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Las Vegas Mass Shooting Witnesses Describe Chaos, Compassion

Police documents about the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history included reports from at least two people who said a person they believed to be the gunman ranted in the days prior to last October’s Las Vegas Strip attack …

NCCI Reports on Worker’s Comp State of the Line Findings

During last week’s National Council on Compensation Insurance’s Annual Issues Symposium (AIS) — The Future@Work held in Orlando, Fla., NCCI’s Chief Actuary Kathy Antonello, delivered the State of the Line Report, providing the audience with a detailed description of 2017 …

Banned Ozone-Eating Chemical Emissions Somehow Rising

Something strange is happening with a now-banned chemical that eats away at Earth’s protective ozone layer: Scientists say there’s more of it – not less – going into the atmosphere and they don’t know where it is coming from. When …

Lithium Battery Boom Hits Roadblock With Fire-Fearing Cities

The new era of big batteries has already drawn scrutiny after fiery electric-car crashes across America and Europe. Now, U.S. city planners are worried about the same risk of hard-to-control blazes as these power-storage units make their way into basements …

Report: NJ Transit Has Far to Go to Meet Safety Deadline

New Jersey Transit had installed a federally mandated emergency braking system on less than 10 percent of its fleet of locomotives nine months before the deadline, according to a progress report covering the first quarter of this year. The report …

Florida Boating Accidents Rose Nearly 14% in 2017

With the release of the 2017 Boating Accident Statistical Report, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) encourages boaters to focus on simple, effective steps that make boating safer. “For 2017, the leading contributor to boating accidents was the …

Washington Fraud: Plumber’s Work Comp Scam, Woman’s Bogus Theft Claims

Wash. Plumber’s Workers’ Comp Scam Nets Him 45 Days in Detention An Auburn, Wash., plumber who lied about working while he was receiving disability payments has been sentenced to serve 45 days in detention. Bobby Eugene Stepp, 66, claimed he …

Surveying Your Department’s Claims Writing Issues

To help you solve your claims writing problems – or those of your colleagues – I have put together a list of 20 topics that claims executives tell me are of concern to them. These topics can harm customer service, …

Airlines’ Pets-on-Planes Crackdown Gets Support From DOT

Regulators are making it easier for U.S. airlines to limit the growing number of dogs and other animals being brought onto flights by passengers saying they are for emotional or psychological support. The Department of Transportation Wednesday said it won’t …

Edmunds Reviews 3 Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems

You’ve heard of Tesla Autopilot, but perhaps not always in a good way: The semi-autonomous driving system is now under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board for the role it may have played in a March fatal accident near …

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