The weak safety culture of a now-defunct railway company and poor government oversight were among the many factors that led to an oil train explosion that killed 47 people in Quebec last year, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said in a …
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company appointed Tiffany Alvey to vice president of field claims and risk services. She brings over 20 years of experience to her new role and has held various leadership positions in claims and risk services since she …
Freedom Industries Inc., whose leaking chemical tank made much of West Virginia’s water undrinkable early this year, filed a proposed Chapter 11 plan this week that offers nothing to people with claims for polluted water. Instead, proceeds from a settlement …
In 2012, forecasters and researchers entered the summer convinced an El Nino would form in the equatorial Pacific and its weather-changing effects would be felt around the world. It never happened. Now the specter of that failure has cast a …
The daughter of convicted former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin is trying to enter a program designed for first-time offenders on an insurance fraud charge. Casey Melvin, 26, of Wexford, has been scheduled for a hearing Sept. 5 …
The city of St. Charles could join others in eastern Missouri in banning texting while driving for motorists of all ages. Missouri already outlaws texting behind the wheel for people 21 and younger. But some communities, including Kirkwood and Manchester, …
Harnessing workers’ comp claims data is the key to finding areas to decrease costs. A white paper released earlier this year by Advisen and sponsored by The Hartford, highlighted areas in workers’ compensation claims that could benefit from cost containment. …
Inappropriate early use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to diagnose work-related lower back pain correlates with higher medical costs, unnecessary and ineffective procedures and prolonged disability, according to research conducted by the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. The most …
Authorities say they’ve arrested four people from the Chicago area in connection with multiple burglaries committed in central New York. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office says the suspects were arrested Sunday evening at a Syracuse hotel. A 26-year-old woman, a …
A new U.S. Geological Survey report indicates a slightly greater earthquake hazard in the Greater Yellowstone region of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho than previously thought, a geophysicist says. “The new maps show how Yellowstone has had a relative increase in …