Monthly Archives: <span>January 2015</span>

Erie Insurance Opens New Claims Training Center

Executives at Erie Insurance cut the ribbon on the company’s new state-of-the-art Technical Learning Center – a hands-on claims training facility that features 14 vehicle bays, a three-story model home made from 400 different building materials, and other training aides. …

Commentary: It’s Not All About the Medicare Set Aside

As 2014 was coming to an end, I reflected back on the many years I have been involved in negotiating and resolving workers’ compensation claims. As you might surmise, many changes have occurred throughout the years including the introduction of …

U.S. Insurers Face Challenge of Attracting Millennials

Along with the usual challenges U.S. insurers have faced in recent years—intense competition, potentially flatter profit margins, investing in technology—companies now face an important question in the coming years: how to handle the millennial generation. The “millennial question” was one …

U.S. Loosens Embargo Restrictions on Cuba

The Obama administration is putting a large dent in the U.S. embargo against Cuba as of Friday, significantly loosening restrictions on American trade and investment. The new rules also open up the communist island to greater American travel and allow …

Colorado Legislators Considering Limits on Drone Surveillance

Colorado lawmakers are considering regulating the use of drones, citing privacy concerns as they look to join at least 20 other states that have set limits. A bill pending in the Colorado Senate would require law enforcement to have a …

Texas Gun Training Site Re-Enacts France Terror Attack

A Texas firearms training site has re-enacted this month’s attack on a French satirical newspaper to see if an armed employee would have made a difference in preventing the deaths of 12 people. About 30 volunteers gathered Tuesday at the …

Investigators to Probe Deadly Prison Bus Crash Site in Texas

Investigators trying to determine the cause of a West Texas prison bus crash that killed eight inmates and two guards were returning to the site Thursday to sift through the debris and examine the vehicle. The state Department of Criminal …

Thief Stealing Stretchers From Funeral Hearses in Georgia Town

Police and funeral directors in Gainesville, Ga., have a mystery on their hands: Someone is breaking into hearses and stealing the stretchers used to carry deceased people. Gainesville police Cpl. Kevin Holbrook said thieves have broken into vehicles at two …

Ohio Construction Company to Pay $4M for Fatal Crash

An appeals court has ruled a Cincinnati construction company must pay $4 million to the family of a Tennessee couple killed when they slammed into the back of a dump truck entering an interstate in a construction zone. A Warren …

Victims of Washington D.C. Train Incident Plan to Sue Metro

Some of the people injured earlier this week when a Metro train and station filled with smoke plan to file a lawsuit against Metro. Washington attorney Kim Brooks-Rodney is planning a press conference Thursday to announce the lawsuit, which will …