center Monday because …
Officials in a central Indiana city are looking to make it easier for them to buy some properties in an area hard-hit by repeated flooding. The city of Kokomo plans to demolish numerous homes near Wildcat Creek that were damaged …
Three South Mississippi residents are charged in separate indictments alleging they made false statements to receive thousands of dollars in oil-spill recovery money. Vester Ray Bassham is set for trial Oct. 7. Kimberly Marie Isabell and Joseph Anthony Clements are …
A 49-year-old New Iberia woman will spend the next 18 months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent damage claims to federal officials after hurricanes in 2005 and 2008 and receiving more than $24,000. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley says Valerie Benjamin …