November 7, 2012
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Today's HeadlinesNational Insurers With the Most Exposure to SandySNL took a look at the top writers of homeowners and commercial multi-peril policies in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and ... Survey Finds Majority of Insurance Carriers View Market as HardeningHas insurance truly entered a long-awaited hard market? Are carriers now in a position to be more selective about the risks they ... Towing Companies Gouging Sandy Victims: NICBThe National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says it is receiving reports of price gouging by towing companies and impound lots in the ... National Homeowners' Insurance Rate Hikes Likely as a Result of SandyAs flood waters from Superstorm Sandy continue to subside, they are causing the opposite effect on homeowner insurance premiums - which are ... Aon Launches New Flood Replacement Coverage ProductIn the wake of Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy, Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the creation of ...  East Sandy Washed Away Contingency Plans Across New York RegionAs Sandy hammered the northeast United States this week killing more than 100 people, contingency plans were washed away and businesses had ... Pennsylvania Man Crushed Clearing Sandy DebrisOfficials say a Pennsylvania man clearing debris from his property following last week's massive storm died when he was run over by a ... Massachusetts Police Probe 'Pay-and-Run' AccidentSalem, Mass., police are investigating after a bizarre fender-bender in the city. Police say a woman told them she was driving on Hancock ... Cuomo: Sandy Damage Makes Upcoming Storm a ProblemGov. Andrew Cuomo warns the nor'easter due to hit New York beginning Wednesday is a serious problem because so many victims of Sandy remain ... Maryland's Online Service Assists Towing Companies with Insurer NotificationThe Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) has launched a new online service to assist Maryland towing companies with notifying ... XL Group Builds Up US Risk Management Talent in New YorkXL Group's U.S. Risk Management business is adding and redeploying talent in its New York office to boost its resources for addressing ...  Midwest 4 Injured Workers Sue Over Collapse at Ohio CasinoFour workers injured earlier this year when a floor collapsed at the construction site of Cincinnati, Ohio's first and only casino have ... Indiana Schools Facing Serious Fire Code ViolationsSchool officials in Gary, Ind., are working to address serious fire code violations found at nearly all of the district's schools. Gary's ... Michigan Officials Want Homeowner to Tear Down PlaygroundThe state wants a West Michigan homeowner to tear down an expansive playground built near his home that encroaches on a right of way for ... Northwest Iowa Derailment Forces Evacuations of 12 HomesA dozen northwest Iowa families are waiting for BNSF Railway crews to finish cleaning up a weekend derailment before they can return to ... Michigan Structure That Caused Flooding May Be Used AgainA Michigan official says a construction device that failed during a dam removal project in the northwestern Lower Peninsula, causing ... Southeast Lawsuit Over South Carolina Revenue Security Breach ExpandedA former state senator expanded his lawsuit Monday over the hacking of millions of South Carolina tax returns to include a separate state ... Court Reverses $1.2M Ruling Against the University of Southern MississippiThe Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled against three former University of Southern Mississippi soccer coaches who claimed sexual ... Railroad Paid $325K So Far After Kentucky DerailmentThe head of the Paducah & Louisville Railway says the company has paid out at least $325,000 in reimbursements so far after a train ... West Virginia Multiple DUI Offender Avoids Life SentenceA West Viriginia man with multiple drunken driving convictions has avoided a life sentence for the latest charges. John David Caldwell ... South Central Falling Trees: Act of God or Covered Event?Although not nearly on the scale of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, Hurricane Isaac caused a surprising amount of damage in Louisiana ... Texas Declares 'War on Hail' with Mitigation SymposiumThe Texas Department of Insurance is declaring "War on Hail" with a symposium to be held in Irving on Nov. 27. The department noted that ... Options Few for People Displaced by Huge Louisiana SinkholeAfter three months living in a hotel while a sinkhole near his home grows and grows, Carl Dugas has realized he won't be moving back. When ... Oklahoma Traffic Fatalities Increased in SeptemberThe Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports the number of traffic fatalities increased in September over September 2011 - but the number for the ... West Insurer Seeks Delay in Landmark Wyoming Hotel Arson SuitAn insurance company is asking a federal judge in Cheyenne to delay a lawsuit over a disputed insurance claim in a 2010 fire that destroyed ... 2012 Fires Burn More Than 1.1M Acres in MontanaMore than 1.1 million acres of land burned in Montana during the 2012 fire season, making it the worst fire season since 1910. However, the ... Surprise Sweep of Washington Work Sites Uncovers Unregistered ContractorsIn the fourth surprise sweep in Washington state since August, construction compliance inspectors with the Department of Labor & Industries ... California Construction Enforcement Project Targets Underground IndustryEarlier this year, California contractors applauded the creation of the Joint Enforcement Strike Force's (JESF) Construction Enforcement ... International Heavy Rains Kill at Least 22 in Southern IndiaA government official in a southern Indian state says heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm have killed at least 22 people in the past ... 2013 Will Be Tough for Insurance Sector: OvumContinued economic pressure will force the insurance industry to take a more innovative approach to the role technology plays in their ... Connect with Claims Journal
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