Tuesday 27 March 2012

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Claims Journal Daily Headlines
March 27, 2012
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Today's Headlines

National

How to Effectively Use Examinations Under Oath

An examination under oath is one of the most useful tools available to insurers and when done right, can also be a help to insureds. An ...

BMW Recalls 1.3M Cars Worldwide

BMW AG, the world's largest premium carmaker, is recalling about 1.3 million cars for repair worldwide due to a possible problem with a ...

U.S. Regulators Push for Online “Do Not Track” System

U.S. regulators pushed Internet companies on Monday to adopt a "Do Not Track" system that would give consumers more control over their ...

Enservio Appoints Chris Schoettle Chief Operating Officer

Enservio, a provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms to the property insurance industry, announced Chris Schoettle has joined the ...
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East

New Jersey Police Chief On Trial for Insurance Fraud

Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa is on trial. Zisa was suspended without pay in 2010 after he was charged with official misconduct and ...

Sex Abuse Trial Provides View of U.S. Church Practices

A landmark priest-abuse trial opening Monday in Philadelphia may unveil the cryptic operations of the Roman Catholic archdiocese and detail ...

Connecticut Scrap Metal Thief Accidentally Dials 911

Authorities say a Connecticut man accidentally dialed 911 from his cellphone while stealing about 700 pounds of scrap metals. Police say ...

SBA Deadline Approaching for Massachusetts Disaster Loan Applications

The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations of the deadline to submit ...
Midwest

Kansas Theater Suspends Live Performances

A 105-year-old restored theater in north-central Kansas has suspended live performances over concerns about the safety of its curtain ...

Fire at Minnesota Hotel Causes $100,000 in Damage

A fire at a Days Inn Hotel in downtown Rochester, Minn., has forced a two-hour evacuation and caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. No ...

Chicago Man Charged in Deadly Arson

Authorities have charged a 38-year-old man with setting an apartment building fire in Chicago, Ill., that killed a resident. The U.S. ...

13 Residents Displaced by Nebraska Apartment Blaze

Authorities say the storage of combustible items near a furnace likely caused a fire that forced people to flee an Omaha, Neb., apartment ...
Southeast

Intense North Carolina Storms Bring Damaging Hail

Dense hail that fell on parts of North Carolina's western Piedmont region is getting the blame for minor traffic accidents and leaky roofs. ...

Alabama Governor’s Promise to Keep Insurance Rates Down in Limbo

Gov. Robert Bentley has not yet kept a campaign promise he made in 2010 to have the Legislature address the rising cost and declining ...

Mississippi High Court Won’t Rehear Wind vs. Water Case

The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied motions to reconsider its ruling last December that overturned a judgment for an insurance company ...
South Central

Lawsuit Pending on Waste Site in Louisiana

Lafayette city-parish government is facing a lawsuit seeking damages that could climb into the millions of dollars after the council's vote ...

Lockheed Will Pay Millions to Settle Suit

Lockheed Martin will pay $15.8 million to settle a lawsuit that it overcharged the government for tools used on military aircraft programs. ...

Louisiana Swamp Tour Owners Seek Compensation

Iberville and Ascension parishes should compensate the owners of Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours for opening the bayou's floodgate in 2009 and ...
West

New Mexico State University Testing Dust Storm Detection System

A new dust storm warning system is undergoing testing by developers and engineers at New Mexico State University. The state transportation ...

2 Hurt in Charter Bus Fire in Las Vegas

Two people were taken to the hospital after a charter bus caught fire over the weekend in Las Vegas. Clark County firefighters responded ...

Newspaper Raises Questions about Bay Bridge Panel

A report in the Sacramento Bee is raising some questions about the panel that evaluated the work on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay ...

Oregon Home Robbed of Salvage Items After Fire

As if a fire wasn't bad enough, the owner of a southeast Portland, Ore., home says someone broke in and stole nearly everything that had ...
International

Moderate Earthquake Shakes Eastern Turkey

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook eastern Turkey on Monday, demolishing barns and causing some damage to ...

Quake Hits Central Chile

A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck central Chile Sunday night, the strongest and longest that many people said they had felt since the huge ...

Thousands Forced From Homes by Floods in Ecuador

Ecuador's government says floods and mudslides have caused at least 10 deaths so far this year and forced about 4,700 people to flee their ...

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