Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. is working with National Equipment Register to provide its inland marine contractor customers increased protection from equipment theft by offering an endorsement that waives their theft deductible, the insurer said Friday.

“Only when people understand the need for a process to manage risk and not run away from it, will they move away from the past and begin to modernize.”

Questionable insurance claims in Michigan dropped by 38 percent from 2010 through 2012, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).

Today the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a woman injured in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Red Bank can proceed with her negligence lawsuit against the store.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2014 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.