A Missouri-based utility said Tuesday it will appeal a state judge’s award of more than $10 million to a worker who said he developed permanent respiratory issues while as a mechanic at one of the company’s sites. Circuit Judge William …
Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have long tried and failed to make the dream a reality, but that may be changing. Nearly a dozen …
The Trump presidential victory, along with several gubernatorial elections, could significantly impact workers’ compensation, according to hosts of Safety National’s Out Front Ideas, Mark Walls and Kimberly George. The two workers’ comp industry experts continued their monthly webinar series, kicking …
Many recent human factors studies of takeover time in automated vehicles have looked at how long it takes a driver to switch out of automation mode, usually in critical situations. Alexander Eriksson and Neville Stanton at the University of Southampton, …
Integro Appoints Senior Leader, Formalizes Coverage Advocacy Offering International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers is challenging the industry’s institutional approach to claims management, by announcing the launch of its Policy Response Unit (PRU), and the appointment of …
Indonesia’s tsunami detection system, made up of seafloor sensors that communicate with transmitting buoys on the surface, has been rendered useless by vandals and lack of funding. Now Indonesian and U.S. scientists say they’ve developed a way to dispense with …
Both maintenance workers killed by an Amtrak train near Philadelphia, Pa., last year were on drugs when the crash happened, test results show, but that doesn’t appear to have factored into safety lapses and miscommunications being blamed for their deaths. …
The family of an American mother and daughter killed when a pilot deliberately flew an airliner into a mountainside on Monday sued the German airline, its parent company and the U.S. airline that sold them their tickets. The wrongful death …
The money is budgeted, the athletic committee has given the go-ahead and Superintendent Steve Barker has his recommendation ready. So why has the Coweta County School System not moved ahead with installing artificial turf on its high school football fields …
According to a Fitch Ratings report issued last year, the directors & officers (D&O) market “has great notoriety relative to its size.” Representing a small segment of the property/casualty market, D&O coverage equals about one percent of total industry direct …