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Daily Headlines: Thursday, November 7, 2013

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November 7, 2013
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National

Hoarders Challenge Adjusters, First Responders

According to a fact sheet produced by the International OCD Foundation, 42 percent of hoarder homes had blocked access to a sink, 45 ...

FAA Issues New Airline Pilot Training Rules

The government is issuing new airline pilot training requirements to address safety issues raised by past accidents, including a regional ...

Towers Watson Sells Reinsurance Business for $250M

Towers Watson & Co. said Wednesday that it has completed the sale of its reinsurance brokerage business to Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC ...

IDentity Theft 911 Introduces ID RiskCompass at Privacy XChange Forum

IDentity Theft 911, an identity management and data risk management services, announced a new tool to assess the risk of identity theft: ...

Mitchell Releases Q4 2013 Industry Trends Report

Mitchell, a provider of technology, connectivity and information solutions to the property/casualty (P&C) claims and collision repair ...
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East

Virginia Dive Boat Operator Found Negligent in Drowning

A Coast Guard administrative law judge has found a commercial diving boat operator negligent in a 2012 accident in which a Virginia Beach ...

Vermont School to Host Event to Seek Flood Designs

Vermont's Norwich University is going to be hosting a two-day event to seek ways to make buildings more flood resistant. Norwich ...

Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds $14.2M Verdict Against UPMC

The Pennsylvania Superior court has upheld a $14.2 million malpractice verdict against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the ...
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Midwest

California Men Admit Roles in Kansas Cargo Theft Case

Two California men on Tuesday admitted to taking part in an attempted theft from a Kansas slaughterhouse in which prosecutors say the ...

Iowa City Work Prompts Lower Flood Insurance Rrates

Property owners in Iowa City's 100-year flood plain will get a 15 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums thanks to work on a ...

Ohio Stats Show More Than 5,000 Worker Amputations

Data provided by the state shows that more than 5,000 workers in Ohio have suffered amputation injuries since 2005. The statistics from the ...

Ohio Dump Truck Driver Repays More Than $19,000 in Workers' Comp Benefits

An Ohio man was sentenced and repaid more than $19,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving ...
Southeast

Florida Supreme Court Limits Economic Loss Doctrine to Product Liability Cases

In what will go down in legal history as one of the clearest and most forthright decisions in recent memory, the Florida Supreme Court has ...

Investigation Into North Carolina Air Ride Accident Continues

North Carolina state Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry says the investigation is continuing into last month's ride accident at the State Fair ...

Mississippi County Struggles With Vicious Dog Ordinance

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors is working to come up with language for an ordinance dealing with vicious dogs. The Oxford Eagle ...

Insurance Giant USAA to Add 1,215 Jobs in Florida

Insurance giant USAA will add as many as 1,215 new jobs in Hillsborough County by 2019, one of the area's biggest jobs announcements in ...
South Central

Oklahoma Lawmaker to Refile Earthquake Insurance Bill

Following a rash of earthquakes, a state lawmaker says he plans to file a bill to require insurance companies to notify Oklahomans whether ...

NTSB Faults Parade Plans in Fatal Texas Train Collision

The lack of safety planning by parade organizers and the city of Midland, Texas, was faulted by federal investigators Tuesday in an ...

Four-Year Prison Sentence for San Antonio Woman for Insurance Fraud

The Bexar County 379th District Court recently convicted Lakeisha Stevens of San Antonio, Texas, of a third-degree felony charge of ...

Oklahoma City Hosts 3rd Annual National Tornado Summit

Insurance industry professionals, emergency managers, policymakers and weather experts are invited to attend the 3rd annual National ...
West

Bomb Squad Checks Arizona Property Where Man Wounded

Arizona authorities on Tuesday were questioning the circumstances of an explosion that tore off part of a man's foot after determining the ...

California Utility Fined $8.1M for Substandard Inspections

California regulators have fined Pacific Gas & Electric Co. more than $8 million for a contractor's botched inspections of more than 200 ...

Cirque Temporarily Modifies Vegas Show After Fall

Cirque du Soleil officials say they've temporarily removed the "Wheel of Death" stunt from one of their Las Vegas Strip shows after an ...
International

Windstorm Christian Insured Losses Between EUR 1.5 and 2.3B: AIR

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses from Windstorm Christian (known as St. Jude in the UK) will range ...

International Agencies Warn Against Fake Domestic Appliances and Auto Parts

A group of international partners, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), warned consumers of the dangers associated ...

German Art Hoard Held Unknown Chagall, Matisse

It started with a routine check by German tax inspectors - and resulted in the discovery of an art hoard so vast and spectacular that no ...

Copart, Inc. Acquires Berpa Auto Auction

Copart, Inc., a leading online salvage vehicle auction company, acquired Berpa Auto Auction, Inc., a privately held automotive auction ...

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