Thursday 22 March 2012

Daily Headlines: Thursday, March 22, 2012

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March 22, 2012
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National

David Versus Goliath Revisited

What Happens When Small Cars Meet Big Cars on the Road? Small cars have always been with us, but with new incentives driven by the high ...

Hartford Moving Closer to Its P/C Roots But Not Severing All Life Ties

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., under pressure to boost its stock price from hedge fund manager John Paulson, said it would get ...

USFA Releases Latest Report on Residential Building Fire Fatalities

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) issued a special report recently examining the ...

OneBeacon Appoints Maureen Phillips SVP & General Counsel

OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. announced the appointment of Maureen A. Phillips as senior vice president and general counsel reporting to ...

Mariposa Promotes Henry to Vice President of Field Services and Client Relations

Ohio-based Mariposa Insurance Services, an independent adjusting firm managing policyholder claims for insurance companies throughout the ...
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East

N.Y. Unveils Plan to Shut Down Fraud Docs, Medical Mills

Dishonest doctors and medical mills in New York better watch out! Following highly publicized crackdowns of major auto insurance fraud ...

NASA Reschedules Virginia Suborbital Rocket Launches

Bad weather has prompted NASA to reschedule the launch of five rockets from its Wallops Facility in Virginia. The rockets are part of a ...

Couple Accused of Burglarizing 3 Dozen Homes in New Hampshire

Police arrested a man and a woman who are accused of burglarizing about three dozen homes in several New Hampshire towns. Police in Weare ...

Verizon Fined in New York Electrocution Death

Verizon has been fined more than $140,000 for safety violations in connection with the electrocution death of a technician in Brooklyn, ...
Midwest

More Doubts Emerge About Ilinois Prison Guard Comp Claims

Some Illinois prison guards who received workers' compensation settlements had only mild carpal tunnel syndrome in their wrists or similar ...

Mysterious Booms Rattle Wisconsin City

Mysterious underground booms have resonated again in the eastern Wisconsin city of Clintonville. Police dispatcher Tabitha Schoen says it ...

Report Details Michigan Lawmaker Blood-Alcohol Level

Test results say state Rep. Bob Genetski's blood-alcohol level was at a point considered intoxicated under Michigan law about an hour and a ...

Indiana Shifts to Post-Tornado Recovery Phase

The southern Indiana town of Henryville has moved into the long recovery phase from March 2 tornadoes that devastated the community, and ...

Ohio Tops Other States in Metal Theft Claims

A new report says Ohio leads the states in the number of property insurance claims made for the theft of metals such as copper pipes and ...
Southeast

Tennessee Ambulance Equipped to Carry Obese Patients

A fire department in Memphis, Tenn., has added an ambulance that can accommodate patients weighing up to 1,600 pounds. The so-called ...

Alabama City Forms Special Unit to Probe Metal Thefts

Police in Anniston, Ala., say it wasn't hard to spot the stolen aluminum which had been sold to a scrap yard -- the pieces were the in ...

Family Charged in Kentucky Auto Chop Shop Case

An eastern Kentucky couple and their adult son are charged with running an auto chop shop operation. Marty Welch, who is 46, his ...

SBA Offers Disaster Aid to West Virgina Storm Victims

The Small Business Administration is offering disaster assistance to businesses, homeowners and renters affected by recent severe weather ...
South Central

Arkansas Boy Hurt After Fall From Hotel Balcony

Little Rock police say a toddler's fall from a hotel balcony appears to have been an accident. Officers say 1-year-old Braylon Halton was ...

$146,000 in Penalties Proposed Against Louisiana Mill

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $146,000 in safety and health penalties against an Amite, La., steel ...

Former University of Houston Receiver Hurt in Game Settles Lawsuit

Former Houston receiver Patrick Edwards has settled his lawsuit over breaking his leg when he ran into a metal cart during a 2008 game at ...
West

Arizona Insurance Group Worried Bill May Lead to Towing Innocents' Vehicles

A bill to change Arizona's mandatory auto insurance laws to allow law enforcement officials to tow and impound vehicles without liability ...

Arsonist Gets Jail Time in Colorado Museum Fire

A man who admitted setting fire to a historic museum in Frisco, Colo., has been sentenced to three years in community corrections and ...

Measure Limiting Asbestos Liability Clears Idaho Senate

Bottle-cap maker Crown Holdings might want to pop the top off a celebratory bottle, after a bill to limit its asbestos liability in Idaho ...

Cut Wiring Sparked Utah Apartment Fire

Unified Fire Authority officials say a fire that displaced 20 to 30 people in a Holladay, Utah, apartment complex started when electrical ...
International

Celent Survey Forecasts Insurers to Spend $140.6 Billion on Technology in 2012

Global information technology spending by insurance companies is expected to reach $140.6 billion in 2012, an increase of 6.3 percent over ...

7.4 Quake Hits Mexico

A powerful earthquake that shook Mexico from its massive capital to its resort-studded southern coast damaged hundreds of homes and sent ...

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