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Today's Headlines National Benefits of Using Structured Settlements in Claims Negotiations At zero expense to the carrier, tax-free, and tailored to fit the needs of the claimant, structured settlements are a powerful tool claims ... UNL-designed SAFER Barrier Key Player in Motorsports Safety Mac Demere watched the car in front of him lose control and veer left toward the inside of the track. He tried to anticipate the car's next ... Women Launch New Legal Salvo Against Wal-Mart Women pursuing discrimination claims against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. filed a reformulated lawsuit against the world's largest retailer, ... More National News East Snow, Wind, Rain Smack Northeast; Cleanup Begins An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking out power to millions and snarling air and ... New York Town Shares Liability in 2005 Dam Break A midlevel New York court says the township that owns and operates a dam shares liability with its contractors for its 2005 collapse. A ... Maryland's Highest Court Rules on Lead Paint Lawsuits Maryland's highest court has ruled that a law giving owners of certain rental properties immunity from personal injury lawsuits based on ... More East News Midwest Insurer Sues Over Collapsed Pool at S.D. Aquatic Center An insurance company is suing the maker of a portable pool to try to recoup money paid out as a result of a collapsed pool at the Mitchell ... N.D. State Worker’s Comp Agency Denies Deputy Claim North Dakota's state worker's compensation agency has denied a death claim filed on behalf of a Burleigh County sheriff's deputy. Bryan ... Nebraska Woman Wins Right to Sue After Elevator Injury A woman seriously injured in a fall down an empty elevator shaft at her workplace can sue a real estate company operated by her employers, ... S.D. Jury: City Owes Couple $126K for Dead Trees A Pennington County jury says the city of Rapid City owes a local couple more than $125,000 for the loss of 42 pine trees that experts say ... Engineer, Insurance Investigator to Probe Mich. Wall Collapse A structural engineer and an insurance investigator will help determine why an 8-foot wall collapsed in a Michigan high school locker room, ... More Midwest News Southeast Police: Fla. Pizza Workers Burned Down Rival Store The battle for pizza supremacy has taken a wrong turn in Florida. Two managers of a Domino's Pizza restaurant in Lake City, in ... West Virginia Board Awarded $2.6 Million in Lawsuit The Charleston Sanitary Board will get more than $2.6 million from a company it had hired to make compost out of yard waste and sewage ... Insurer Trade Group Urges Florida to Curb Auto Insurance 'Fraud Tax' Florida should allow more time for looking into suspicious claims, place a cap on attorneys' fees and more closely regulate medical ... Three Mississippi School Buses Stolen Three DeSoto County school buses were stolen, but school system officials said Friday that the thief returned two of them. The Commercial ... Agency: Corroded Joint Caused Tenn. Plant Collapse Tennessee's workplace safety agency has issued a report faulting construction at the Gatlinburg Wastewater Treatment plant where a wall ... More Southeast News South Central Texas Board Suggests Review of Arson Convictions A Texas commission no longer allowed to investigate a case where death penalty opponents say a man may have been executed based on a faulty ... More DWI Arrests Under La.’s New Police Chief Thibodaux Police have already made 100 drunk-driving arrests this year, four times the number posted in all of 2010. Thibodaux's new Police ... Oklahoma Family Sues Church Over Death in Ring The family of a former University of Tulsa football player who died following an unsanctioned boxing match at a local church filed a suit ... Lee Disaster Declaration for 8 Louisiana Parishes President Obama signed a disaster declaration Friday for eight Louisiana parishes, making federal aid available to governments and some ... More South Central News West Calif. City Struggles to Cope with Possessions of Homeless Everything from toasters to typewriters is piled high on a Skid Row sidewalk in Los Angeles, Calif., under the watchful eye of a woman who ... Truck Fire Damages McDonald’s in Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, authorities say a pickup truck that caught fire in a McDonald's drive-through lane ignited a blaze that caused an ... Skydiver Injured Trying to Land in Montana Stadium Authorities say a skydiver attempting to land in Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Mont., as part of planned festivities before a ... Montana Straw Bale Maze Repaired After Fire The owner of a Bozeman, Mont., straw bale maze that caught fire and burned down says a smaller version of the maze will open Saturday. Dale ... More West News International Powerful Earthquake Hits off Northeastern Taiwan A powerful earthquake has struck off northeastern Taiwan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Taiwan's Central ... Peru Quake Destroys Homes, Injures Dozens Peruvian authorities say 134 homes have been destroyed and 103 people treated at hospitals for injuries in a 6.9-magnitude quake just off ... 