August 19, 2019
This post is part of series sponsored by CoreLogic | Symbility. Oil was once the most valuable resource in the world. Today though, some would say that data is. Data is changing the way business is done everywhere, including the …
February 28, 2013
A recent report analyzing the effectiveness OSHA enforcement activities by the Government Accountability Office found that OSHA’s lack of consistent guidance for audits of state-run programs may allow enforcement deficiencies to go undetected, increasing the risk of worker injuries, illnesses …
December 22, 2011
Christmas is almost here again, bringing with it all the usual parties, presents, food and drink. But according to data supplied by London-based John Lewis Specialist Home Insurance, the number of home insurance claims increases during the festive period. From …
November 4, 2011
Cyber-attacks by Chinese and Russian intelligence services, as well corporate hackers in those countries, have swallowed up large amounts of high-tech American research and development data, and that stolen information has helped build their economies, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded. …
November 3, 2011
Royal Dutch Shell PLC long has argued that thieves are to blame for most of the oil spills coming from pipelines in Nigeria’s crude-producing southern delta. Now the company is trying to prove that claim in real time on the …
October 17, 2011
Hospitals and hospital groups should seek clarity from their malpractice insurers on the loading applied to premiums to account for claims inflation, according to Lloyd’s insurer Beazley. Specialist insurer Beazley is advising that applying an across-the-board annual percentage loading to …
September 26, 2011
The number of workplace fatalities in Virginia last year fell to the lowest level since the state began reporting such data in 1992. The Virginian-Pilot reports the number of fatalities fell to 104 from 119 in 2009. The state Department …
August 23, 2011
Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see. There were insurance forms, Social Security numbers and doctors’ notes. Among the files were summaries that spelled out, in painstaking …
August 11, 2011
Aerialogics’, a provider of custom aerial roof measurement reports for the roofing and insurance industries, will now include property-by-property hail information, as a result of an agreement with iMapWeather Forensics, a division of global weather industry leader, Weather Decision Technologies …
June 17, 2011
State figures show the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety had the worst workers’ compensation record among state agencies over the past five years. The Charleston Daily Mail reports that the department had $10.8 million in claims and paid …