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

IoT Implementation Challenges Insurers

Insurers have several concerns when it comes to selecting an Internet of Things provider, according to Dawn Mortimer, assistant vice president IoT/Telematics Claims Product Management for Verisk Insurance Solutions. Insurers also need to consider the challenges associated with offering an …

Surging Western U.S. Rivers Raise Drowning Fears

Massive waterfalls in Yosemite National Park and rivers raging in mountains throughout the western United States are thundering with greater force than they have for years – and proving deadly as warm weather melts the deepest mountain snowpack in recent …

West Virginia High Court Excludes Workers’ Comp for Work-Release Inmates

Inmates participating in work-release programs do not quality for workers’ compensation benefits, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled has ruled. The court on Thursday unanimously affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Board of Review’s 2015 decision to not grant workers’ compensation to …

Investigators Say EPA Had No Rules for Working at Risky Mines

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had no rules for working around old mines when the agency inadvertently triggered a massive spill from a Colorado mine that polluted rivers in three states, government investigators said Monday. The agency started work on …

Researchers’ Discovery of Power Grid-Wrecking Malware Worrisome

Researchers have discovered a troubling breed of power grid-wrecking software, saying in a report published Monday that the program was very likely responsible for a brief blackout in Ukraine late last year. The malicious software has the ability to remotely …

Idaho Woman Wants Insurer to Pay for Leveled Home

An Idaho woman rented her home to a man she thought had plans to buy it. He instead demolished it. Shammie Fisher is fighting in court to get compensation for her ruined Boise home. Idaho Supreme Court sided with Fisher …

WCRI: Illinois Still Seeing Impact of 2011 Workers’ Compensation Reform Law

The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois decreased 6.4 percent since 2010, but remained higher than most of the 17 other states, according to a report released last month by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). “The …

Insurer Off the Hook in $500K Settlement to Spa Guest Who Had Stroke During Massage

A federal appeals court ruled that Evanston Insurance Co. doesn’t owe a $500,000 settlement that a Florida spa owner agreed to pay to a woman who suffered a stroke during a massage. The decision, issued last month in an unpublished …

IIHS Rates Most Midsize SUV Headlights As Poor to Marginal

New midsize SUV ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show that headlights are improving when it comes to visibility, but many still need to do a better job of lighting the road ahead while limiting bothersome glare. The …

Reporting Workplace Harrassment Via an App Instead of a Hotline

Last year, the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy theater and school became the epicenter of a conversation about assault, harassment, and how they’re reported when it banned the host of a regular show after he was accused, on Facebook, of raping …