Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Daily Headlines: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Sponsored by: Windstorm Insurance Conference. January 27-30, 2014. Rosen Shingle Creek. Orlando, FL. Click here for more information.
Claims Journal Daily Headlines
November 20, 2013
News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West

Today's Headlines

National

Behind the 8 Ball

8 Hidden Claims Headaches for Commercial Insurers and How to Cure Them Grabbing the lion's share of an insurer's revenue, claims involves ...

Allstate Data Shows Hazards Hit Close to Home During Holiday Season

New insurance claims data from the Allstate Insurance Company shows an average of 67,500 homeowners insurance claims occur during the ...

Higher Altitudes Result in Reduced Concussion Rates in High School Sports

According to a recent study done by doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, high school athletes who play collision ...

Origins Recalls Face Cream After Some Mold Found

Origins is voluntarily recalling one of its face creams after finding mold in it. The beauty products company said Monday that it found ...

U.S. Safety Agency Opens Probe Into Tesla Fires

The U.S. government's auto safety watchdog is investigating whether Tesla's Model S electric car is vulnerable to fires because roadway ...

ISO Crowe Paradis Announces Launch of Workers' Comp Navigator

ISO Crowe Paradis is introducing a new analytic solution at the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference in Las Vegas. WC ...
East

Delaware Jury Awards $2.4M in Clergy Abuse Case

A federal jury in Delaware awarded $2.4 million Monday to a New Jersey man who claimed he was abused as a boy more than 30 years ago by a ...

New York to Buy Homes in Neighborhood Hit by Sandy

Residents of a flood-prone area battered by Superstorm Sandy are getting a financial lifeline, with state officials announcing a plan to ...

Expenses for Penn State Scandal Near $52 Million

Penn State's costs related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal are nearing $52 million. A university website shows the school has ...

Vermont Police Say Cause Unclear in Waterbury Fire

Vermont State Police fire investigators say they don't know what caused a fire that heavily damaged a building in downtown Waterbury, but ...
Midwest

Thousands of Claims Already Filed After Illinois Storms

Two Illinois-based insurers say they've received about 6,000 claims so far from Sunday's tornadoes and they expect that figure to climb. ...

Illinois Offers Insurance Counseling After Tornado

The state of Illinois is offering free insurance counseling for victims of the tornado that struck the Washington area. The Illinois ...

Governor Adds Another 6 Illinois Counties to Disaster Area

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is adding another six counties to the state's disaster declaration after strong weekend storms blew across the ...

Iowa Seeks to Rein in Use of Speed Cameras

Unmanned "speed cameras" that enforce local speed limits have become a common roadside feature across the United States, but few places ...

Forecasters Say Twister Had Winds of up to 190 MPH

National Weather Service says a tornado that struck the central Illinois community of Washington had winds between 170 and 190 miles per ...
Southeast

Tennessee Focusing on Road Safety

The Governor's Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are reaching out to communities across the state to offer help in ...

Thieves Take $500,000 Worth of Energy Drinks

Thieves took off about $500,000 worth of Red Bull energy drinks from a South Florida warehouse. The Miami Herald reports the theft occurred ...

Man Charged in North Carolina Fair Injuries Cooperating

A thrill ride operator is cooperating with investigators probing a mishap at the North Carolina State Fair that left several people hurt, ...

North Carolina Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Products

A compounding pharmacy in Asheville, N.C., is recalling sterile products because of the possibility of contamination. Nature's Pharmacy and ...
Sponsored by: Service King Collision Repair Centers. We're Fixin' To Do Some Fixing In Tennessee. Click To Learn More..
South Central

NTSB: Oklahoma Senator's Son Noted Engine Trouble

The son of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe reported his small plane was experiencing engine trouble shortly before he died in a crash near ...

State Ties Texas Pharmacy to Bacterial Outbreak

State health officials have connected a Central Texas compounding pharmacy to a bacterial outbreak that sickened 17 patients in Corpus ...

Construction Exec Pleads Guilty in Texas to Fraud

A former executive with a construction firm that specialized in recovery from natural disasters has pleaded guilty in Texas to securities ...
West

FAA, Company Agree to Settlements Over Wyoming Crash

The federal government and a company that provides air traffic control services at the Jackson Hole Airport have entered confidential ...

Damage Claim for Sailboat Sunk by Washington Ferry

The lawyer for a man whose sailboat was hit and sunk in the San Juan Islands by a state ferry says he hopes to settle a damage claim ...

California Jury Finds Kids, Parents Defamed Teacher

A Northern California jury that found three schoolgirls and their parents liable for defaming a Catholic school teacher they branded as a ...

Colorado Mine Accident Kills 2, Injures 20

Authorities are trying to determine exactly what sort of accident occurred in a mine in southwestern Colorado that left two miners dead of ...
International

'Apocalyptic' Storm Floods Sardinia, 17 Dead

The Mediterranean island of Sardinia, prized by the jet-set for its white sand beaches and crystal-clear seas, was a flood-ravaged mud bath ...

Video Shows Near-Vertical Crash of Russian Plane

The grainy airport video is dark, short and chilling. Within five seconds, a dot of light that Russian authorities say is a Boeing 737 ...

Connect with Claims Journal

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn


Claims Journal TV

Video thumbnail

Understanding Equipment Restoration Post Disaster

Amir Rubin, director of equipment restoration at TekPro Global, a division of LWG Consulting,...
Video thumbnail

Donan Component Testing

Donan's compontent testing lab, located in Louisville Kentucky, features 50,000 square feet of...

TV icon Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

Current Issue

Fall 2013
Current Issue

More Newsletters

Choose Newsletters
Enter Your E-mail

How to Advertise

For information about advertising on this newsletter and ClaimsJournal.com, contact Howard Simkin at (800) 897-9965 x162.
View our Media Kit for advertising options in our magazines and online properties.
ClaimsJournal.com
3570 Camino del Rio North, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92108
(800) 897-9965
Copyright © 2013 by Wells Media Group, Inc.

No comments:

Post a Comment