Kidde is recalling nearly 5 million disposable fire extinguishers because they may not discharge properly, posing a risk of injury. The company said Thursday that it has received 11 reports that the fire extinguishers failed to discharge as expected. No …
Some Mississippi senators haven’t gotten an up-to-date vehicle safety inspection. Now they want other Mississippians to be able to forget about it, too. Senators on Wednesday passed a bill to repeal the requirement that vehicle owners get a $5 safety …
An Oklahoma resident has sued two energy companies seeking class-action status for people in nine counties who were affected by recent earthquakes. Jennifer Lin Cooper of Prague filed the suit on Tuesday against Tulsa-based New Dominion LLC and Spess Oil …
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has settled a lawsuit with the state Division of Motor Vehicles over how it’s putting in place a database designed to identify uninsured drivers. The ACLU says the database established by a …
Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio’s top fraud and enforcement cases for 2014 investigated by the Ohio Department of Insurance. During the calendar year, the department processed 7,173 allegations of agent misconduct and insurance fraud, initiated 1,709 …
The general rule in Texas is that injured parties cannot sue the tortfeasor’s insured directly until the insurer’s liability has been finally determined by agreement or judgment. See, e.g., Angus Chemical Co. v. IMC Fertilizer, Inc., 939 S.W.2d 138 (Tex. …
What would you do with a few seconds or minutes of warning before an earthquake strikes? When late-night comedian Conan O’Brien considered the question recently, the result was a laugh-out-loud segment with people stampeding into walls, snapping risqué selfies or …
Selective Insurance Group announced the following appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America. Shadi Albert was appointed to vice president, Commercial Lines Underwriting. Albert joined Selective in April 2013 as assistant vice president, Reinsurance. Prior to that, he …
Automakers are cramming cars with wireless technology, but they have failed to adequately protect those features against the real possibility that hackers could take control of vehicles or steal personal data, according to an analysis of information that manufacturers provided …
Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino was convicted by an Italian court three years after the cruise ship capsized near the Tuscan coast, killing 32 people. Schettino, who can appeal the verdict, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for criminal …