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General Motors Co. is closing in on a package of proposed fixes for the Chevrolet Volt battery pack that engineers believe would eliminate the risk of a fire being triggered days after a crash, two people with knowledge of the … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

If you live in Texas, Illinois or Ohio, you’re more likely to experience a cooking fire on Thanksgiving Day than those in other states. That’s according to claims data from Illinois-based State Farm Insurance. More cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history has left more than 1,600 homes in ruins and stretched the state’s firefighting ranks to the limit, confronting Gov. Rick Perry with a major disaster at home just as the … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Three out of four of the main fires burning on the outskirts of Texas’ capitol city, Austin, have been mostly contained, officials say, but the largest and most destructive blazes in Bastrop County are only about 30 percent under control. … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Firefighters caught no break as new grass fires continued to break out in parts of Oklahoma and others rekindled from days before. At least 13 homes were destroyed in Edmond, while homes and outbuildings also were burned by fires elsewhere … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Fire investigators tried to determine Wednesday whether a man arrested for investigation of a serial arson spree in the San Fernando Valley served time for torching bars and restaurants in Japan a decade ago while he was in the Marines. … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Florida officials are investigating a spate of kitchen fires that have some wondering if they may have been started on purpose to receive money from insurance companies. State officials say what used to be a minor problem is now growing … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Two huge range fires remained out of control on April 11, burning thousands of acres in far west Texas and northwest Texas. Together the fires have consumed more than 150,000 acres. The Rock House Fire in far west Texas started … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

The frequency of Texas home fires dropped 15 percent among Allstate customers during the first half of 2010, when compared to the same period last year. This decrease puts fire frequency back in … View full post on Insurance Journal

Following the devastating peat land and forest fires in Russia and the resultant smog in Moscow and surrounding regions, Marsh has urged affected and potentially affected organizations to "review … View full post on Insurance Journal