2 Seriously Injured in Germany Carnival Accident A woman is in hospital in critical condition and another was seriously injured after a seat broke off an octopus ride at a Bremen carnival ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV The Role of Appliances in Residential House Fires Though the risk of a house fire as a result of a defective appliance has gone down through the... 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October 31, 2011 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Company Health Plans Raising Costs for Smokers, Obese Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a ... Why Real Estate Professionals Need E&O Coverage As real estate professionals know well, most signs point to slow progress in real estate industry growth. Professionals are left to manage ... Aspen U.S., V3 Insurance to Offer Misc. E&O, Optional Premises Liability Program Aspen U.S. Insurance has partnered with V3 Insurance Partners LLC, a managing general underwriting agency, to offer Vantage360 MPL+, a ... Travelers Expanded Event Coverage Protects Investment in Life Celebrations Despite consumers cutting back on many expenses, they are not cutting back when it comes to the events they hold for life milestones,... More National News East Q3 Earnings Report: Selective Posts Net Loss Selective Insurance Group, based in Branchville, New Jersey, reported net loss of $20.1 million for the third quarter. The insurer had ... William Gallagher Settles With Regulators, Will Pay $1.7M Insurance broker William Gallagher Associates Inc. will pay $1.7 million as a settlement with Connecticut regulators over allegations that ... Virginia Farm Bureau Says It’s Peak Deer vs. Car Season The Virginia Farm Bureau is warning motorists to be mindful of deer wandering onto roads and highways, a common hazard during this time of ... Nearly 580,000 Lose Power During East Coast Snow The unusually early snowstorm bringing heavy, wet snow to the East Coast has knocked out power to nearly 580,000 customers. Most are in ... More East News Midwest Insurer Sues Manufacturer Over South Dakota Collapsed Pool Claims An insurance company is suing the maker of a portable pool to try to recoup money paid out as a result of a collapsed pool at the Mitchell ... Nebraska Health Exchange Would Need 83K-100K Enrollees As many as 100,000 Nebraskans would need to enroll in a state-based health insurance exchange before the program could sustain itself as ... ARM of Illinois Adds 100th Member to Public Schools Cooperative Associated Risk Managers (ARM) of Illinois has added Rochelle Community Consolidated School District #231 into the Prairie State Insurance ... More Midwest News Southeast West Virgnia City Wins $2.6M in Engineer Negligence Claim The Charleston Sanitary Board will get more than $2.6 million from a company it had hired to make compost out of yard waste and sewage ... More Southeast News South Central Feds Make Slow Progress on Flood Levee Inventory More than six years after Hurricane Katrina's rampage, authorities have taken only halting steps toward identifying weaknesses in a ... Mulcahy Joins York Risk Services Group as South Central Sales VP Claims administration and risk management services provider York Risk Services Group has added Pat Mulcahy as vice president of sales for ... Tremors in Oklahoma a Reminder to Check for Quake Coverage Recent minor earthquakes have rattled Oklahoma homes and businesses; seven tremors have been reported in the state during the month of ... Insurance Professionals of Katy Aligns with International Association The Insurance Professionals of Katy has affiliated with the International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP) (formerly NAIW ... Farmers Insurance: Nov.1 Will Dramatically Impact Oklahoma Drivers Farmers Insurance is advising Oklahoma residents that a new law, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, will have a significant effect on all ... More South Central News West Judge Blocks San Francisco’s Cell Phone Warning A U.S. judge has blocked most of a San Francisco ordinance that required warnings about cell phone safety risks, saying it violated the ... Mercury Reports Dip in Operating Income in 3Q, Increases Quarterly Dividend Mercury General Corp. (NYSE: MCY) on Monday reported a dip in operating income for the third quarter, and announced a dividend increase. ... More West News International Aon Report on Thai Floods Highlights ‘Extreme Human Suffering,’ Economic Loss’ Aon