Wednesday 22 February 2012

Daily Headlines: Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Claims Journal Daily Headlines
February 22, 2012
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National

Claims Journal Magazine Winter Issue Now Available Online

Get ready to be informed, educated, challenged and  entertained because articles from the winter issue of Claims Journal magazine are now ...

U.S. Should Expect Another Above-Normal Tornado Season in 2012

The U.S. should expect an active severe weather season with above-normal tornadoes in 2012. That's after a near-record number of ...

U.S. Regulators Probe Autoliv Airbag Components

U.S. safety regulators are investigating side airbag components made by Autoliv Inc that may fail to inflate during a crash. This year, ...

USAA Announces Executive Reassignments

USAA announced today that Stuart Parker will become USAA's chief financial officer, effective immediately, following the resignation of ...

Chartis’ Claims and Operations & Systems Placed Under Single Management Team

American International Group, Inc. announced that Chartis, its global property casualty business, has placed its claims and operations and ...

Kofax Extends Claims Processing Product to Property Casualty Insurers

Kofax plc, a provider of capture enabled business process management (BPM) products, announced the expansion of the Kofax Claims Processing ...
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East

1 Dead After BMW Crashes Through Restaurant Window

Police say a BMW crashed into a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in suburban Washington D.C., killing the driver and injuring several ...

Crane Owner Faces Criminal Trial in Deadly New York City Collapse

A construction crane owner whose rig collapsed and killed two workers is facing the only criminal trial stemming from the disaster, with ...

Connecticut Seeks to Recapture Role as Insurance Capital

Hartford, Conn., is trying to recapture its status as the nation's insurance capital by drawing in a specialized insurance business that is ...

Police: New York Man Had 22 Stolen Cemetery Vases

Police say a Long Island, N.Y., man has been arrested for possession of 22 bronze vases that were stolen from a cemetery. Suffolk County ...
Midwest

Girl Who Fell 100 Feet From Ride Returns to Wisconsin

A Florida teenager who plummeted 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride 17 months ago has returned to the state to promote an ...

Iowa Woman’s Family Claims Wrongful Death in Crash

The children of a 95-year-old Iowa woman killed with three friends while celebrating her birthday are suing a truck driver blamed for ...
Southeast

Mississippi Bar Owners: Security Guard Proposal Too Broad

Hattiesburg, Miss., nightclub and bar owners say many smaller nightspots would be put out of business by a proposal to require on-site ...

Florida Senator Opposes Proposed Lawmaker Immunity

The incoming Senate president is opposing a proposal that would allow state lawmakers to wrap themselves in absolute immunity from having ...

Cases in West Virginia Music Festival Death Set for Trial

Three lawsuits stemming from a fatal accident at the All-Good Music Festival near Masontown last summer will be tried together in ...

More Than a Dozen Fires in West Virginia Considered Suspicious

Authorities believe more than a dozen recent fires in Huntington, W.V., were deliberately set. State assistant fire marshal Reed Cook says ...
South Central

Liens Can Impede Settlement of Texas Claims

By now, adjusters are aware of Medicare/Medicaid super liens and their effects on potential settlements. But there are two other key liens ...

Train-Related Deaths Remain Steady in Kansas

The number of people killed in train-related accidents in Kansas has remained steady in the past 20 years although there has been a ...

Louisiana Woman Hurt in 2010 Rig Explosion Settles With BP

A Louisiana woman who was a cook on the BP PLC-leased drilling rig that was rocked by a deadly explosion in 2010 has settled her ...

Texas Agency Likely to Cut Water to Rice Farms

Five generations of Ronald Gertson's family have tilled the claylike soil of southeast Texas to grow rice, confident that no matter how ...
West

Wyoming Considers Letting Drivers Exceed Speed Limit When Passing

The Wyoming House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would allow drivers to exceed the posted speed limit by up to 10 miles per ...

Alaska Officials Say Welding Caused Ferry Fire

An investigation report by Alaska's Ketchikan Fire Department says welding accidently caused a recent fire on the Alaska state ferry ...

Cement Worker Dies After Fall in East Denver

Police are investigating the death of a worker in east Denver. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says a cement worker was walking a ridgeline ...

OSHA to Investigate Man’s Death at Phoenix Airport

The Phoenix Office of the Occupational, Safety and Health Administration says it is investigating last week's death of a Mesa man at Sky ...
International

More Bodies Found on Italian Costa Concordia Cruise Liner

Salvage workers have found four more bodies in the submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner, bringing the confirmed number of dead to 21 on ...

15,000 Die Each Year Crossing Rail Tracks in India

A government safety panel says about 15,000 people are killed each year while crossing the tracks in India's mammoth railway network, and ...

Trams Collide in Belgrade Injuring 14

Two trams have collided in central Belgrade, Serbia, injuring 14 people. Doctors say that none of the injuries is life-threatening. They ...

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