Daily Headlines: Friday, November 30, 2012

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November 30, 2012

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Today's Headlines National Hurricane Center Pushes to Improve Storm Surge Warnings Friday marks the end of an Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season where the greatest devastation was caused by water rather than wind, U.S. ... Judge Allows Civil Suits in Meningitis Outbreak to Proceed A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday allowed civil suits against the pharmacy at the heart of the deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak to ... Repeated Head Trauma Leads to Newly Recognized Brain Disease Reports on the danger of head trauma in athletes and soldiers has pervaded the news in recent years. NFL and NHL player deaths have ... More National News East New York Insurance Association Confirms Swift Insurer Response to Sandy Claims Governor Cuomo announced several regulatory changes today that the New York Insurance Association (NYIA) views as unnecessary. "We agree ... New York Court Rejects Inspector Liability in Capsizing New York's top court has rejected damages claims against state inspectors who continually recertified a tour boat for 48-passenger capacity ... Storm Paid-For Hotel Rooms Sit Vacant in New York City Scores of hotel rooms paid for with public money for people displaced by Superstorm Sandy have been vacant for weeks. The Wall Street ... Science Classroom Explosion Injures 7 Pennsylvania Students Authorities say a small explosion and fire in a central Pennsylvania eighth-grade science classroom required hospital treatment for seven ... Pennslyvania Woman Robbed After Helping Sandy Victim Police say a suburban Philadelphia, Pa., woman who helped a former classmate left homeless after superstorm Sandy got ripped off for her ... Pennsylvania Insurance Department Assumes Regulatory Role for Global Insurer Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine today announced that the department has recently assumed the role of group-wide supervisor for the ... More East News Midwest Children Settle Claim Over Parents' Death in Missouri Fire The four children of a couple killed in a fire at a senior housing unit in St. Joseph, Mo., have settled their claims against several ... Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create Arson Registry Convicted arsonists in Ohio would be required to register with local sheriffs under a bill headed to the governor's desk. The Ohio House ... Michigan Driving Simulator Demonstrates Distraction Hazards Gleishya Morales nearly tore up the track during a recent vehicle simulator exercise on texting and driving at the Monroe Township Fire ... Hackers Get $150K From Wisconsin School District A school district in western Wisconsin says hackers have stolen nearly $150,000 after breaking into its payroll system. A La Crosse Tribune ... Missouri AG Reports $399K Settlement with Auto Warranty Firm Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced a $399,400 settlement with NRRM LLC, a St. Peters-based seller of vehicle breakdown ... More Midwest News Southeast Former Florida State Correction Officer Collected $2.7M in Workers' Comp Fraud David Brownell, a former corrections officer at the Glades Correctional Institution was arrested on a charge of first-degree workers' ... 4 Mines Told They'll Face More Safety Scrutiny Federal regulators have notified four mine operators that they have a potential pattern of violations and will face more scrutiny. The Mine ... Kentucky County Unveiling Flood Signs to Highlight Risks People who visit Frankfort, Ky.'s Paul Sawyier Public Library will soon get a reminder of how high water can rise during a flood. The city ... Charged Exec Cooperating in West Virginia Mine Blast Probe Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men widened their net Wednesday, filing criminal charges ... More Southeast News South Central Tarrant County, Texas, Leads State in Hailstorms: NOAA The residents of Fort Worth, Texas, and its suburbs in Tarrant County share the dubious honor of being the area most pounded by hailstorms ... Firms Partner to Offer Entertainment Insurance in Louisiana, Gulf South New Orleans-based Maginnis Film & Entertainment Insurance Services LLC (MFEIS) and Reiff & Associates LLC announced a strategic partnership ... Kingsway Announces Startup of Louisiana Homeowners Insurance Company Kingsway Financial Services Inc. announced it has completed its formation of Maison Insurance Company, a property and casualty insurance ... More South Central News West Washington Apartment Fire Caused by Blocked Flue A Washington apartment fire that displaced six families was caused by roofers who had covered up a fireplace flue, according to the ... Info May Have Been Stolen From Los Angeles Ambulance Riders Authorities say more than 900 people who rode in Los Angeles Fire Department ambulances may have had their personal information stolen. The ... 