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April 20, 2012

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Today's Headlines National Oil Spill Fund Audit Finds Underpayments of $64M An audit of the $20 billion fund for paying victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill found "significant errors" that led to about 7,300 ... BP Proposes Gulf Spill Accord Terms, Trial Delay BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and asked a U.S. judge for a ... Allstate Announces March Catastrophe Loss Estimate The Allstate Corporation announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of March 2012 of $190 million, pre-tax, and an estimated $260 ... More National News East New Hampshire Senate Votes to Study Online Driving Issue New Hampshire's Senate has voted to study whether to allow teen drivers to take online driver education courses instead of attending ... Massachusetts Construction Company Sued Over Fatal Highway Accident Yingzi "Sharon" Wang remembers the crushing weight of a backhoe landing on top of her minivan as her family drove along Interstate 495. ... New Jersey Bully’s Paralyzing Punch Nets $4.2M Settlement A New Jersey board of education says it wasn't its decision to enter a $4.2 million legal settlement with a former student who said he ... Car-Lawnmower Accident Kills Virginia College Worker A Patrick Henry Community College employee is dead following an accident involving a car and a riding lawnmower. Media outlets report the ... More East News Midwest Illinois Man Sues Purina in Dog’s Death The death of a 9-year-old Pomeranian from eating a dog treat is hardly "what nature intended," according to a lawsuit filed this week. An ... Michigan Fire Hydrant Water Unexpectedly Flows A construction truck broke a fire hydrant in Grand Rapids, Mich., causing water to gush for several minutes. Grand Rapids public works ... South Dakota Arson Suspect in Van Fires Pleads Not Guilty A 24-year-old Sioux Falls, S.D., man accused of setting fire to three vans and entering two other vehicles has pleaded not guilty. The ... Suburban Chicago Firefighter Charged With Arson Arson charges have been filed against a Will County firefighter and another man who are accused of setting fire to a pickup truck and ... More Midwest News Southeast One Week of Storms Caused 93 Percent of Alabama’s 2011 Insured Cat Losses Almost $3 billion of the $3.2 billion Alabama insurers paid out to their auto, home and business policyholders in 2011 for catastrophe ... Alabama Legislature Approves Tornado Shelter Bill The Alabama Legislature has approved a bill to assign oversight of prefabricated storm shelters to the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. ... Delta to Install Seatbelts on Baggage Vehicles Delta Air Lines Inc. will install seatbelts on its airport vehicles after a baggage handler died last year after being ejected from a ... Ex-West Virginia Nonprofit Director Wins Federal Appeal A federal appeals court says an insurance company should have represented a former director of a West Virginia nonprofit organization in a ... More Southeast News South Central Oklahoma Senate Approves Workers’ Comp Alternative Oklahoma companies would be allowed to opt out of the state's traditional workers' compensation system and instead self-insure or have ... Louisiana Launches Probes of Former State Fire Marshal Louisiana State Police reported  that two investigations are under way of former State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning. While ... Louisiana Companies Cited for Alleged Safety Violations The Labor Department has cited two subsidiaries of a Pineville, La.-based company for alleged safety and health violations. The ... More South Central News West Hawaii Storms Prompts Disaster Declaration President Barack Obama is declaring a disaster for Hawaii, a move that makes federal funds available for emergency work to fix Kauai public ... Idaho Birthing Center Investigated After 3 Deaths The Idaho Board of Midwifery suspended the licenses of a mother-daughter midwife team at a Meridian birthing center that's under ... California Power Company Ordered to Upgrade Helicopter Safety California regulators have warned San Diego Gas & Electric to meet helicopter safety regulations or they'll shut down work on a ... More West News International Report: 12 Injured in Train Accident in Turkey Turkey's state-run news agency says a freighter train has rammed into a passenger train at a train station in central Turkey, slightly ... China Halts Sale of Medicine in Unsafe Capsules Police have arrested 22 people in eastern China on suspicion of producing and selling capsules for medicine that contain excessive amounts ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Vehicle Arson Trends Dave Smith, a retired Phoenix police insurance fraud investigator and certified vehicle fire... Watch Now Annual Live Training Burn Educates Adjusters Pat Andler, a certified fire investigator and owner of Andler & Associates discusses the... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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