Monthly Archives: <span>September 2018</span>

Sting Operation Recovered Dorothy’s Stolen Ruby Slippers

A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the …

Lawyer Says Funeral Homes Not Liable for Mishandled Burials

Licensed funeral homes had no responsibility to know that the Tennessee cemetery where they were sending corpses to be interred was grossly mishandling burials even after it lost its registration, a lawyer said Tuesday. John Branson delivered an opening statement …

Fraud News: Arson, Falsified Date of Loss, Workers’ Comp Premium Fraud

Georgia Woman Charged With Arson, Insurance Fraud A Georgia woman has been charged with first‐degree arson for allegedly setting fire to her home and one count of insurance fraud for submitting a fraudulent insurance claim, according to an announcement by …

Springdale to Install Protected Lanes for Bicyclists

Jonathan Perrodin recently rode his bicycle west along West Maple Avenue in Springdale, Arkansas. A driver in a large pickup honked from the parking lot as Perrodin rode by Northwest Medical Center. “He didn’t pass me until we crossed 71 …

First Female Division Chief for Oklahoma Storm Lab

Women in research meteorology have long been in the minority, said Pamela Heinselman, a supervisory and research meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Heinselman is chief of Forecast Research and Development Division and manager of the Warn-on-Forecast Program. She …

Commentary: Submerged Risks Haunt Low-Lying Airports

The sight of a flooded Kansai International Airport and 3,000 stranded people after Typhoon Jebi slammed into southern Japan this week should be a warning to the world’s infrastructure investors. Airports have been a highly rated asset class over the …

Why 4 Inches of Rain Caused so Much Flooding in Wisconsin

A lot of rain – but maybe not as much as you think – fell Aug. 20 on the shallow, 281-square-mile basin of land that drains into Madison’s lakes Mendota and Monona. Most of the 12- to 15-inch deluge that …

Business News: Atlas General, GUARD Insurance Companies, Athens Administrators

Atlas General Insurance Services Launches Workers’ Compensation Program for the Cannabis Industry National program administrator, Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, announced its new workers’ compensation program for the cannabis industry in California. This exclusive program with Accredited Surety and Casualty …

Oregon Fire Crews Bulldoze Fire Lines Into Wilderness to Stop Fire

Kristi Mastrofini stared down the roaring gun barrel of the deadly Klamathon fire that was ready to burst through Oregon’s southern door. In just its second day, the 9,600-acre fire had killed one man in Northern California and swept through …

Tautology and the Art of Listening

We only hear half of what we listen to. Perhaps that is why most people instinctively use tautology when they write or speak. Tautology is the use of different words to say the same thing or repeating the same thing …