Monthly Archives: <span>August 2014</span>

Insurance Journal Upgrades Magazine App

Insurance Journal Magazine has updated its magazine news app for smartphones and tablets. The e-news app, which was originally launched in 2009, now offers users the ability to share and stream with others, plus improved video performance for tablets, and …

Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Importance of Reading Policy

Failure to procure insurance claims of agent malpractice typically involve agent conduct where the agent makes a promise of future activity and not representations about existing provisions related to actual coverages or limits in the issued policy. In the former …

Murphy Joins Leavitt Great West in Montana

Leavitt Great West Insurance Services has named Kristina Murphy as a commercial account manager in the Choteau, Mont. office. Her experience in the industry started with personal insurance, and she has worked in offices in Choteau, Cut Bank, Conrad and …

EPIC Launches Education Protector for Student Athletes

Silicon Valley-based EPIC Insurance Brokers has launched a new policy designed to protect high school athletes who have received a verbal offer for an athletic scholarship or grant from an NCAA Division I or Division II sports program. Education Protector …

Virginia Looks for Ways to Reduce Animal-Vehicle Accidents

A Virginia study aimed at reducing collisions between vehicles and animals is targeting a section of Interstate 64 near Waynesboro. Lead researcher Bridget Donaldson tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that 30 percent of the accidents on the 18 mile-section are collisions …

Semitrailer Wrecks in Texas Panhandle Caused by High Winds

Texas authorities say strong winds in the Texas Panhandle have caused the rollovers of two highway semitrailers. A Department of Public Safety spokesman tells the Amarillo Globe-News that two people were injured in a wreck Sunday afternoon near Goodnight. Another …

6 Southeast States Participating in DUI Campaign

Law enforcement officials in six Southeast states launched their 23rd annual “Hands Across the Border” campaign aimed at catching motorists driving under the influence. Sunday, August 24, was the official start of the six-day campaign, which includes law enforcement agencies …

N.Y.’s Long Island Areas to Get $16M in Flood-Buffer Funding

Several areas on Long Island in New York State will get about $16 million in federal funding to buy storm-damaged properties and turn them into flood buffers. Newsday says the funding includes $9.9 million for Amagansett, and $5.6 million for …

Officials: Fewer Deaths on Missouri Roads

Traffic deaths on Missouri roads have been on a downward trend for nearly 10 years, and a highway patrol spokesman said the declining numbers are likely due to several factors that include education and road improvements. The number of traffic …

Design Flaws Found on Bridges on $1.4B North Texas Toll Road

Officials in North Texas will have to repair faulty bridge beams on the new $1.4 billion Chisholm Trail Parkway after an inspection found design flaws. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the North Texas Tollway Authority will spend $900,000 to …