Archive for August 2016

Free Testing of New Training in Claims Communication and Negotiation Rising Tide Partners (formerly Insurance Learning Systems) announced an invitation to claims organizations to register their adjusters for complimentary seats at a beta release of The 360° Adjuster, its new … Source: Claims Journal

Relatives of 100 people killed in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire and survivors are upset that the site is a stop in “Pokemon Go.” The Associated Press learned of the Pokestop when visiting the site in West Warwick last … Source: Claims Journal

One of five people charged in a deadly house explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood has reached a plea deal weeks before his scheduled trial, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Gary Thompson, 45, agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit … Source: Claims Journal

With nearly 400,000 employees expected to retire from the insurance industry workforce within the next few years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, its incumbent on carriers to consider the ways in which they communicate with and recruit … Source: Claims Journal

Business Insurance – a well-known industry publication for 49 years, has been abruptly shut down by parent company Crain Communications. The final issue of Business Insurance came out on Aug. 1. The publication’s website, its businessinsurance.com, and the Business Insurance … Source: Claims Journal

General Motors Co. has put two civil trials over its defective ignitions behind it without a loss. A third trial started Tuesday in what could be one of its toughest cases: a Texas teenager arrested for manslaughter in a death … Source: Claims Journal

High Net Worth Insurer Expands Management Team The PURE Group of Insurance Companies, inclusive of Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer designed for high net worth individuals and families, announced the appointment of multiple highly experienced high … Source: Claims Journal

The Idaho Supreme Court has affirmed a jury verdict for $3.8 million against a southwest Idaho doctor following the death of a woman who underwent a liposuction procedure. The court ruled Thursday in the wrongful death and medical malpractice case … Source: Claims Journal

More than three years after a devastating explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins complex in Geismar, La., attorneys says a state district judge has cleared the way for the first civil trial brought by workers who say they were … Source: Claims Journal

A Connecticut woman who found her 77-year-old husband crushed to death under an all-terrain vehicle when she brought him lunch at his job cannot sue his employer for severe emotional injuries she suffered, the state Supreme Court ruled recently. Justices … Source: Claims Journal