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

Window, Door Glitch Prompts Nissan Altima Recall

You might not want to open a rear window if you’re driving a Nissan Altima. The company is recalling nearly 363,000 of the midsize cars worldwide from the 2015 through 2017 model years because the doors might open if a …

Liberty Mutual: Worst Workplace Injuries Cost U.S. Firms $59B Per Year

Workplace injuries and accidents that cause employees to miss six or more days of work cost U.S. employers $59.9 billion in 2014, the most recent year for which statistically valid injury data are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor …

Being a Colorado School Crossing Guard is Rewarding, Dangerous Job

It’s 7:15 a.m. on a morning when the weather is cold enough to quickly cause hypothermia or frostbite, and Katrina Deans is stationed at her corner. For the next hour, she’ll keep an eagle-eyed focus on the north-central intersection that’s …

The EPA is Calling on Oklahoma Regulators to do More to Curb Quakes

The Environmental Protection Agency has told Oklahoma regulators to do more to protect the state from a surge in earthquake activity that scientists have linked to the underground disposal of oil and gas wastewater. An EPA administrator sent a letter …

Drunken Drivers Could Face More Penalties in Nebraska

Drunken drivers in Nebraska who refuse to take blood tests could be in for harsher punishments, including up to a year in jail and fines of up to $1,000. Refusing to take a breathalyzer or blood test had been a …

$50K Awarded by NFL to 3 Startups Developing Safety Technology

With player safety under the microscope, the NFL and the Texas Medical Center held a competition Saturday for startups making innovative products geared toward improving the game. Nine companies competed in three categories – communicating with the athlete, training the …

Arizona and California Auto Insurance Fraud Busts

GO-PRO Video Leads to Conviction of Insurance Fraud Suspect Robert Atlas falsely reported to GEICO that he had crashed his 2012 Corvette Stingray while exiting the I-10 freeway, on the exit ramp at Wild horse pass in Chandler Arizona. Robert …

Business News: Insurity, Coventry, Acrometis, Genex

Insurity Acquires Valen Analytics Insurity, Inc., a provider of core insurance processing and data integration and analytics solutions, announced its acquisition of Valen Analytics. Founded in 2004, Valen is a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling for P/C …

Several Western Onion Storage Buildings Collapse Causing $100M in Damage

Heavy snow has caused dozens of onion storage sheds in eastern Oregon and Idaho to collapse, resulting in as much as $100 million in damage. About 50 onion buildings collapsed under the weight of up to 40 inches of snow, …

Drought-Plagued Oklahoma Placed Under Rare National Fire Advisory

Oklahoma has been placed under a national fire advisory as much of the state struggles with unrelenting drought and tinder-dry vegetation capable of igniting and quickly spreading out of control, state forestry officials said Wednesday. The rare advisory – and …