2 Arizona Men Arrested in Theft of Copper Wire Two southern Arizona residents have been arrested and charged with stealing copper wire from an abandoned mine shaft. Authorities say they ... California Man Welcomes New Look at Daughter's Death The grandfather of a New York man crushed to death by a car welcomes the interest the homicide case is bringing to the 1991 death of his ... More West News International Freak Tornado Hits Disputed Italy Steel Plant A freak tornado struck a steel plant in southern Italy on Wednesday just days after its owners announced their intention to close what is ... Bangladesh Factory Owner Didn't Know Fire Exits Needed The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an ... Sandy Causes $100M Property Damage in Canada Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports that the estimated insured property damage caused by the recent Superstorm Sandy that hit Ontario ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Disaster Fraud in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Todd Fannin, director of Claims for LexisNexis, provides insight into disaster fraud in the... Watch Now How to Investigate Pipe Freezes Jeff Peters, a professional engineer and vice president of Rimkus Consulting Group explains... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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Daily Headlines: Thursday, November 29, 2012

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November 29, 2012

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Today's Headlines National Can an Italian Court Change the Insurance Landscape in America? Italy's Supreme Court recently upheld a ruling that allowed disability payments to a businessman who claimed his brain tumor was tied to ... Deteriorating Performance Expected in Liability Insurance Industry: Conning The benign period for liability insurance results may have run its course. Current trends in loss frequency, tort filings, and reserve ... BP Suspended From New U.S. Government Contracts BP is being temporarily suspended from new contracts with the U.S. government, the Environmental Protection Agency says. Two weeks ago, BP ... Professional Liability Rates to Increase in Coming Year: Survey Expanding regulatory risks, rate increases and emerging exposures from social media highlight a myriad of current issues facing the ... Fire Suppression Systems Urged in All Cargo Planes Government accident investigators want the Federal Aviation Administration to require fire suppression systems in all cargo planes. The ... More National News East Hoboken PATH Station 'Weeks' From Reopening The rail terminal here is a relic from a different era, old enough to have seen the Jazz Age and the Great Depression, survive two World ... New York Governor Proposes $9B for Storm Damage Prevention Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants huge electrical transformers in commercial buildings hauled to upper floors and wants the ability to shutter key ... Shippers File Lawsuit Over Damaged Moroccan Fruit Delaware officials recently celebrated growing shipments of Moroccan clementines to the port of Wilmington, but it's not always smooth ... Rhode Island Home Repair Program Under Fire Faces New Probe Rhode Island's state auditor general will investigate a home repair program already cited by Gov. Lincoln Chafee's administration for poor ... More East News Midwest OSHA: Swans Blamed for Illinois Man's Death Federal safety officials say the swans were to blame for the death of a Villa Park, Ill., man in April. Authorities say 37-year-old Anthony ... Fargo Man Sentenced for Construction Site Thefts The second of two Farog, N.D. men charged with burglarizing home construction sites has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Forum ... Ohio Man Runs Business While Committing Workers' Comp Fraud A Columbus man has been sentenced for workers' compensation fraud after the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) caught him on camera ... Ohio Work Comp Bureau Launches Online Tool to Assist Employers The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) announced a new online tool that makes it easier for employers to navigate and manage the ... Illinois Woman Arrested for DUI After Drive-Through Stop The late-night wait at a drive-through window apparently proved too much for a southwestern Illinois woman now accused of drunkenly passing ... More Midwest News Southeast Mississippi City Officials in Court on Flood Plain Ordinance Moss Point, Miss., officials hope a city judge will set a court date in December to determine if 47 properties must comply with rules to ... Florida A & M University Wants Hazing Death Lawsuit Dismissed Attorneys for Florida A&M University on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a drum major who died ... Insurers OK to Raise North Carolina Dwelling Rates 13 Percent North Carolina insurance regulators are clearing the largest rate increase in nine years for dwelling policies that cover residential ... More Southeast News South Central Louisiana Cars and Businesses Damaged With Pellet Gun The Lake Charles Police Department says it's investigating reports that 60 vehicles and several businesses were damaged by someone using a ... Louisiana Island's Levee Still Waiting for Repairs Three months after Hurricane Isaac, Louisiana's Grand Isle is still waiting for repairs to the island's levee system. But Grand Isle Mayor ... Lousiana State Police Say Explosives Improperly Stored at Camp Minden State police and Webster Parish sheriff's deputies are at the Camp Minden industrial site in northwest Louisiana, trying to determine how ... More South Central News West California Grocer Not Liable for Selling Alcohol to Underage Passenger in Deadly Crash A grocery store located in northern California isn't liable for selling alcohol to an underage passenger of a driver that killed a teen in ... Survey: Utah Has Lowest Rate of Underage Drinking Utah has the nation's lowest rate of underage drinking, and it's not even close. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health found 14.3 ... Hawaii Will Expedite Roof Inspections Hawaii will conduct roof inspections at state facilities following a collapse at a high school auditorium. The Farrington High School ... More West News International UN Climate Scientist: Sandy No Coincidence Though it's tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was "probably not a coincidence" but an example of the ... Floods in Britain Highlight Insurance Dispute Lynne Jones' cozy bed and breakfast in Britain's Lake District boasts views over the River Greta where heron come to feed, and a panoramic ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Disaster Fraud in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Todd Fannin, director of Claims for LexisNexis, provides insight into disaster fraud in the... Watch Now How to Investigate Pipe Freezes Jeff Peters, a professional engineer and vice president of Rimkus Consulting Group explains... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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Daily Headlines: Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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November 28, 2012

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Today's Headlines National More Businesses Seek Government Flood Insurance After Sandy: Marsh More businesses are expressing interest in purchasing flood insurance coverage from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in the wake ... Researchers Help Address Software Weaknesses Millions and millions of lines of computer software code are written around the world every day, advancing technology but also creating an ... White House Expected to Seek Billions in Sandy Disaster Aid The White House is expected in the coming days to send Congress a multi-billion dollar request to fund recovery from Superstorm Sandy, ... Lynch Named Kemper Property & Casualty Group Executive; Schulte Resigns Kemper Corporation named Denise I. Lynch property & casualty group executive for Kemper Corporation, effective December 1, 2012. She will ... More National News East Fine Lowered Against New Hampshire Brewery in Death A federal agency has agreed to lower fines against a New Hampshire brewery where an employee was killed in a keg explosion. Ben Harris of ... New York City Borough Copes With Sinkholes Residents in Far Rockaway, Queens, are now coping with sinkholes in areas that seemed stable before Superstorm Sandy. The city's Department ... New York Gets $27M to Hire Sandy Cleanup Workers More than 5,000 New Yorkers will be hired for temporary government jobs cleaning up after Superstorm Sandy, officials said Sunday. About ... FEMA Approves More Than $664M for New York Sandy Victims More than $664 million in federal aid has been approved for New York's victims of Superstorm Sandy by the Federal Emergency Management ... Connecticut Archdiocese Sues Insurer Over Misconduct Payments The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford says its insurer has failed to cover more than $1 million the archdiocese paid out in recent ... More East News Midwest Reports Show No South Dakota Holiday Traffic Fatalities State officials say preliminary reports indicate this year's Thanksgiving holiday was the first in a decade without a traffic fatality on ... Defendants Say North Dakota Bar Fight Suit Should be Dismissed The defendants in a lawsuit