Archive for November 2016

By Stephanie K. Jones A pawn shop that sold a gun to a mentally ill Missouri woman who used it to fatally shoot her father will settle in a wrongful death case, according to the attorney for the woman’s mother. Washington, D.C.-based Brady Center … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Stephanie K. Jones A statewide outdoor burn ban that was ordered in Louisiana on Nov. 5 has been lifted. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said in a news release that the ban was lifted at 4 p.m. on Nov. 21. Outdoor burning remains … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By L.S. Howard Aviva Investors, the fund arm of insurer Aviva, plans to reopen the UK property fund it was forced to suspend during the market turmoil which followed Britain’s vote to leave the European Union in June. British funds worth around 18 … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Seven people have been injured, four critically, in a fire that swept through three homes in Woodbury, N.J. One of the homes collapsed after the fire that started around 3:30 a.m. Monday in a home on Mehorter Boulevard and spread … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson A group of lawyers representing insurance and securities brokerages have made a curious argument for why a federal court should kill a rule aimed at protecting retirement savers: It restricts Wall Street’s First Amendment rights. In front of a packed … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Elizabeth Blosfield Poor communication among police, private security and other personnel contributed to a mass panic that erupted at a New York City airport when loud cheers for Usain Bolt somehow led to a false report of gunshots, according to a review … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Rearview cameras are expected to prevent nearly one-in-six police-reported backing crashes, an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study has found. The IIHS is an Arlington, Virginia, headquartered independent, nonprofit research and communications organization dedicated to reducing highway crash deaths, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson Companies that make child booster seats for vehicles are getting better at designing them to protect kids, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday. Of the 53 new booster seats IIHS tested, 48 received the nonprofit’s highest rating. Two … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson A U.S. safety agency is investigating an accident involving a massive experimental drone Facebook Inc. is developing to bring the internet to remote areas of the world. No one was hurt in the incident, which came during the unmanned aircraft’s first … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal