Monthly Archives: <span>February 2012</span>

Videofied Rebuilds Alarm/Police/Insurance Partnership With 70% Arrest Rates

Minneapolis, MN, 02/21/12 – The NICB (National Insurance Crime Bureau) and the National Sheriffs Assn. describe how Priority Response delivers value to insurers in a 6 minute webcast in Insurance Journal complete with actual video clips of intrusions and arrests: …

Earthquake Simulator to Be Built at University of Alabama

There aren’t very many rooms in the world that can successfully reproduce the devastating effects of an earthquake. But come May 1, a laboratory on the University of Alabama campus may be able to do just that. Work is under …

$20M Verdict Upheld in Massachusetts Pool Slide Lawsuit

A Massachusetts judge has upheld a $20 million jury award to the family of a Colorado woman who died after a Toys `R Us inflatable pool slide partially collapsed. In October, a jury ordered Toys “R Us to pay the …

Massachusetts Cardinal Pushes for Contraception Solution

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley is continuing to push to resolve a dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic church about covering contraception in health care plans. In a blog post Friday, O’Malley said the question is whether Catholic institutions …

South Central Business Moves

TDECU, Assurance Insurance, Burridge Insurance TDECU Insurance Agency LLC has acquired two independent insurance agencies: Assurance Insurance Agency Inc. (Assurance) based in Bellville, Texas, and Burridge Insurance Agency Inc. (Burridge) based in Angleton, Texas. These agency acquisitions are on the …

Midwest Business Moves

Arthur J. Gallagher, ProSource Financial Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired ProSource Financial LLC in Westchester, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, ProSource Financial LLC is an employee benefit insurance broker that offers a …

Va. Medical Cost Per Workers’ Comp Claim Higher Than Most States

Broad metrics of worker’ compensation costs show that Virginia is a lower cost state, largely due to a lower frequency of claims, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). But it also found that the …

Washington Tribe OK’d to Move Out Of Tsunami Zone

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that will allow the Quileute tribe to move its school and other buildings out of a tsunami zone on the Washington coast to higher ground in Olympic National Park. The land …

Washington Senate Passes $100 Annual Electric Car Fee

The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to charge electric car owners a $100 annual fee to compensate for the lack of gas taxes they pay. Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, the Camano Island Democrat who sponsored the bill, says …

Utah Offers New Earthquake Hazard Maps

Utah is selling new maps that show the shaking intensity of earthquakes for the west half of Salt Lake County. The set of 10 maps also spotlights the risks of landslides, rock falls, floods, radon gas and other hazards in …