Disaster prevention: lessons learned from the Titanic.
The November 1999 Institute of Medicine report on medical errors has captured the attention of the public and of lawmakers. That report provided evidence that health care institutions can be pretty hazardous: from 44,000 to 98,000 deaths per year are related to medical errors, compared with about 42,000 deaths...

A roast of risk management.
Were comedian Jeff Foxworthy to make fun of risk management and insurance he'd find plenty of material in "Rupp's Insurance & Risk Management Glossary." If you think a "drop-down provision" is a software function on a vendor's application ... you might be a redneck. Drop-down...

eAutoclaims, Inc. - 'EACC' - Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results.
OLDSMAR, Fla., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eAutoclaims (BULLETIN BOARD: EACC) , a leading provider of managed collision repair services and insurance claims processing technology applications, today announced financial results for the first quarter ending October 31, 2006 for fiscal year 2007. Total revenue for the three-months ended...

eAutoclaims Appoints Donald W. Thomas, Jr. as Vice President of Technology.
OLDSMAR, Fla., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eAutoclaims (BULLETIN BOARD: EACC) , a leading provider of managed collision repair services and insurance claims processing technology applications, today announced Donald W. Thomas, Jr. has been appointed Vice President in charge of Technology at eAutoclaims. Mr. Thomas will be overseeing...

eAutoclaims, Inc. Announces 2006 Year End Financial Results Conference Call.
OLDSMAR, Fla., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eAutoclaims (BULLETIN BOARD: EACC) announced today that Eric Seidel, eAutoclaims' President and Chief Executive Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the year end 2006, which ended July 31, 2006. The conference call will take...

eAutoclaims Announces Fee-Based Pricing Option.
OLDSMAR, Fla., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eAutoclaims (BULLETIN BOARD: EACC) announced today a new pricing option for the Managed Collision Repair Service and Independent Appraiser Network. The new pricing model offers clients the option of receiving services on a flat fee basis instead of eAutoclaims' traditional shared discount pricing...

SpencerStuart/Directors & Boards: directors roster.
This edition marks a record number of companies listed in the Directors Roster. On the following pages, you will see profiled the board recruitment results of 241 companies -- everyone from giant IBM Corp., which added a major media executive to its board, to tiny Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc., which...

Safe transportation - a driving concern.
In August, 1989, seven people, including four Girl Scouts, died in a bus accident near Palm Springs, California. Faulty brakes were the alleged problem. On September 21, 1989, 21 children died in Texas' worst school bus accident in south Texas. More recently, two Notre Dame swimmers were killed...

What was it like to try a rat?
PART ONE I. THE RATS OF AUTUN PART TWO II. COMPARATIVE JURISPRUDENCE A. Remarks on Strategy B. The Boundaries of Comparative jurisprudence 1. Criteria for a New Subject 2. Distinguishing Comparative jurisprudence from the Philosophy of Law III. THE PRESENT STATE OF...

Ford Motor Company Takes Lead in Driver Training - Acquires Stake in Top Driver.
DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is making U.S. automotive history with the acquisition of an equity stake in Top Driver, Inc., the nation's leading provider of integrated driver training and education. Ford is the only automotive manufacturer in the U.S. to...