President Barack Obama will announce $86 million in projects to improve detection of concussions in children and research their effects, an effort to reassure parents concerned by the rise of brain injuries in youth sports. The initiatives will be largely …
A college student sickened at a Detroit-area restaurant has sued a packing company that recalled 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli. Rachel Tamminga’s lawsuit against Wolverine Packing Co. was filed Tuesday in …
A West Virginia website will provide information and online registration for aboveground storage tank owners to comply with a new law. The site explains the law written in response to a January chemical spill. The Department of Environmental Protection estimates …
No sirens or local alert system warned an RV park housing workers in North Dakota’s oil patch about a Memorial Day tornado that injured nine people and damaged or destroyed 15 trailers. Even with warning, there are scant places to …
CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, announced the launch of the CoreLogic Flash Flood Risk Score, a new data analytics tool designed to inform insurers of the overall projection of flash flood risk beyond established Federal …
Authorities in western North Carolina say at least three people have been killed in accidents involving motorcycles during Motorcycle Awareness Month. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that officials expect more fatalities as the weather gets warmer. During the past five years …
During a recent interview with Claims Journal, Kevin Quinley, claims expert and principal of Quinley Risk Associates, provided the seven habits of highly effective coverage adjusters. Policy analysis is the bedrock of claims handling, said Quinley during the second in …
Less than a year into a new IIHS ratings program for front crash prevention, auto manufacturers are making strides in adopting the most beneficial systems with automatic braking capabilities and are offering the features on a wider variety of models. …
After a chemical spilled into the Elk River and tainted the water supply of 300,000 West Virginians, health officials’ biggest concern was determining at what levels the water would again be safe to drink. If it was safe to drink, …
The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Cos., a workers’ compensation insurer based in Burlington, Mass., promoted Laurie Parsons to director of Claims. The promotion is effective June 1. In her new role, Parsons is responsible for managing a staff …