Monthly Archives: <span>January 2017</span>

New York Passenger Train Derailment Investigation Could Take Days

It could take days before it is known why a Long Island Rail Road train crashed at the end of a platform as it pulled into a major transportation hub, injuring 100 people, federal transportation investigators said. The packed, rush-hour …

People Moves: BSA, North Dakota Insurance Department, Novarica

Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. Hires Vinson as Senior Claims Rep in Raleigh, N.C. Office Brentwood Services Administrators Inc., a company that specializes in structuring and managing alternative market solutions for employers and insurance providers, recently selected Theresa Vinson as a …

Upgrade in Store for Mount Rainier Mudflow Warning System

Officials plan to improve a volcanic mudflow warning system for Mount Rainier in Washington. Scientists say the upgrades could detect trouble sooner and give southeastern Puget Sound residents more time to evacuate. Projections show up to 500 million cubic meters …

More Research Needed to Study Female Concussions

Katherine Snedaker says she has had 20 concussions, the first three decades ago from a car accident when she was 16. But it wasn’t until her son suffered a series of concussions in the sixth grade, around 2008, that she …

Fraud News Around the Nation

Massachusetts Police Sergeant Gets Jail Term in Insurance Fraud Scheme Massachusetts police sergeant has been sentenced to serve half a year in a county jail after he was convicted of lying about an on-duty accident and accepting insurance money for …

San Francisco Hit With Floods, Mountains to get Heavy Snow

Highways flooded in San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday after more than an inch of rain fell overnight, setting off mud and rock slides in the nearby Santa Cruz mountains. The Sierra Nevada mountains were expected to get slammed with four to …

Houston Sewer Crews Keep Busy With Barbies and Bacon Grease

Aaron McCall had fed about a dozen feet of green hose into the sanitary sewer line running from Daniel Castillo’s house, blasting pressurized water toward the main city pipe, when the ground let out a deep belch. “OK,” said McCall, …

Northern U.S. Facing Greater Risk of Flooding

The risk of flooding in the United States is changing regionally, and the reasons could be shifting rainfall patterns and the amount of water in the ground. In a new study, University of Iowa engineers determined that, in general, the …

Business News: Chubb, Lemonade, NORCAL, Solera Holdings

An expanded suite of cyber loss mitigation services is now available to help Chubb’s U.S. and Canadian policyholders reduce the impact and likelihood of a cyber incident. Chubb’s expanded suite of cyber services for loss mitigation includes: Password Defense—Available to …

Texas DOI Re-Certifies 10 Firms to Self-Insure Workers’ Comp Claims

The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) re-certified 10 employers to self-insure workers’ compensation claims. In total, the companies employ about 15,000 people in Texas. DWC renewed: Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and …