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November 6, 2013
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National

Seventh Circuit Says Replacement Cost Claim Survives Sale of Property

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a claim for replacement costs under a property insurance policy survives the ...

Carnival Shakes Up Cruise Company Management Team

Carnival Corp. is shaking up its management team in an effort to rebuild its business after a deadly accident and several other mishaps ...

Wealthy Families Have 'Blind Spot' When Protecting Tangible Assets

Tangible assets, such as fine art, wine, jewelry, antiques, sports memorabilia, classic cars and other valuables, have finally been ...

Hot-Air Balloon Rides Come With Risks

Recent data show that helicopter and fixed-wing commercial air tour operations in the U.S. have high crash rates compared with similar ...

GEICO Digital ID Card Provides Proof of Auto Insurance the Smart Way

GEICO announces mobile app providing customers digital access to their policy information. "Offering policyholders digital ID cards on the ...

IDentity Theft 911 Announces New Tools to Assess Small Business Data Breaches

IDentity Theft 911, an identity management and data risk management services, announced two new tools to assess the risks and costs ...
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East

Teen Drivers Getting in Fewer Accidents in Massachusetts

State officials say the number of accidents involving newly licensed teenage drivers has dropped by half since 2007 when Massachusetts ...

Settlement Reached Over Fatal Crash Near Massachusetts Stadium

The parents of a young woman who died in a car crash near Gillette Stadium after drinking in the parking lot during a concert have settled ...

Pepco Donates Smoke Alarms to Maryland County

Pepco is donating smoke alarms to Maryland fire officials in Prince George's County. The donated alarms are being presented to county ...

New Jersey Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Health Claims Fraud

A northern New Jersey chiropractor has admitted he improperly received more than $89,000 by having his staff submit false documentation to ...
Midwest

Family Sues BIA for $2.1M Over South Dakota Jail Death

The family of a man who died after a fall in a jail on an American Indian reservation in South Dakota is suing the federal Bureau of Indian ...

Nebraska Roofing Company Cited in Worker's Fatal Fall

Federal safety authorities cited a roofing company and proposed $70,000 in penalties for a worker's fatal fall from one Omaha roof to ...

Omaha Sends Layoff Notices to 19 Firefighters

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert says the Nebraska city is sending layoff notices to 19 firefighters in an effort to cuts costs. Stothert says in ...

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Warns Consumers About Insurance fraud

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm reminded consumers that insurance fraud affects everyone--and everyone can play a part in ...
Southeast

State Fines Western North Carolina Farm Where Worker Died

A western North Carolina farm where a worker died earlier this year faces an $8,400 fine from the state Labor Department. The Asheville ...

Tennessee Provides Online Access to Crash Reports

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is providing an online option to access traffic crash reports. Through a ...

FMCSA Shuts Down North Carolina Trucking Company

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Cherryville, N.C.-based trucking ...

Frontline Introduces New Bundled Insurance Package for N.C. Coastal Residents

North Carolina coastal residents no longer have to shop for three separate policies to obtain homeowners, wind and flood insurance. ...
South Central

Texas May Declares 'Critical Need' After Storms

The mayor of Austin is declaring a local state of disaster after flooding and heavy storms damaged hundreds of homes in Central Texas. Lee ...

Operator Blamed for Deadly Louisiana Platform Blast

Nearly a year after three Filipino welders died in an oil platform explosion off Louisiana's coast, the federal offshore safety bureau has ...

Texas Agency Approves 10 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers' Comp Claims

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved ten renewals of the Certificates of Authority for ...

Louisiana Auto Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Felony in Workers' Comp Case

Keith G. Dorr Sr., owner of Dorr's Automotive in Slidell, La., has plead guilty to willfully failing to provide workers' compensation ...
West

Vegas Auto Shop Owner Loses Appeal in Scam Case

The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected a Las Vegas auto repair business owner's bid to avoid paying $218,000 in fines and customer ...

Gas Leak Caused Guam Resort Explosion

The Guam Fire Department say a September explosion at a resort that injured two people and led to the evacuation of hundreds of guests was ...

Arizona Legislator Had Close Call in I-10 Dust Storm

An Arizona legislator had a narrow escape on Interstate 10 last week during a dust storm in Pinal County when chain-reaction collisions ...

Workmen's Names Denise M. Tyson President

Workmen's Auto Insurance Company, a writer of nonstandard automobile insurance in California and several other states, named Denise M. ...
International

London P&I Club Says Complacency is Significant Factor in Collisions

The London P&I Club says that a recent analysis of collision cases has highlighted the effect which complacency on the bridge of the vessel ...

Minor Flooding After Tropical Storm Sonia Hits Mexico

Former Tropical Storm Sonia dissipated over the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, but not before causing some minor flooding in ...

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