Archive for October 2016

In a ruling issued earlier this month, a Pennsylvania court found that State Farm owed no duty to defend or provide coverage for a contractor’s negligent installation of a roof. The case, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Kim’s … Source: Claims Journal

The federal government has accused a small airbag parts maker of stonewalling an investigation into a fatal car crash, and threatened a large fine over the lack of cooperation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said ARC Automotive Inc. of … Source: Claims Journal

How much could it cost a home owner in eastern North Carolina to clean up the mess left behind by Hurricane Matthew? A high-tech computer program that links topography, stream flow and property tax appraisal information in flood-prone areas gives … Source: Claims Journal

Sentencing has been set for a New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud charges in connection with the 2010 arson of the Hitching Post Inn, a landmark Cheyenne hotel that was a popular place for Wyoming lawmakers to … Source: Claims Journal

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it is sending fire-resistant packages to its customers in the U.S. as a precaution against possible fires or explosions from Galaxy Note 7s they return to retailers. Samsung is offering prepaid shipping boxes as an option … Source: Claims Journal

City pedestrians are being urged to “Look Alive” and not at their cellphones by folks dressed as though they’re dead. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and other groups are trying to “scare” pedestrians off their cellphones by having actors dressed as … Source: Claims Journal

New Jersey Transit’s board of directors will convene publicly Thursday for the first time in four months amid a federal safety investigation and calls by state lawmakers for subpoena power over the nation’s third-biggest mass-transportation provider. The agency’s eight-person board … Source: Claims Journal

In an exclusive interview with Claims Journal, Brian Gainer, a presenter at this year’s annual International Association of Claim Professionals’ conference held recently in California, discussed the issues that surround a high profile event like the 2014 deadly police shooting … Source: Claims Journal

There will be plenty of large-scale reconstruction to do in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which has been blamed for dozens of deaths since it made its first U.S. landfall Friday and is still causing catastrophic flooding throughout eastern North … Source: Claims Journal

A new study of Western forest fires confirms what is already apparent – wildfire seasons are getting longer and more destructive. But researchers with the University of Idaho and Columbia University also say humans are to blame. The study made … Source: Claims Journal