over a North Dakota bar fight say there's no evidence to back up the complaint and it should be thrown out of ... Rate of Iowa Roadway Deer Kills Declines The rate of Iowa roadway deer kills has declined to figures not seen since the 1980s, and hunters are getting much of the credit. The Iowa ... Cause Uncertain for Southwest Indiana Shopping Center Fire A fire official says arson isn't suspected in a weekend blaze that destroyed a shopping center in southwestern Indiana that included nine ... More Midwest News Southeast OSHA Cites Mississippi Company Following Worker Deaths Mississippi Phosphates Corp. has been cited by the government for 40 safety and health violations following the deaths of two workers in ... Hurricane Katrina Fraud Case Set for Trial in February A Mississippi man is scheduled for trial Feb. 4 on Hurricane Katrina fraud charges. Anthony L. Bryan is charged with fraudulently obtaining ... Officials Checking Kentucky Dam After Earthquake Officials in eastern Kentucky are conducting tests on a dam to see if a recent 4.3 magnitude earthquake centered near Blackey enlarged the ... More Southeast News South Central BP: Many Settlement Opt-Out Requests Weren't Valid Only about half the businesses and individuals who asked to be excluded from a proposed settlement over BP's 2010 oil spill submitted valid ... Suspect Allegedly Steals, Crashes Texas Ambulance Police say a shoplifting suspect in Central Texas has been caught after allegedly stealing an ambulance and crashing at a fast-food ... Audit: Restaurant Inspections Don't Ensure Safety A new audit says Louisiana's Office of Public Health has fallen short in its inspections of restaurants and other retail establishments ... More South Central News West 4 Convicted in California for $154M Medical Insurance Fraud Orange County, Calif., prosecutors say four people have been convicted of crimes relating to a $154 million medical fraud scheme in which ... San Francisco Seeking $1.2M for Costs in Fan Beating San Francisco officials are seeking $1.2 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers to cover the unpaid medical costs for Bryan Stow, a San ... Man Damages Maserati, Mercedes at Utah Dealership A car dealership in Bountiful, Utah, is out thousands of dollars after they say a man kicked a Maserati, a Mercedes Benz and other high-end ... Idaho Officials Fret Over Deer Collision Rise Idaho's wildlife managers are starting to worry about the growing number of collisions involving motorists and deer, elk and moose. Studies ... More West News International Hundreds of Homes Inundated as Floods Sweep Through the UK: AIR According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, heavy rainfall began lashing the British Isles on Thursday, November 22, prompting ... Fire at German Workshop for Disabled Kills 14 Fourteen people were killed and eight injured Monday when a fire broke out at a workshop for disabled people in Germany's Black Forest ... Superstorm Sandy to Cost Reinsurer Swiss Re $900M Reinsurance company Swiss Re estimates that claims stemming from the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy will cost the company about ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Disaster Fraud in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Todd Fannin, director of Claims for LexisNexis, provides insight into disaster fraud in the... Watch Now How to Investigate Pipe Freezes Jeff Peters, a professional engineer and vice president of Rimkus Consulting Group explains... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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Daily Headlines: Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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November 27, 2012

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Today's Headlines National How to Reduce Out of Network Medical Billing Costs Though claimants often have a choice when it comes to medical providers, charges for treating with out-of-network providers can be ... $44M Paid in Nurse Practitioner Liability Claims Over Past 5 Years: Report Nurse Services Organization, a division of Aon Affinity, and their insurance carrier CNA, have released a report containing an analysis of ... Sandy Insured Losses Estimated Between $16 and $22B: AIR Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide now estimates that insured losses from Sandy will be between $16 and $22 billion. AIR estimates ... Study Reveals Offline Methods Are Top Causes for Identity Fraud Claims Despite increased adoption of online shopping, mobile payment and banking apps, offline methods are the top known causes of identity fraud, ... Paul Davis Names Kim Kelley Contents Division Manager Paul Davis Restoration, Inc., a national provider of water, fire and mold damage clean up and restoration services for