Latest Logging Headlines

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PROGRESSIVE PILOTS DATA-LOGGING FOR MINN. DRIVERS:

Sep 6 2004 // Mayfield Village, Ohio-based vehicle insurer Progressive announced that it is offering a discount to 5,000 Minnesota drivers who agree to use a data-logging device in their cars. The discount—as much as 25 percent—is...

Progressive Rolls Out Data-Logging Discount for 5,000 Minn. Drivers

Aug 26 2004 // Mayfield Village, Ohio-based vehicle insurer Progressive announced that it is offering a discount to 5,000 Minnesota drivers who agree to use a data-logging device in their cars. The discount—as much as 25 percent—is...

Bracing for the Worst: Industry Prepares for Another Wildfire Season

Aug 23 2004 // The fire season started early this year. Wildfires erupted all over California and in Nevada in mid-July, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying several homes and outbuildings. Affected areas in California included...

California Man Pleads Innocent to Tracking Co-worker’s Computer Keystrokes

Apr 7 2004 // A former insurance claims manager accused of planting a keystroke recording device on a workplace computer has pleaded innocent in federal court.Larry Lee Ropp, 46, was indicted last month on one count of endeavoring to...

Texas-More than Just the Alamo and Football

Jan 12 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Texas at 20,851,820. Approximately 76 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 16 percent had...

Geospatial Tool Aids Fla. in Managing Wildland Fire Risk

Nov 13 2003 // Space Imaging announced the completion of the Florida Fire Risk Assessment project for the Florida Division of Forestry (DOF).The project involved compiling numerous statewide current and historical datasets, and working...

FlameOut(R) Alliance Helps Reduce Premium Rates

Jan 29 2003 // Texas-based Summit Environmental Corporation Inc. announced an alliance with Davis-Garvin Insurance Agency of South Carolina and FireGuard Automated Fire Suppression Systems, designed to increase safety and reduce premiums...

Royal & SunAlliance USA Announces New Program for Mechanized Timber Harvesters

Jun 28 2001 // The Specialty Programs operation of Royal & SunAlliance USA announced the introduction of a program of insurance and services created to meet the distinct needs of the mechanized logging industry. The new program,...

New Rules in Place for Construction, Drilling, Logging & Mining Workers in Calif.

Jan 3 2001 // California workers employed in on-site occupations in the construction, drilling, logging and mining industries started the new year off with new workplace rules. In the past, employees in these industries have worked...