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Structure fires in Wisconsin cost hundreds of millions
of dollars annually. The National Fire Protection Association says that
25% of fires in the U.S. are incendiary or suspicious. The most expensive
of those set fires are started by arsonists for profit and they account
for nearly 1/5 of all the set fires in the state.
Many other fires that are deemed accidental in nature
are the result of negligence on the part of third parties or they may be
due to manufacturing defect. Subrogation against other involved parties
plays an enormous role in keeping your costs low. But without a solid fire
investigation, evidence will not support your claim.
Contact
MITS
and start investigations into the origin and cause of your company’s fire
losses.
Automobile fires cost Americans hundreds of millions
of dollars each year. The vast majority of total end to end car fires are
set fires. Many involve the owner who wants to get out of a lease or a lien.
They want their insurance company to take over the payments so they can
save their credit while getting rid of an unwanted vehicle. Low fuel mileage,
high fuel prices, worn out vehicles and end of lease penalties play a vital
role in making an owner decide to torch their car. Other fires, being truly
accidental, may be caused by a manufacturer’s defect or may be the result
of someone’s negligence in repairing a car or installing equipment.
When a car is reported stolen and recovered burned,
the chances of it having been an owner "give up" increase dramatically.
Evidence must be quickly gathered to determine cause and to inspect security
on the ignition system. Time is of the essence. MITS works with highly qualified
forensic lock analysts and laboratories to test debris samples from the car’s
interior to determine if the theft and fire were purposeful and if so, whether
the owner or last driver was involved.
Contact MITS and start investigating the origin
and cause of your company’s vehicle fires and burned out theft losses.
When a semi trailer truck or a piece of heavy equipment
burns, it means a lot of money for the insurer. Though not as frequent
as car fires, they are always much more expensive and they usually have
a history of work or mechanical problems. Without an investigation of the
fire, an insurer is unable to bring an action of subrogation to the party
or parties who were responsible for the work or defect.
In hard economic times, some of the first pieces
of a business to purposefully burn are vehicles or heavy equipment that
is worn out or less than saleable on the open market. Truck and Heavy Equipment
fires need a specialist in fires who understands mechanical systems and
vehicle electrical systems. Your specialist needs to know what they are
seeing and how to save the evidence.
Contact MITS for your heavy equipment
fire and truck fire investigation needs.
Industrial accidents, vehicle accidents, failure
of machinery for any number of reasons leaves an insurer open to claims
for medical bills, negligence on behalf of their insured, replacement of
equipment, lost wages, lost production, lost rents and any number of other
costs associated with the accident. But accidents and failures of machinery
usually have precursors that may point to other third party involvement
which can be logical targets for subrogation. But you will never know if
you don’t investigate and the investigation requires evidence to be collected,
preserved and brought to court. MITS is Crime Laboratory trained
in evidence collection and preservation. We bring digital photography, evidence
collection and preservation tools and secure storage to bear on your losses.
If engineering is required, we work with outstanding engineering firms in
electrical, mechanical and metallurgical disciplines. We use highly qualified
laboratories for analysis of evidence such as ignition systems, fire debris,
oil samples, failed metal parts and more.
Contact MITS to investigate your accidental
losses and get your evidence to court.
Low speed impact, soft tissue injury accidents claim
millions of dollars in insurance claim payments every year. Claim representatives
have historically paid those claims believing there simply was no way they
could defend themselves against a claim for soft tissue injury and pain.
Recent innovations in bio-mechanical engineering analysis have brought new
ways to defend against these claims. Bio-mechanical engineering analysis
can be the evidence an insurer needs to defend against a false claim for
soft tissue injuries. MITS captures the evidence and submits
it to forensic engineering to assist your decision making process in these
claims.
Contact MITS and let us help you defend
against false Low Speed Impact soft tissue injury claims.
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