residential and ... Sandy-Damaged Vehicles Hit 230,000 Mark The current estimate of vehicles damaged as a result of Sandy hit the 230,000 mark as claims processed by insurance companies have been ... United Not Liable for Alleged 9/11 Security Lapse United Airlines bears no responsibility for suspected security lapses at a Maine airport, which allowed hijackers to board the American ... More National News East New York, New Jersey Put $71B Price Tag on Sandy New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy and prevent similar ... Connecticut Police Report 327 Crashes Over Holiday Weekend Connecticut state police say they've responded to 327 accidents, charged 56 people with DUI and issued more than 1,400 speeding tickets ... Vermont Police Department Gets Loaners After Cruiser Fires The Norwich police department is getting loaner cruisers other Vermont law enforcement agencies after all three of its cruisers were ... New Jersey Shore Towns to Get New Flood Maps by 2013 Some residents of New Jersey's coastal towns may soon be required to purchase flood insurance, and not just because of the recent ... More East News Midwest Ohio High Court Says Skiers Assume Ordinary Risks The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that skiers assume the sport's ordinary risks and can only recover damages for collision injuries by ... 2012 Could Be Wisconsin's Warmest Year on Record Wisconsin is on pace to be the hottest year on record. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also reports the forecast for the first few weeks of ... Kansas Co-op Fire Causes Damage to Nearby Buildings An early morning fire that destroyed a northeast Kansas grain cooperative also damaged several downtown buildings and warped Union Pacific ... Fire Destroys Shopping Center in Southwest Indiania Town A fast-moving fire has destroyed nine businesses at a shopping center in the in southwestern Indiana town of Newburgh. Assistant Newburgh ... More Midwest News Southeast NWS: 2012 Below Average Year for Twisters in Alabama Forecasters say 2012 is a below-average year for tornadoes in Alabama, at least so far. While Alabama has 40 tornadoes in an average year, ... 19 Deadly Crashes Reported in Georgia During Holiday Period Georgia law enforcement authorities say 19 fatal crashes occurred in the state during the recent Thanksgiving holiday travel period. ... South Carolina Firm's Vehicle Designed for New Disaster Era A cross between a truck and a boat built by a small South Carolina company is designed to help respond in a new world of increasingly wet ... More Southeast News South Central Historic Oklahoma Building Destroyed in Fire Authorities are investigating after a fire destroyed a historic building in downtown Vinita, Oklahoma. The fire broke out Saturday at the ... Arkansas City Files Suit Over Fire Insurance Money The Arkansas city of Beebe has filed suit against White County over how the county distributes some funding to area fire departments. The ... Judge Rejects Arkansas Man's Claim Over Rice Quality An Arkansas farmer who claimed a supplier sold him inferior rice seed in 2009 was ordered Tuesday to pay for it anyway, according to the ... More South Central News West Wildfires, Hail Take Toll on Colorado Home Insurance Colorado now ranks among the top 10 for the highest share of homeowners insurance claims paid out due to catastrophes. The Insurance ... Montana Counties to Begin Verifying Vehicle Insurance Montana county treasurers will soon begin using a new computer system to verify whether people have liability insurance on a vehicle when ... Salvage Company Says Hawaii Boat Removal Was Tricky Removing a boat that was crushing protected corals in Oahu's Kaneohe Bay turned out to be a tricky process that took days, the salvage ... Auto Burglaries Rise in New Mexico Community Police say they have seen the number of motor vehicle burglaries in the eastern New Mexico community of Portales more than double in the ... More West News International Factory Fire the Deadliest of Many in Bangladesh The fire alarm: Waved off by managers. An exit door: Locked. The fire extinguishers: Not working and apparently "meant just to impress" ... Strong Earthquake Strikes Western China Chinese says a strong earthquake has damaged buildings in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. The magnitude-5.5 quake struck at early ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Disaster Fraud in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Todd Fannin, director of Claims for LexisNexis, provides insight into disaster fraud in the... Watch Now How to Investigate Pipe Freezes Jeff Peters, a professional engineer and vice president of Rimkus Consulting Group explains... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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