The New York attorney general’s office executed a search warrant Wednesday at a Long Island engineering firm that has been accused in civil lawsuits of submitting bogus inspection reports on homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Investigators worked throughout the day …
Preparation is key to getting a raise or a promotion, according to Kevin Quinley, founder and principal of Quinley Risk Associates. In a podcast interview with Claims Journal, he explains why it’s important to prepare for performance evaluations, the value …
Plano, TX, February 23, 2015: Kyle Stevens, President/CEO of WSS announced that the company has hired Tania Strickland as a new Senior Broker and Regional Vice President. Strickland will be heading a new Central Texas office located in San Antonio, …
When New York Times best-selling author Jenna Blum published her second book, “The Storm Chasers,” readers on the East Coast were lavish with praise. What a brilliant piece of imagination, they told her, to have people pile into vans and …
A magnitude-4.3 earthquake that rumbled under Washington state’s Cascade Range early Wednesday was “not a great advertisement” for an early warning system undergoing tests, an official said. The system noticed the quake 18 seconds late, said John Vidale, director of …
It’s well known that motorists who commit moving violations can expect higher car insurance costs. However, that increase varies significantly by state, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. For example, drivers who receive a DUI charge will pay an average …
Ullico announced that its property and casualty insurance subsidiary, Ullico Casualty Group, Inc., may offer up to $25 million in multiemployer fiduciary liability insurance in its program with Alterra America Insurance Company, a Markel company. The $10 million increase in …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working to settle lawsuits by hundreds of Hurricane Sandy victims who challenged denials or alleged underpayments of flood insurance claims. Brad Kieserman, deputy associate administrator for insurance at FEMA, disclosed the settlement talks during …
Oil tank cars like those that ruptured in a train derailment in rural West Virginia on Monday, sending a massive fireball into the sky and forcing evacuation of nearby homes, could be rolling through U.S. cities for years to come. …
A Wal-Mart driver involved in a highway crash that killed a comic and severely injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has asked a judge to reconsider her decision not to delay Morgan’s lawsuit against the company. Truck driver Kevin Roper isn’t a …