Archive for December 2017
Study Reveals Window Blind Deaths Show Need for Cord Ban
Children’s injuries and deaths from window blinds have not stalled despite decades of safety concerns, according to a new U.S. study that recommends a complete ban on blinds with cords. Nearly 17,000 young children were hurt by window blinds between … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreResearchers Say Businesses Need Better Approach to Compliance Programs
Recent reports of sexual harassment committed by powerful men also highlight the failures of corporate compliance programs designed to protect employees. This is because few companies understand how their employees reach unethical and illegal decisions or have compliance strategies aimed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNorth Dakota Town’s Levee Project Won’t Help Protect Some Homes
A $4 million flood protection project in Bismarck, North Dakota, set for next year will affect nearly two dozen properties that won’t be protected by the levee that’s being built. The Burleigh County Water Resource District’s project will damage driveways, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBusiness News: Sedgwick, GEICO, Bardavon Health Innovations, Enservio
Sedgwick to acquire Cunningham Lindsey Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., a global provider of technology-enabled risk and benefits solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Cunningham Lindsey, a global loss adjusting, claims management and risk solutions firm. Cunningham Lindsey assists … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreStaged Plane Crash, False Drought Claim, Chiropractor Bribes Crash VIctims
Texas Pilot Guilty in Gulf of Mexico Crash Insurance Fraud A Texas pilot who survived a 2012 Gulf of Mexico crash and used an iPad to record his time in the water acknowledges it was insurance-related fraud. Theodore Robert Wright … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreP&G Becomes Improbable Supporter of Ingredient Disclosure Rule
It took more than a decade, but California has a new law requiring extensive labeling of ingredients in cleaning products, and it got support from what might seem the unlikeliest of advocates: product manufacturers themselves. Companies like Procter & Gamble … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreVermont Man Maintains Innocence in Relatives’ Mysterious Deaths
A Vermont man denied in court papers Wednesday allegations that he killed his millionaire grandfather in 2013 and claims he doesn’t know the whereabouts of his mother who disappeared after a boat they were on sank off Rhode Island. Nathan … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFighting Wildfires at Christmas May Become Normal in California
A week of destructive fires in Southern California is ending but danger still looms. Well into what’s considered the wet season, there’s been nary a drop of rain. That’s good for sun-seeking tourists, but could spell more disaster for a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHouston Residents Might Have to Raise Homes After Harvey
More than 1,600 Houston residents whose properties flooded during and after Hurricane Harvey may need to elevate their homes if they want to continue living there. The city’s Public Works Department is getting ready to notify property owners in floodplains … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCan Better Policies Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment?
Sexual misconduct happens at work not because companies don’t publish anti-harassment policies, experts say, but because managers don’t enforce them – and because people fail to apply them to themselves. While the floodgates on reporting abuse and sexual harassment have … Source: Claims Journal
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