Archive for January 2016

There were more airline deaths worldwide due to deliberate acts in 2015 than from accidental air crashes, for the second year in a row, according to an industry tally. There were only eight accidental airline crashes last year, accounting for … Source: Claims Journal

The quest to build crash-proof cars at Toyota Motor Corp. isn’t just a job for Gill Pratt. It’s somewhat personal. Pratt still vividly remembers encountering the aftermath of a collision between a boy on a bicycle and a car that … Source: Claims Journal

In recent months, the safety of hoverboards has been called into question. Several instances of fire have prompted multiple bans on the recreational transportation device that despite its name doesn’t hover, but rather rolls forward and back like a sideways … Source: Claims Journal

Federal accident investigators are considering launching another search of the wreckage of a freighter that sank in October in an attempt to locate the ship’s “black box.” Tom Roth-Roffy, the lead investigator for National Transportation Safety Board, told The Associated … Source: Claims Journal

The disbanding of a federally funded trauma team that helps people deal with the Sandy Hook massacre has forced the Massachusetts town to improvise to ensure the recovery care continues. But the Newton’s plan to replace the Recovery and Resiliency … Source: Claims Journal

Boston-based Safety Insurance Group, Inc. announced that David F. Brussard, current president and chief executive officer of Safety Insurance will retire effective March 31, 2016. The Board of Directors appointed George M. Murphy, vice president of Marketing, as the new … Source: Claims Journal

The University of Minnesota is experimenting with a reflective film on campus windows in Minneapolis and St. Paul to see whether it can deter birds from colliding with the glass. A research team from the San Diego Zoo this summer … Source: Claims Journal

When Lomor Drive flooded in 1996, 3 feet of water washed into Diana Bach’s house. She and her late husband, Gene, spent $30,000 to raise the home 4 feet. But last week’s flood waters covered her front yard and driveway … Source: Claims Journal

Bicyclists can get little respect on the road – from drivers, pedestrians, even fellow cyclists. Sometimes the angry stares are deserved, but more often the friction stems from the fact that bicycles, cars, buses, trucks and pedestrians are scrabbling with … Source: Claims Journal

A year that bounced from drought to flooding, back to drought and then to flooding again finished as the wettest year on record in Oklahoma. State Climatologist Gary McManus said Saturday that 2015 ended with a statewide average of 53.88 … Source: Claims Journal