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November 26, 2013
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National

A Tip for Organizing Large Loss Reports

Large Loss reports are filled with details, but many of those details are not organized properly, despite the use of subheads throughout ...

Advanced Technology Creates New Data Breach Risks

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse indicates that more than 613 million records have been breached since 2005. The variety of ways ...

RIMS Advocates for Interstate Licensing for Claims Adjusters

RIMS, a risk management society, announced its support for the Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act (CLAIM Act).  ...

Engle Martin Acquires PT&C Forensic Consulting Services

Engle Martin & Associates Inc., a national independent loss adjusting and claims management provider, has acquired PT&C Forensic Consulting ...
East

4 Charged With Stealing Copper From Utility Pole

Police say four people have been charged with stealing copper wire from a BGE utility pole in Odenton, Md., which caused a power outage ...

HM Addresses Workplace Safety Issues with Grant Program

HM Insurance Group provided 15 non-profit organizations across Pennsylvania with grants for equipment and workplace enhancements to improve ...

Federal and New York State Agencies Working to Reduce Employee Misclassification

Officials of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, the New York State Labor Department and the New York State Attorney ...
Midwest

Jury Awards Missouri Worker $28M for Lung Damage

A Laclede County jury has ordered a Missouri company to pay $28 million to a worker who claimed his lungs were damaged at a compressor ...

Longtime Progressive CEO Peter Lewis Dies at 80

Progressive Insurance chairman and longtime chief executive Peter Lewis has died. He was 80. Philanthropic adviser Jennifer Frutchy says ...

Indiana Businesses Work to Recover from Tornadoes

Dan May has already found a location to temporarily set up his law office and his daughter's art gallery that were destroyed by a tornado ...

Medical Care Costs Per Claim for Injured Indiana Workers Higher Than Most States

The costs per claim of medical care to treat injured workers in Indiana were higher than most states and growing rapidly, according to a ...
Southeast

Court to Review Workers' Compensation Appeal

The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a former Ripley alderman who lost both hands after being electrocuted. WTVA-TV in ...

Mississippi Court Upholds Arson, Fraud Conviction

The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Tippah County woman on arson and insurance fraud charges. WTVA-TV in Tupelo ...

Amtrak Crescent With 218 Aboard Derails in South Carolina

Several cars of the New York City-bound Amtrak Crescent carrying 218 passengers and crew members went off the tracks early Monday in South ...

North Carolina Man Arrested for Alleged Insurance Scam

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Edward Freeman, 41, of 642 Edward St., Belhaven; he was charged ...
South Central

Figures Show 12 Other Louisiana Salt Caverns With Thin Walls

At least 12 salt-dome caverns in Louisiana are as close to the edge of their supporting underground formations as the one that collapsed ...

Texas DPS watching for DWI, Violators Over Thanksgiving

Texas troopers will be on the road watching for people driving drunk and other traffic violators during the long Thanksgiving holiday ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Defends School Safe Room Ballot Rewrite

The ballot title for a $500 million state bond issue for school safe rooms was properly rewritten and any suggestion of a Republican ...
West

Plans to Raze Flawed Vegas Hotel Tower on Hold While Claim Investigated

Plans for owners of the CityCenter development to demolish a flawed, half-built hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip have been placed on ...

Dim Traffic Sensors Dull How 'Smart' Freeways Are

California's highways aren't as smart as they used to be. Buried under thousands of miles of pavement are 27,000 traffic sensors that are ...

Newport Beach to Consider Natural Gas Fire Rings

The Newport Beach City Council will weigh whether to install natural-gas burning fire rings on certain beaches as part of a pilot project. ...

FMCSA Orders Phoenix-Based Bus Company Shut Down

Safety investigators for the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have ordered ...
International

Train Smashes Into Homes in Brazil, Killing 8

Officials say a cargo train laden with corn derailed in southeastern Brazil, smashing into houses and killing at least eight people and ...

Burford Capital Gets $40M in New Capital for Litigation Funding

Burford Capital Limited, a global provider of investment capital and risk solutions for litigation, is pleased to announce that the ...

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