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Two New London Market Model Cyber Exclusion Clauses Published by IUA
Jun 6 2019 // Two new London Market model clauses to help underwriters manage cyber losses have been published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). The wordings have been developed in order to address issues of...
Three Convicted in New York City Fake Accident Fraud Scheme
May 30 2019 // Three men have been convicted in a trip-and-fall scheme that recruited low-income people and the homeless to defraud New York City-area businesses and their insurance companies. Prosecutors say a federal jury in Manhattan...
Eight Days After Cyberattack, Baltimore’s Network Still Hobbled
May 17 2019 // More than a week after a cyberattack hobbled Baltimore’s computer network, city officials said Wednesday they can’t predict when its overall system will be up and running and continued to give only the broadest...
Two Texas Companies Charged in Separate Workers’ Comp Fraud Cases
Apr 11 2019 // Two Texas companies have been indicted by Travis County grand juries in separate cases involving alleged workers’ compensation premium fraud. The Texas Department of Insurance reported that Amer Haurani of Ambassador...
One Dead, 2 Critically Injured in Another Houston-Area Chemical Fire
Apr 3 2019 // An explosion and fire at a chemical plant northeast of Houston left one person dead and two battling for their lives, just two weeks after a blaze at an oil storage facility caused thousands of gallons of petrochemicals to...
One of Florida’s Worst Red Tides Finally Clears
Mar 6 2019 // Experts say the red tide that plagued Florida’s coastline for 15 months is one of the five worst toxic algae events in the state’s recorded history. State lawmakers from southwest Florida met with scientists on...
One Dead, Two Injured After Beams Fall at MIT Construction Site in Massachusetts
Mar 4 2019 // The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says one of three workers injured at an MIT building construction site has died. The Cambridge Fire Department tweeted Thursday that temporary support beams fell on the...
Three People Killed in Train-Vehicle Collision on Long Island
Feb 28 2019 // Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury in Long Island, N.Y., killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed and tore into a...
One of Lawsuits by Kids Against Trump Climate Policies Dismissed
Feb 21 2019 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two Pennsylvania boys and an environmental group seeking to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from rolling back regulations addressing climate change, saying the court does not...
One-Third of Himalayan Glaciers at Risk from Climate Change: Study
Feb 11 2019 // One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed, an assessment warns. If...
Four Wounded During New Jersey Candlelight Vigil Shooting
Jan 29 2019 // Police say four girls and women were wounded, one critically, in a shooting during a candlelight vigil in New Jersey for two males killed in the crash of a stolen vehicle. Police in Newark say the victims, who range in age...
Three Boats Go Up in Flames at Boston Marina
Jan 15 2019 // A fire at a Boston marina likely strengthened by diesel fuel heavily damaged three boats, sinking two of them. Fire department officials say a woman was on one of the boats, but escaped unharmed. There were no reports of...
2M Patients Impacted by Data Breach at North Carolina-Based Health Care Group
Nov 29 2018 // A North Carolina-based health provider says more than 2 million of its patients may have had personal information compromised in a data breach of billing information. News outlets report Atrium, headquartered in Charlotte,...
One Killed, Six Injured When Car Drives into NYC Pedestrians
Nov 28 2018 // A 70-year-old driver trying to parallel park on a New York City street Monday lost control of his minivan and struck several pedestrians standing next to a fruit stand, killing one person and injuring six others, police...
One Man Killed, Another Injured in North Georgia Plane Crash
Nov 21 2018 // A plane crash in north Georgia left one man dead and another injured. Gainesville police say 68-year-old Robert Carlisle Alberhasky of Cumming, who was believed to have been the pilot of the small plane, was killed in the...
One Month Later, Power Fully Restored to Florida Residents Hit by Michael
Nov 9 2018 // Utilities are reporting that all power has been restored in the Florida counties devastated by Hurricane Michael. The utility companies and cooperatives reported Tuesday to the Public Service Commission that they had zero...
Three Workers Hospitalized in Delaware Refinery Explosion
Nov 2 2018 // Equipment failure at a Delaware refinery caused an explosion that has sent three workers to the hospital. News outlets report the Office of the State Fire Marshal said in a release the Delaware City Refinery was the site...
Two Utility Workers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Northeastern New York
Nov 1 2018 // Two utility workers were killed and two others were hurt when their maintenance helicopter got caught on power lines and crashed in rural northeastern New York, state police said. Pieces of the aircraft dangled from power...
One-Quarter of Americans Own a Side Business, Most Go Uninsured: The Hartford
Oct 15 2018 // About 57 million, or 25 percent, of Americans own a side business that is not their primary source of income. The majority of the owners of side businesses surveyed have full-time jobs. About half of side business owners...
Three Dead After Pennsylvania Car Explosion
Oct 3 2018 // A car explosion that rocked downtown Allentown, Penn., left three males dead, including the likely “perpetrator,” officials said Sunday as federal authorities who are leading the investigation looked ahead to...
