A jury awarded $3.5 million Friday to a woman who says she was permanently disfigured when a tree branch hit her in the face as she rode on the top deck of a popular open-air Hollywood, Calif., tour bus. Jurors … Source: Claims Journal

An insurance group says spring storms across Texas caused more than $1.5 billion in property losses. April through June typically marks the stormy season for the state, but in March of this year multiple severe thunderstorms rolled in across the … Source: Claims Journal

Acrometis, the industry leader in workers’ compensation claims processing platforms, and Willis, a global risk advisory, re/insurance broking, and human capital and benefits firm, have partnered to launch Willis’ Advanced Technology Strategic Risk Planning (SRP) process. More advanced and comprehensive … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. could consider criminal charges or sanctions against China if the U.S. determines hackers there are violating an agreement not to conduct economic cyber espionage on American industry, a senior Justice Department official said Tuesday. The remarks by John … Source: Claims Journal

Regulated medical marijuana sales began Monday in Illinois with patients flocking to state-licensed retail shops in five cities. Of 23 states with medical marijuana programs, Illinois has one of the most restrictive, requiring patients to undergo fingerprint-based background checks, limiting … Source: Claims Journal

The Senate went on record Tuesday against a federal mandate that would force all states to allow trucks with extra-long double trailers on interstates, saying it first must be shown that the vehicles don’t undermine safety. By a vote of … Source: Claims Journal

A national safety group is using Nevada as an example for a campaign to reduce the number of child drownings around the country. Officials with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission blended news reports with census data to suggest that … Source: Claims Journal

Reinsurance executives polled at the recent 2015 PCI annual meeting by Guy Carpenter & Company agreed that cyber continues to be the most threatening emerging risk. As the number of data breaches mount, more focus is being placed on the … Source: Claims Journal

Three people, including a child, crushed by a car that plowed into a group of trick-or-treaters. An 84-year-old woman run over by a charter bus that never stopped. A grandmother struck by a taxi driver finishing a 16-hour shift. Since … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit. … Source: Claims Journal