Can a federal regulation be worthwhile if its monetized costs exceed its monetized benefits? Consider the Department of Transportation’s decision last week to require rear-visibility cameras in essentially all new cars starting in 2018. The regulation will eventually affect millions …
As a claims professional, you need to know more than insurance regulations and customers’ insurance policies. Depending on your specialty area, you may need to be a motorcycle enthusiast, know the finer points of roof repair or speak the language …
Curved LED televisions embedded in the windshield of real vehicles will serve as centerpieces of Allstate Insurance Company’s “Reality Rides” 2014 national campaign tour. Kicking off during the peak of “Distracted Driving Awareness Month,” Reality Rides is a unique driving …
A southwest Florida TV meteorologist has been seriously injured in a bicycle crash. WBBH NBC2 reports that Jim Reif, the station’s director of meteorology, was involved in a bicycle accident Sunday afternoon. While Reif was riding, his bicycle hit a …
Three deputies with the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office and a New Roads police officer have been suspended without pay following an investigation into special treatment the officer received in an off-duty crash while suspected of driving while intoxicated. Sheriff …
New York City’s police commissioner says the NYPD will develop a policy for responding to fires after two officers were critically injured in a blaze on Coney Island. Commissioner William Bratton said Tuesday that the NYPD currently doesn’t have a …
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 6.39 million vehicles globally for a variety of problems spanning nearly 30 models in Japan, the U.S., Europe and other places. No injuries or crashes have been reported related to the recalls announced Wednesday. But …
Livingston Parish officials have a date with a three-judge panel that will hear the parish’s arbitration case against FEMA for $59 million in unpaid cleanup costs from Hurricane Gustav. Parish President Layton Ricks tells The Advocate the U.S. Civilian Board …
Augusta County’s sewer and water provider is being sued by the mother of a 12-year-old boy who died in the family home in September 2012. The News Leader reports that the mother of Dustyn R. Fitzgerald says the Virginia agency …
A Metro-North employee paralyzed in the deadly train derailment in the Bronx has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the railroad. Samuel Rivera’s lawyer told the Daily News that his client has extraordinary medical needs as a result of his …