Benfield has published a highly detailed report on the ongoing floods in Thailand, from their meteorological beginnings - extremely ... UK PM Seeks Law Change to Allow Armed Guards on British Vessels UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to amend British law to allow UK registered vessels to employ armed guards as security, ... Strong Peru Quake Causes Minor Damage, 83 Reported Injured A magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of southern Peru Friday shook buildings in Lima and injured 83 people near the city of ... War Veteran Turned Banker is China’s New Insurance Regulator Xiang Junbo, the man named on Saturday to be China's insurance regulator, recently led the country's third-largest lender from near ... AIR Gives Preliminary Analysis of Peru Quake Losses In a bulletin released shortly after the earthquake in Peru, Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said that "given the relatively sparse ... AIR Worldwide Launches Multiple Peril Crop Insurance Model for China Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that it has released the industry's first Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) ... Third Quarter Earnings Reports: Aspen Insurance, Validus Holdings Combined ratio of 96.7 percent, or 85.5 percent excluding catastrophe losses for the third quarter of 2011, compared with a combined ratio... S&P Upgrades Swiss Re and Core Subsidiaries to ‘AA-’; Outlook Stable Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Zurich-based ... BrokersLink Adds 8 New Members BrokersLink, a major independent international insurance broker network, announced that new brokers had joined the organization in Israel, ... More International News Insurance Journal Blogs It’s Unwise to Pay Too Much, but it’s Worse to Pay Too Little Think... It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money—that is all. When ... More Blogs Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV Intermediary Value The prolonged soft market and tough competition in the property/casualty insurance industry... Watch Now FERMA Growth Assured as Den Dekker Steps Down Peter den Dekker's tenure as president of the Federation of European Risk Management... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv New Discussions in the Forums Chicago IL area insurance agencies who sell TRAVEL Insurance Posted: Mon Oct 31 -- You can look online. I'm certain that there are lots of carriers in Chicago area. troybenning Nursing Home (TX) Posted: Mon Oct 31 -- As some of the comments suggest above the only real way to get a feel for a care home is to visit it and make close inspection. One thing... Jambo86 Attorney considering CPCU- thoughts? Posted: Mon Oct 31 -- I spent this year on education and books like the CPCU which is 5 feet from me right now, was recovered in 8 days of work. But the knowledge... tkishore123 CIC & CPCU at the same time? Posted: Mon Oct 31 -- LMora, while I don't have my CIC yet, I did just complete the CPCU designation. My only word of advice would be this: find a group of people... BrianBaughman Can you get different rates for same insurer? Posted: Sun Oct 30 -- It is rare, but we know of one insurer that is giving a higher discount to high risk properties (such as second homes, mobile homes, etc.)... mgoodfriend Social Media and its potential Posted: Fri Oct 28 -- I started a Facebook page a few months ago for our agency. My boss noted that when a person goes to the page, on the right hand side are a... csrsd Should An Agency Specialize or have a Niche? Posted: Fri Oct 28 -- Yes, I totally agree for an agency to have a specialize field in their agency, because if you don't have anything that is stand out in the... roycheong1031 Insurance for DJ's Posted: Fri Oct 28 -- Well, sure, he does need Liability coverage. What if his equipment that he set up falls and damages a 3rd party's property, or, worse yet,... simiinsuranceguy Android Applications/Insurance Related Posted: Fri Oct 28 -- I have seen some insurance android apps especially for agents but I don't know if it's worth downloading though. Anyone of you have tried... robmejia Go to Forums Reader Comments Florida Man Wins $1M Claim Against South Carolina Lawyer Posted: Tue Oct 25 -- Now that's a true feel good story! Johnny Cockrun Accident Fund Will Cover Comp Claim for Joplin Tornado Survivor Posted: Tue Oct 25 -- Sanity prevails! How refreshing! This poor fellow exposed himself (gosh that sounds wrong) to a higher degree of risk by attempting to save... reality bites Wall Street Protesters Target Health Insurers Posted: Fri Oct 28 -- The hospital closed because it was 1 billion in debt. That would probably mean that the hospital was not able to pay their bills probably... Amazed More Unfit Floridians Have Driver's Licenses Yanked Posted: Tue Oct 25 -- When my Mom was approaching 90 she went to the