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December 5, 2013

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Today's Headlines National When is A Vehicle Considered a Total Loss? When and whether a vehicle involved in a collision is considered to be "totaled" for first-party insurance purposes is an issue of great ... U.S. Senator Seeks Information on Carmaker Efforts to Thwart Hackers A U.S. senator has asked 20 of the world's biggest automakers for information on how they secure their vehicles from cyber attacks, in ... Camry, Impala Lead Their Class in Large/Mid-Sized Vehicle Thefts 2009-2012 The National Insurance Crime Bureau today released another first-edition vehicle theft report; this one on the large and mid-sized ... NHTSA Announces 5-Year Traffic Safety Plan and Guidelines for Older Drivers and Passengers In support of Older Driver Safety Awareness Week (December 2-6), the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety ... More National News East High-Rise Developers Win Court Protection in 9/11 WTC Case A federal appeals court in New York has given developers and builders of high-rises and other buildings added protection from lawsuits over ... New York City Train Derailment Airs Queries About Technology The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is ... AIA Supports Curbing Physician Dispensed Medications in Pennsylvania's Workers' Comp System The American Insurance Association (AIA) submitted a statement to the Pennsylvania House Labor Committee, in support of legislation aimed ... Holiday Lights Rules Irk Upstate New York Business Owners Business owners in Buffalo's popular Elmwood Village shopping and entertainment district say the city is threatening to pull the plug on a ... Landmark Pennsylvania Restaurant to Reopen in 6 to 9 Months The owners of a landmark central Pennsylvania restaurant badly damaged in a fire last month say the business will take six to nine months ... More East News Midwest Immediate Notice Required, Euthanasia Allowed in Equine Mortality Policies The main difference between livestock, or equine, mortality insurance and human life insurance is that a livestock owner, subject to ... 5 Former Kansas City Chiefs Sue Team Over Head Injuries Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even ... Roofing Permits in Hutchinson Return to Normal A surge in demand for roofing permits that began in Hutchinson, Kansas, after a July 23 hailstorm appears to be coming to an end. Nearly ... Kansas Nurse to Repay Nearly $80,000 After Filing Fraudulent Medical Claims A McPherson County nurse who pleaded guilty to six counts of insurance fraud will repay nearly $80,000 in restitution to an insurance ... More Midwest News Southeast Lawsuit Over Mississippi Plane Crash Settled The family of pilot David Duncan, who died in a 2011 when a twin engine Cessna 310 crashed at the Tupelo airport, has settled its lawsuit ... Greenville May Ban Cellphones From Drivers' Hands Greenville, S.C., is considering a ban on any use of a cellphone in a driver's hand. The city has created a task force to look at driving ... North Carolina DOT Closes Bonner Bridge Over Safety Concerns The N.C. Department of Transportation is closing the Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks because of immediate safety concerns. A statement on ... Audit: $48M in Tennessee School District Equipment Missing An outside audit ordered by the Shelby County Schools board shows that $48.4 million in school equipment is missing or unaccounted for in ... More Southeast News South Central Texas Regulators Post Summaries of Property/Casualty Insurance Bills for 2013 The Texas Department of Insurance has posted information and brief summaries of selected bills enacted during the 83rd Legislative regular ... BP, Anadarko Ask Appeals Court to Reverse Oil Spill Decision Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and BP Plc asked an appeals court to throw out a judge's finding that both companies were liable under the U.S. ... Louisiana Coastal Authority Votes to Sue Over Project Costs Louisiana officials could sue in an attempt to force the federal government to pay for certain coastal recovery and levee projects. The ... Texas Mutual Hires Vice President of Loss Prevention Texas Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of workers' compensation insurance, has named Woody Hill its vice president of loss prevention. ... More South Central News West Tahoe Ski Resort Settles Suit Over Chairlift Death A lawsuit filed by a family against a Lake Tahoe ski resort and other companies over the death of a man who fell from a chairlift has been ... Oregon Food Safety Sleuth Praised as Pioneer The first reports of illness trickled in, just as they always do, to the offices of William "Bill" Keene, Oregon's top food safety sleuth. ... 23andMe Faces Class Action Lawsuit in California Genetic testing company 23andMe is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley startup misled customers with advertising ... Worker Presumed Dead in Washington Silo Collapse A worker was missing and presumed dead after a silo collapsed and spilled 50 tons of corn at a facility that was cited this year for six ... More West News International Cyber Experts Uncover 2M Stolen Passwords to Global Web Accounts Security experts have uncovered a trove of some 2 million stolen passwords to websites including Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo from ... Dutch Insurer Achmea to Cut 4,000 Jobs One of the largest insurers in the Netherlands, Achmea NV, says it will cut 4,000 jobs, which represents around 20 percent of its ... Sea-Level Rise Too Fast to Erase Climate Change, Study Says By the time climate change reduces crop yields or frequently floods New York City subways, it will be too late to avert damage without ... Quiet Hurricane Season Will Lower Reinsurance Prices The quietest U.S. Atlantic hurricane season in decades will lead to a low double-digit fall in related catastrophe reinsurance pricing in ... Xchanging Launches Volume Claims Service Offering Xchanging plc, the business process, procurement and technology services provider, launched its Volume Claims Service (VCS) offering. The ... 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