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Long Recovery After Deadly Central U.S.Tornadoes
Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped ...
Suit Says OnStar, LexisNexis Shared Driving Data With Insurers, Spiking Rates
Do motorist-assistance systems like GM's OnStar feed data to auto insurers, resulting in higher premiums for some drivers? A south Florida man says indeed, they do, and has filed a proposed ...
California Insurer of Last Resort Is Unprepared for Big Disaster
California's property insurer of last resort told lawmakers that it's financially unprepared to cover the costs of a major catastrophe in the state. The plan now faces $311 billion in potential ...
Texas Mutual: Serious Injuries in the Workplace Increased 6% Last Year
In a recent safety alert blog, Texas Mutual reported nearly 6 percent more severe workplace injuries in 2023 compared to the previous year. The construction industry topped the list, according to the ...
St. Patrick’s Day Traditionally One of Deadliest Days on U.S. Roads
Over the St. Patrick's Day holiday period (6:00 p.m. March 16 to 5:59 a.m. March 18), 272 lives were lost in drunk-driving crashes between 2017 and 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic ...
UnitedHealth Class Action Lawsuits Pile Up After Data Breach
UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people's personal data from last month's hack of Change Healthcare, its ...
Boeing Yet to Reveal Who Worked on Panel That Blew Off 737 Max Jet
The nation's chief accident investigator said Wednesday that her agency still doesn't know who worked on the panel that blew off a jetliner in January and that Boeing's CEO told her that he couldn't ...
State Farm Announces New CEO; Farney Succeeding Tipsord June 1
The State Farm Mutual board of directors has selected President Jon Farney as the company's next Chief Executive Officer. Farney will succeed retiring CEO Michael Tipsord on June 1. Farney joined ...