The Defense Research Institute (DRI) Insurance Law Committee Insurance 101 series will return this summer. This is a series of live programs that can be watched from the convenience of home or office. The three-part series will introduce a broadly …
Northeast regional insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance released the results of a new study revealing nearly two-thirds of drivers polled engage in distracted driving behavior every day. Results also show: More than one-half of respondents have witnessed another driver texting …
Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by U.S. government and industry to make safer tank cars used for shipping crude oil and ethanol has bogged down in squabbling and finger-pointing over whether they’re needed and if …
Litigants filing a case against a nursing home would be limited in whom they can name as defendants under a bill that passed the Florida House. Parties that are not involved in the direct decision-making for the operation of a …
A water main burst in downtown Corvallis, Ore., and flooded some streets for about two hours. The Gazette-Times reported a four-block section will be without water a day or longer while crews dig up and repair the damaged 20-inch iron …
Global insurance provider Zurich Insurance Group announced its Z Zurich Foundation is giving a $3 million grant to St. Bernard Project (SBP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping disaster-impacted communities recover in a prompt, efficient and predictable way. The grant …
In 1986, Honda Motor Co. built a pair of robotic legs that could walk in a line. A decade later, it added an upper body. Yesterday in Tokyo, Honda’s latest robot, Asimo, met its first world leader: It chatted in …
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a powerful M6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island at a depth of 7.1 miles. No injuries have been reported, and there is no tsunami warning in effect, according to …
New Jersey has identified nearly 700 homes it plans to buy and demolish as part of an effort to move people out of flood prone areas. But most of the homes targeted for acquisition and demolition are in areas away …
The harsh winter was a costly one for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The agency says it spent more than $68 million on snow and ice removal. That’s about 1 1/2 times the cost of a typical Kentucky winter. The cabinet’s …