Archive for July 2018

More police body camera footage made public Wednesday shows officers directing concertgoers to safety and searching for what they thought were multiple shooters inside and outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel where a gunman firing from upper-floor windows killed 58 … Source: Claims Journal

California Governor Jerry Brown issued a plan this week to help the state’s embattled utilities facing liabilities from wildfires. For PG&E Corp., it’s not good enough. “It’s insufficient,” PG&E Chief Executive Officer Geisha Williams said Thursday on the company’s second-quarter … Source: Claims Journal

Flaws in jet engine fan blades like one that cracked and broke loose in April, killing a Southwest Airlines Co. passenger, have been discovered on planes operated by several carriers, and the manufacturer is moving to further tighten inspections. General … Source: Claims Journal

SCM Continues U.S. Expansion With Affirmative Risk Management Acquisition SCM Insurance Services, Canada’s largest independent, privately owned insurance services provider, announced that it has acquired Affirmative Risk Management (ARM). ARM was founded more than 30 years ago and remains headquartered … Source: Claims Journal

Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill announced Tuesday that she wants to enshrine into law federal recommendations to improve duck boat safety such as getting rid of canopies that can trap passengers if the vehicles sink, a move that comes after … Source: Claims Journal

Kinked, buckled, stuck or stalled, it doesn’t matter how you describe it, the jet stream – the ribbon of wind that circles the Earth – is doing strange things. The calamity list includes wildfires across Scandinavia, Greece and California, record … Source: Claims Journal

In late June, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled against an insurer and its insureds seeking summary judgement dismissing complaints against them in a case involving auto insurance claims. At issue was whether or not the defendants were parties to an … Source: Claims Journal

Research conducted by Clarkson University Biology Chair Tom Langen has found that there is an increase in vehicle-deer accidents during a full moon. Langen worked with colleagues from the University of Salamanca, Spain. Langen obtained a database of 28,000 vehicle-deer … Source: Claims Journal

Uber has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh-area streets four months after a fatal accident involving one of the cars in Arizona. A spokeswoman said the company put a handful of vehicles back on the … Source: Claims Journal

A recent decision by a Colorado federal appeals court could have significant impact on hail claims and appraisals across the country. Copper Oaks Master Home Owners Association v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. involves a claim of hail damage that … Source: Claims Journal