Archive for August 2016

Ford is recalling about 830,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Mexico because parts in the side door latches can break and the doors can open while the vehicles are moving. The recall announced Thursday covers certain 2013 to 2015 Ford … Source: Claims Journal

Shannon Navejas, special investigator 2 with Mercury Insurance, shares how a claim for a 2000 collector edition Ferrari valued at $188,000 went up in smoke as a result of a thorough investigation which included the use of background checks, a … Source: Claims Journal

A year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes. Clouds piled 12 miles into the mountain sky unleashed a deluge on July 31, 1976, setting off the most powerful flood since glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago. The chaos along an … Source: Claims Journal

A year after a Vermont social worker was shot and killed outside a state office building, the state says it’s making security enhancements to buildings, but the employees’ union says Vermont hasn’t moved quickly enough to protect workers from violence. … Source: Claims Journal

Coverys Acquires MRM Group Coverys announced its acquisition of MRM Group, LLC, a patient safety and risk management solutions company based in Hartford, Conn. The transaction was finalized on July 29, 2016. MRM Group, formed in 2003, offers a broad … Source: Claims Journal

North Carolina’s insurance commissioner had plenty of justification to reject a request by insurers to raise homeowners’ premiums by an average of 25 percent, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Instead, Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin imposed a zero-percent overall … Source: Claims Journal

All seemed normal to the 300 people aboard the Emirates airliner as it flew past the world’s tallest building in hazy skies and made a slow left turn over the waters of the Persian Gulf. But as soon as the … Source: Claims Journal

The Kentucky Supreme Court has reviewed numerous attempts by insurance companies to limit the time in which insureds have to bring UM and UIM claims. As a result of these prior considerations, the Kentucky Supreme Court has emphasized that insurance … Source: Claims Journal

Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets. However, using Mobile Scan and Pay Technology (MSP) to pay for supermarket products could make … Source: Claims Journal

A famed hacker who nearly 20 years ago told Congress he could take down the internet in 30 minutes is now going after the computer software industry, whose standard practices all but guarantee that most products will be vulnerable to … Source: Claims Journal