December 7, 2012
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Today's HeadlinesNational BMW Recalls Utility Vehicles for Steering IssueBMW of North America will recall 29,800 X5 utility vehicles with diesel engines to replace an engine part that could break and cause a loss ... El Niño Unlikely Before Northern Hemisphere SpringThe U.S. national weather forecaster said on Thursday the much-feared El Niño weather phenomenon is unlikely to appear before the Northern ... Aetna to Pay Up to $120M to Settle Case Over Payment PracticesAetna Inc on Friday said it agreed to pay as much as $120 million to settle litigation over its practices on the payment of claims for ... Clean Tech Firms Vulnerable to Global Business Risks, Chubb Study FindsMany clean tech companies may not be paying enough attention to managing the risks of sourcing components and sending goods and employees ...  East Fire Damages 12 Homes on New Jersey Shore Hit by StormSince Superstorm Sandy smashed the Jersey shore, owners of flood-damaged homes along the New Jersey coast feared something else might ... Mayor: New York City Working on Storm, Climate PrepMayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City will work on upgrading building codes and evacuation-zone maps, hardening power and ... New Jersey Assembly Examines Post-Sandy Insurance ClaimsLegislators in the New Jersey Assembly will hear about insurance issues cropping up in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The panel on ... Virginia Woman Ordered to Remove Online Review AccusationsA Virginia woman being sued over negative online reviews of a home contractor has been ordered to delete some accusations. A Fairfax County ... Deal Struck on Housing for New York City Storm VictimsSandy victims will be given priority for about 2,500 vacant New York City apartments under a deal struck between property owners and ... FEMA Chief: Sandy Fund Should Last Until SpringThe head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday there's enough money in the government's disaster relief fund for ... Midwest Lawsuit Claims Boy Scouts Failed to Stop PedophileThe Boy Scouts of America and Chicago-area scouting officials failed to protect children from a convicted pedophile, even though he had ... Lawsuits Settled Over Minnesota B&B Fire That Killed 6Wrongful death lawsuits have been settled over a New Ulm, Minn., bed and breakfast fire that killed six people last year. A Brown County ... Illinois Motorists Reminded to Slow Down Around Stranded CarsIllinois State Police are reminding motorists to slow down and exercise caution around vehicle crashes and stranded cars because of the ... Jury Gives $1.6M to Man Disabled by Police CruiserA jury has awarded $1.6 million to a Michigan man who sustained a severe head injury when a Lansing-area police officer crashed into his ... Southeast West Virginia Disaster Victims Have 2 Weeks to Seek AidOfficials are reminding West Virginia residents who had losses during the summer storms that they have only two more weeks to apply for ... Six Schools in Mississippi County Getting "Safe Rooms"DeSoto County, Miss., school officials plan to build safe rooms at six schools that would serve as safe locations during a tornado. The ... Biloxi Residents to Save on Flood InsuranceBiloxi, Miss.' ranking in FEMA's Community Rating System has improved to a Class 5, which for those living in a flood zone means 25 percent ... Local Investigators Learn Fraud Detection as Insurer Sets Car on FireInsurance fraud is the second most costly white collar crime in America (behind tax evasion), with auto insurance scams playing ... South Central 2M Pounds of Explosives Removed From Louisiana SiteState police say workers have now moved about 2 million pounds of explosives that were discovered to be improperly stored at a northern ... Insurance to Pay for New $120M Acid Plant at LSB's Arkansas SiteAn Oklahoma City-based company says it will build a $120 million nitric acid plant at a chemical facility in El Dorado, Ark., that was the ... Judge Tosses Spill Claims Against Dispersant MakerA federal judge presiding over litigation spawned by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill has dismissed all claims against the manufacturer ... West Washington Carpet Installer Who Stole Ring Gets 3 MonthsA Ferndale, Wash., carpet installer who stole and pawned a customer's expensive ring has been sentenced to three months in jail. Superior ... Nationwide Says New Mexico Customer Info CompromisedState officials are warning customers of Nationwide Insurance that their personal information may have been compromised by a computer ... High Water Damages Oregon's Coast Range RoadwayOne victim of the recent storms in Oregon is a stretch of road in the Coast Range expected to be bypassed by the state's most expensive ... International Bangladesh Apparel Factory Fire Reveals Big Brands' Shadowy Supply ChainsSweating and trembling as he fielded questions about last month's killer fire at one of his factories in Bangladesh, Delwar Hossain ... Rare Tornado Kills 3 in New Zealand's Largest CityAn unusually destructive tornado swept through neighborhoods around New Zealand's largest city Thursday, killing three people and forcing ... UK Flood Insurance Losses Hit Five Year High: Aon ReportThe recent flooding the United Kingdom experienced last month, which killed at least four people and damaged more than 1,100 homes, raised ... Connect with Claims Journal
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