Monthly Archives: <span>February 2014</span>

e|djuster Expands Into North America

e|djuster ​Inc. welcomed Paul Burger as its new director of Business Development for its USA division. Burger brings with him over 21 years of property/casualty sales experience, which he will use to lead the U.S. market sales effort and business …

Caliber Collision Centers Announces First New Mexico Location

Caliber Collision Centers has entered into its seventh western U.S. state with the grand opening of its second “from-the-ground-up” greenfield facility in Las Cruces, N.M. in more than 10 years. “Our newest Las Cruces facility is our second concept store …

The ACA’s Anticipated Effect on P/C and Workers’ Comp Lines

Though parts of the Affordable Care Act have been in place since 2010, key reforms began on January 1, 2014. According to industry experts, the ACA won’t affect the medical bill payment process; however, insurers will likely see an increase …

Hearings on New Jersey Sandy Aid Spending Plans

New Jersey residents will be able to comment at three public hearings next week on the state’s plans to spend more than $1.4 billion in Superstorm Sandy recovery aid. The state is holding hearings Tuesday at Stockton University in Galloway …

Inconsistent Judgments in U.S. Military Sex Abuse Crimes in Japan

After a night of heavy drinking at the Globe and Anchor, a watering hole for enlisted Marines in Okinawa, Japan, a female service member awoke in her barracks room as a man was raping her, she reported. She tried repeatedly …

Company Recalls 8.7M Pounds of Meat

A northern California company is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds (3.95 million kilograms) of beef products because it processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, U.S. officials said Saturday. That’s just over a year’s worth of …

6 Texas Residents Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Six people have been hospitalized in San Antonio, Texas, due to carbon monoxide poisoning. San Antonio Fire Department Battalion Chief Jonathan Jones told the San Antonio Express-News that three people were transported to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries, on …

Petition Targets West Virginia Agencies Over Chemical Spill

Two West Virginia government agencies were accused in a court filing Friday of ignoring steps that could have taken to prevent last month’s chemical spill which tainted the drinking water supply for residents in nine counties. The emergency petition filed …

Firm involved in West Virginia Cell Tower Collapse Fined in ’09

The company that employed two of the three people killed in the collapse of a pair of cellphone towers in Clarksburg, W.Va., was sanctioned after a fatal accident in 2009 in Missouri, according to Occupational Health and Safety Administration records. …

Guarantee Insurance Company Expands Into Texas

Patriot National Insurance Group, Inc., a workers’ compensation solutions provider, announced that its subsidiary, Guarantee Insurance Company, a monoline workers’ compensation insurance carrier, is expanding into Texas. The addition of Texas increases Guarantee’s presence in the Midwestern States and further …