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A Ferrari caught on video zooming through a Beverly Hills neighborhood last weekend is owned by a Middle Eastern sheikh who has since left the country and taken his million-dollar sports car with him, authorities say. Police held a news … Source: Claims Journal
Wyoming is one of three locations in the country where next-generation “smart vehicles” that could make highway driving less dangerous will be tested. The U.S. Department of Transportation this week announced Wyoming will participate in the Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment … Source: Claims Journal
It has been several days since two huge wildfires in Northern California peaked in their ferocity, yet the damage they did is still being revealed daily. Crews who made gains overnight on one of the worst wildfires in the state’s … Source: Claims Journal
An elderly southern Oregon woman says she’s been left to depend on friends and family after her home was gutted in a suspected arson and her insurance company canceled her policy. Insurance industry officials contend the process of handling fire-related … Source: Claims Journal
According to a recent LexisNexis/CounselLink survey of 86 property/casualty claims and law departments, controlling defense costs was the key initiative for 2015 and 2016. Respondents of the LexisNexis Property & Casualty Claims and Litigation Cost Containment Survey ranged from vice president … Source: Claims Journal
The chief U.S. prosecutor in Manhattan blamed gaps in federal law and “siloing” within General Motors Co for the failure so far to charge any individual employees who may be responsible for faulty ignition switches linked to 124 deaths. The … Source: Claims Journal
A bear mauling death in Fremont County is among 37 workplace fatalities counted in Wyoming last year, according to a state report. The Wyoming Workforce Services report says the number of workplace deaths in 2014 was a sharp increase from … Source: Claims Journal
Galveston is moving on from repairing and rebuilding homes damaged from Hurricane Ike to demolishing homes left dilapidated by the storm that devastated the Texas coastal island seven years ago this month. John Simsen, the city’s disaster recovery director, said … Source: Claims Journal
Cunningham Lindsey announced the creation of a new Miami hub from which it plans to expand the support it offers to clients across Central and South America and the Caribbean. The Miami-hub will focus on property business (including business interruption, … Source: Claims Journal
General Motors Co.’s potential liability over flawed ignition switches isn’t over yet, and billions of dollars remain at stake. GM agreed Thursday to pay $575 million to end a shareholder suit tied to the defect and more than 1,380 civil … Source: Claims Journal