An Arizona court ruling says an employee hurt in an auto accident isn’t entitled to workers’ compensation for her injuries though she had just made a business errand to finish her work day. The employee deviated from her normal commute …
In a crash test of Ford Motor Co.’s new aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup, an extended-cab version suffered damage that presented a risk of serious injury to the driver, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety said. In a 40-miles-per-hour crash designed to …
In the thrill-seeking world of scuba diving, Eugene Fleysher was seemingly as prepared as they come for a deep descent. A licensed pilot and employee of the Yonkers Police Department in New York, the Saddle Brook, N.J., man had a …
So, the tenants have moved out and you’ve turned off the gas and electric utilities. However a fire burns the house down. You turn the claim over to your insurance company for coverage. The insurance company investigates the claim and …
A Georgia judge has cut the damages that Fiat Chrysler must pay the family of a child who died in a Jeep SUV fire from $150 million to $40 million. Decatur County Superior Court Judge J. Kevin Chason also denied …
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded Tuesday that the developer of a commercial spacecraft that broke apart over the Mojave Desert last year failed to protect against the possibility of human error, specifically the co-pilot’s premature unlocking of a braking …
Of the 23 Fiat Chrysler recalls that U.S. regulators investigated, three were so dangerous that the government invoked its most potent power: requiring the company to buy back the vehicles. Owners of hundreds of thousands of pickups and SUVs will …
The average age of cars and light trucks on U.S. roads rose slightly to 11.5 years at the start of 2015, as the rate of growth slows because of the recovery of new vehicle sales, consultant IHS Automotive said. “Consumers …
Sales of P&C claims systems in North America will continue at a steady pace during the mid-2014 to mid-2016 period, according to Celent, a research and advisory firm. In a new report titled Deal Trends and Projections in the P&C …
In California, they’re counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they’ve already declared a pre-emptive emergency to prepare for devastating flooding. It’s both an economic stimulus and a recession-maker. And it’s likely to increase the price of …