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

White Joins Brentwood Services Administrators as Claim Specialist

Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA)., headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., recently employed Susan White, of Freeport, Ill., as a claim specialist, according to Jeff Pettus, president and chief executive officer of BSA. In her new position, White is responsible for reviewing, …

AIR Moves to New Space In London to Accommodate Growth

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced the expansion and relocation of its London office. The new space, which is more than twice the size of AIR’s previous London office, is designed to accommodate AIR’s significant growth in the London market …

Oklahoma Insurance Departments Recovers $2M So Far in 2014

The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Consumer Assistance Division has recovered $2,180,170 for Oklahoma consumers in the first half of 2014. Between Jan. 1 and June 30, the Consumer Assistance Division answered 13,127 phone calls, responded to over 300 emails and opened …

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Makes Firefighters Relief Fund Distribution

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is currently making the annual funds distribution to state and local firefighter relief organizations. Nearly $12 million will be distributed among 569 local Firefighters Relief Associations (FRAs) across the state. That is nearly $342,000 more …

Electrical Failure Caused Deadly Apartment Fire in Massachusetts

A Massachusetts apartment building fire that killed seven people was an accident caused by an electrical failure that began in a concealed space between two floors, authorities said Tuesday. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said the pre-dawn fire started and …

World Cup Sets Bad Example for Failing to Follow Concussion Protocol

World Cup organizers repeatedly failed to follow their own concussion protocol and then failed to take advantage of the international interest in the tournament to teach football fans and young players about the dangers of head injuries, U.S. concussion expert …

2 New Jersey Men Arrested for Landscaping Equipment Thefts

State police say two men stole more than $19,000 worth of landscaping equipment from local businesses and residents in central New Jersey. And the pair may face additional charges in several other similar thefts. Twenty-six-year-old Eugene Reeves of Freehold was …

San Antonio Police Test Wearable Cameras in Pilot Program

San Antonio police are testing the use of wearable body cameras but have yet to release policies for the pilot program. The city’s police department launched the six-month program with 150 cameras in March and said it will review the …

Typhoon Rammasun Kills 12 in Philippines, Spares Manila

A typhoon left at least 12 people dead, knocked out power in many areas, damaged a parked plane but spared the Philippine capital on Wednesday when its fierce wind shifted, officials said. Still, Typhoon Rammasun‘s winds of 150 kilometers (93 …

New Bridge Design Survives Quake Tests at University of Nevada-Reno

A 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of 10 earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment at the University of Nevada’s new Earthquake Engineering Lab in Reno. The 70-foot bridge was shaken Tuesday in a series of simulated earthquakes, culminating in …