A federal grand jury has indicted a former Logan, Va., city councilman and three others on claims they purchased a vacant building, inflated its worth on an insurance policy and burned it down. Indictments unsealed on Tuesday name former councilman …
For many firms, losing significant revenue and profit to employee theft has been a cost of doing business. But a new study from Washington University in St. Louis finds that information technology monitoring is strikingly effective in reducing theft and …
Effective subrogation requires a thorough understanding of some of the more confusing legal terms we must all work with. Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. has compiled a list of the various laws in every state dealing with whether the state …
State Farm is spending $1.8 million to sponsor tow trucks that rescue motorists who are stranded on the Illinois Tollway. WJBC Radio reports the three-year sponsorship is the first of its kind of the northern Illinois road system, which includes …
Federal regulators want to fine a St. Louis, Mo., steel manufacturer nearly $52,000 after finding more than two dozen safety violations in an investigation spurred by a worker’s electrocution. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports …
The Florida Supreme Court recently issued an important decision on the use of extrinsic evidence to resolve ambiguities in policy language. In Wash. Nat’l Ins. Co. v. Ruderman, No. SC12-323 (Fla. Jul. 3, 2013), the Florida Supreme Court answered a …
EagleView Technologies, Inc., an aerial imagery technology company, announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Mobise, Inc., a software company focused on bringing desktop workflow to mobile applications. The asset acquisition highlights EagleView’s ongoing mission of providing …
Governments and the oil spill industry cannot effectively and ethically mitigate oil spills on the ocean, and this fact has a strong negative impact on the insurance industry. Significant oil spills are still common in the U.S. even though they …
KBR Inc. invoked federal laws shielding contractors during wartime in an effort to avoid a Texas trial over injuries claimed by troops who were exposed to toxic chemicals while guarding a work site in Iraq. KBR argued today before a …
Wells Media Group Inc. has launched a new print publication, Carrier Management Magazine, for property/casualty (P/C) insurance executives. This magazine launch follows the spring debut of the website, www.CarrierManagement.com, and its companion daily e-newsletter. The new quarterly Carrier Management Magazine …