Ohio deputy registrar office to renew her license. Part of the process is an eye test and she... Waterbug West Virginia Judge Affirms $91M Damage Award Against Nursing Home Posted: Mon Oct 24 -- $91,000,000?? For an 87-YO person? That's a lot of money for pain + suffering + loss of consortium. My parents aren't too much younger so I... reality bites Go to Popular Comments Subscriber Tools Send this to a friend Subscribe Unsubscribe Submit News Contact Us Current Issue Focus on Professional Liability / PLUS, Law Firm Directory, Commercial Property, Insurance Geek Issue - What's New in Technology October 17, 2011 More Newsletters Choose Newsletters Daily Headlines Weekly Reader Picks Magazine Update Insurance Journal TV Classifieds Breaking News MyNewMarkets Daily Claims Daily Enter Your E-mail Market Directories Excess & Surplus Markets Programs Workers' Comp Markets New Insurance Jobs Senior Underwriting Specialist - Inland Marine Wholesale P & C Broker Regional Sales Manager - National Temporay Housing Provider Insurance Training Professional Have a job opening? List it on our Web site. How to Advertise For information about advertising on this newsletter and Insurance Journal magazines, contact Julie Tinney at (800) 897-9965 x148. 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Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly.    Market Directory | Featured Articles | Latest Forums | Ask a Question October 31, 2011 Market Announcements Occupational Accident Insurance Sports & Fitness Insurance is a national underwriting facility specializing in sports & fitness facilities. We underwrite ... States: All states View details Physician Physician Groups: - Physician Staffing - Multi-specialty Groups - ER Groups - Tele-medicine - Anesthesiologists ... States: All states View details Building Materials Dealers Comprehensive coverage for all facets of the forest products industry through insurance agencies and brokers since 1939. Forest ... States: All states View details Apartment Building Owners Residential Property, Commercial Excess, Property. As an independent wholesaler, who acts as a link between retail insurance ... States: All states View details Inland Marine ISO Forms--Manuscript Forms, Builders Risk--Ground up, Contractors Equipment (scheduled, leased/rented)... States: FL, LA, MS, TX View details Feature Articles Travelers Expanded Event Coverage Protects Investment in Life Celebrations Despite consumers cutting back on many expenses, they are not cutting back when it comes to the events they hold for life milestones,... Read more Inconsistency Is the Norm in Construction Liability Coverage In construction liability insurance, there is a great deal of inconsistency in determining whether faulty workmanship is an occurrence. The... Read more Workers' Compensation Market Outlook Still Grim: A.M. Best The U.S. workers' compensation insurance segment continued to face competitive pricing, further rate decreases, weak macroeconomic factors,... Read more Latest Forums What do you do first to get a Good Insurance? If your thinking how to get a good insurance.I think we have to ask others  which company is the best? by slonackey on Mon Oct 31, 2011 Commercial auto carrier including hired physical damage -risk has claims I have an account being non renewed by an admited carrier, American States, due to loss ratio at 75% for the last 3 years. I am ... by klenzi on Fri Oct 28, 2011 Trucking -WC 7219 Need a WC Market- class code 7219 for CA, payroll of $500K.  No PEO.  Let me know if you can write this. by gursikh on Fri Oct 28, 2011 What other websites or apps are agents using?? What apps or websites are beneficial for the P&C industry? Are there any free services that have provided you with the ability ... by ram on Fri Oct 28, 2011 Re: Auto Body & Paint Shop Lessors Risk Only NY (Admitted) Which markets do you have for this class? by Evergreen on Fri Oct 28, 2011 Ask a Question Join the conversation, ask your question to our community of more than 15,000 property casualty professionals. Get started today!   Member Tools Know someone who might be interested in the email? Why not forward this email to a friend. Find exactly what you need. Search our database of more than 700 companies and 22,000 market listings. Login to your MyNewMarkets account. Not a member yet? Sign up now! Connect with MyNewMarkets Click here to forward this email to a friend. MyNewMarkets.com Daily newsletter combines our comprehensive market database with industry and coverage overviews to give agents a deep resource to educate and connect with opportunities. Unsubscribe enquiries673.pheaton@blogger.com from this list. Contact Us: 3570 Camino del Rio N Ste 200 San Diego CA, 92108 (800) 897-9965 Copyright (C) 2011 Wells Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.

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