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May 7, 2012

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Amateur Sleuth Helps Stop National Archives Thefts
May 4, 2012 -- When J. David Goldin saw the recorded interview of baseball great Babe Ruth for sale on eBay he knew something was wrong. There was only one original record of that 1937 interview of Ruth on a hunting trip, and Goldin had donated it to a government ...
2.Florida's Sinkhole Statute Continues to Evolve
May 4, 2012 -- "The head has been cut off the sinkhole monster," said Curtis Hutchins, an in-house attorney for Florida's Citizen's Property Insurance Corp. According to Hutchins, the new sinkhole statute (627.706) that went into effect on May 17, 2011 ...
3.Montana Couple Sues Insurance Broker After $75,000 Claim Denied
May 2, 2012 -- A Helena, Mont., couple that rented a greenhouse to a medical marijuana operation have sued their insurance broker after their insurance company denied a $75,000 damage claim filed following a federal raid of the operation. The Independent Record ...
4.AAA: Inadequate Guardrails at New York Site Where 7 Died
May 2, 2012 -- The section of highway where an accident sent seven members of a Bronx family flying over a guardrail and plummeting to their deaths has narrow lanes, steep hills, tight turns, inadequate guardrails and no breakdown lane, an auto safety group said ...
5.Florida Firm Faces Damages Over Discriminatory Email
May 2, 2012 -- A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company that hires crews for yachts is facing damages after an employee accidentally sent an email to an applicant saying she wasn't hired because she's black and overweight. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that ...
6.Understanding the Right of Reimbursement for Defense Costs When Reserving Rights
May 1, 2012 -- When an insurance company defends its insured under a reservation of rights, the question arises as to whether the insurer has a right to seek reimbursement from its insured for payments made toward attorney's fees and court costs when it is ...
7.More Than 30 Taken to Hospital After Connecticut Concert
May 1, 2012 -- Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton says Western Connecticut State University may want to reconsider hosting "Dayglow'' concerts, after more than 30 people who went to a Friday night show on campus had to be taken to a hospital. University officials told ...
8.Yacht May Have Hit Freighter in Deadly U.S. Crash
May 1, 2012 -- Officials for a yacht race that goes through shipping lanes off the U.S.-Mexican coast said they had few explanations for the deadly crash of one competitor other than a collision with a freighter or tanker that did not see the smaller vessel at ...
9.Bill Aims to Fix Problems with Medicare Set-Asides for Workers Compensation
May 1, 2012 -- The insurance industry is among the business and legal interests applauding legislation to resolve delays and inconsistencies in Medicare's approval process for set-aside funds for injured workers' claims. Medicare requires that funds be set ...
10.Claims Journal 2012 Job & Salary Survey
May 1, 2012 -- Do you want to know how your salary and benefits stack up against your peers? Are you interested in what others consider the biggest challenge facing their claims team? Wondering how others view their performance evaluations? These questions and ...

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