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October 25, 2013
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National

Suspicious Personal Property Claims Up 46% Between 2010-2012: NICB

Personal residences were linked to a majority of suspicious personal property questionable claims, according to a National Insurance Crime ...

Experts Say Atlantic Hurricane Season Quietest in 45 years

The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season looks set to go down as a big washout, marking the first time in 45 years that the strongest storm to ...

Nissan Recalls More Than 188,000 SUVs Globally for Brake Issue

Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Wednesday it is recalling 188,302 sport utility vehicles globally, mostly in the United States, to fix faulty ...

Lawsuits Increasing Over Skin-Related Laser Surgery Performed by Non-Physicians

Skin-related laser procedures such as hair removal remain one of the most popular elective types of laser surgery performed in the United ...

Rising Sea Levels and Smaller Storms Could Produce Another Sandy-Like Flood Scenario

Almost a year after Hurricane Sandy, parts of New York and New Jersey are still recovering from billions of dollars in flood damage. Tufts ...

Fireman's Fund Announces Vice President of Professional Liability

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Jay Dipasupil as vice president of professional liability. With ...
East

New Jersey Shop Failed Electrical Inspection Before Fire

One of the stores on a New Jersey boardwalk that was destroyed by fire failed an electrical inspection after Superstorm Sandy. Records ...

Some Small Businesses Still Wait for Sandy Grants

A year after Superstorm Sandy sent more than six feet of ocean water into their ice cream store and destroyed everything inside, Brian and ...

Pennsylvania Governor Signs Benevolent Gesture Medical Professional Liability Act

A decade after a back-and-forth legislative battle that saw both doctors and lawyers visiting the state capitol by the hundreds - perhaps ...

'Bus Go Bus' Ordered to Cease All Commercial Vehicle Operations

Philadelphia-based Bus Go Bus, Inc., has been ordered to immediately cease all commercial operations by the U.S. Department of ...
Midwest

Officials Say Nebraska Will Recover From Blizzard

Ranchers in northwest Nebraska fared better than originally thought in the wake of an October blizzard that killed at least 2,200 cattle, ...

Minnesota High Court: Samples in DWI Tests Not Coerced

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a man's claim that he was coerced into agreeing to provide blood and urine samples used ...

Local Fire Departments Receive $33,000 in Grant Funds

Marking $2 million in grants awarded by Fireman's Fund to fire departments in Illinois, the Dolton and Summit Fire Departments are ...

Settlement Nears in Lawsuit Over Missouri Grocery Store Breach

A suburban St. Louis, Mo., grocery store chain has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a computer system breach that ...
Southeast

Florida Appeals Court Lifts Temporary Ban on Auto Law

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday cleared the way for the enforcement of a controversial auto insurance law that backers say was ...

Study Suggests Topography Can Strengthen Tornadoes

The Georgia town of Trenton seems to fit the model. Two people died there about a block from each other. Ringgold, Ga., does, too. Death ...

Grants Announced to Improve Kentucky Railroad Crossing Safety

Projects to improve safety at railroad crossings in 17 Kentucky counties will be helped with nearly $2.2 million in grants announced by ...

Alabama Creates Insurance Research Center

Gov. Robert Bentley is creating a research center at the University of Alabama to address the availability and rising cost of homeowner ...
South Central

CDC Says Stomach Bug Linked to Cilantro, Salad Mix

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says some Texas cases in a severe stomach bug outbreak last summer have been linked to ...

New Website Updates Texas Drought, Conditions

People concerned about the lingering Texas drought have another tool to track water resources. The Texas Water Development Board has ...

Arkansas Nitric Acid Plant Explosion Claims Settled

LSB Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and marketing company, previously reported that it filed an insurance claim for losses and damages in ...
West

California Woman Sues McDonald's Over Coffee Burns

A Fresno, Calif., woman who says she suffered second-degree burns when she spilled hot coffee on her lap at the drive-up window of a ...

Kodiak Takes Part in Mock Tsunami Exercise

Emergency management personnel in Kodiak, Alaska, took part in a drill this week to test their tsunami readiness. The Kodiak Daily Mirror ...

Investigation Reopened in 49ers Stadium Fatality

California labor officials have reopened an investigation into a deadly construction accident at the 49ers Levi's Stadium, the first of two ...
International

Court: Studies Understated Samsung Health Hazards

A South Korean court said studies conducted to evaluate safety at Samsung chip factories failed to fully examine workplace health hazards, ...

Maag to Join AIG as President and CEO of Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region

American International Group, Inc. announced that it has appointed Seraina Maag as the new president and chief executive officer of its ...

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