For each year from 2012 to 2014, an estimated 5,700 medical facility fires were reported to fire departments in the United States. Nearly a fifth of those (1,100 fires) were in hospitals. It is estimated that these fires caused fewer … Source: Claims Journal

A team of researchers from the iDAPT labs at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network have developed evidence-based ratings on footwear that may reduce the risk of slips and falls on ice. The team has developed the first test of its … Source: Claims Journal

A self-driving truck will begin traveling on two Ohio roads this week after state officials announced details of new investments to support innovative transportation technology. A vehicle from self-driving truck maker Otto will travel a 35-mile stretch of U.S. Route … Source: Claims Journal

For decades, California insurers have been told they have a duty to accept reasonable settlement demands within their policy’s limits. As the California Supreme Court emphasized in Johansen v. Cal. State Auto. Assn. Inter-Ins. Bureau, 15 Cal.3d 9, 16 (1975), … Source: Claims Journal

The Columbia River Gorge is famous for sweeping dramatic vistas, but new research published by the U.S. Geological Survey reveals a shifting landscape beneath the forest. Three researchers with USGS mapped a history of 215 different landslides across 64 percent … Source: Claims Journal

Reductions in emergency room visits and total claim costs prompted EMPLOYERS, a small business insurance specialist, to expand its Injured Employee Hotline nationwide. The service, which began as a test in Florida in 2014, gives injured workers the option to … Source: Claims Journal

AMS Allies With Liberty Mutual Insurance Florida-based AMS Management Group (AMS) entered into a formal agreement with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, effective October 1, 2016. AMS, a highly technical and specialized MGU, will market, underwrite, … Source: Claims Journal

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 – one of Boston’s most peculiar disasters – killed 21 people, injured 150 others and flattened buildings when a giant storage tank ruptured. Now Harvard University researchers think they know why the wave of … Source: Claims Journal

A fire at the gun shop next door never reached Kathy Laurienti’s sausage and specialty food store, but the water and smoke damage was enough to shut her business down. Because Laurienti didn’t have enough insurance, it’s still closed – … Source: Claims Journal

When floodwaters poured into Holly Furlong’s Virginia Beach home in October, she ripped out electrical cords and rushed her four children upstairs. They spent the next two days without power, building blanket forts while anxiously waiting for sewage-tainted waters to … Source: Claims Journal