Daily Headlines: Thursday, January 31, 2013

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January 31, 2013

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Today's Headlines National NOAA Warns On Storm Surge In case Superstorm Sandy did not convince risk experts that hurricane categories are not useful predictors of potential storm surge levels, ... 2013 Spring Forecast: Six More Weeks of Winter for Northeast AccuWeather issues a spring outlook for the U.S. every year, focusing on the major highlights of the season. AccuWeather's Long-Range ... More Than $13.6M in Fake NFL Merchandise Seized Reporting from the National Football League conference, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton and NFL Vice ... Anthony Canale Joins PPVAR Board of Directors The new PPVAR (Partnership for Priority Video Alarm Response) is pleased to announce that Anthony Canale, vice president of Verisk Crime ... More National News East Family of New York City Ad Exec Files Suit in Elevator Death The family of a New York City advertising executive who was crushed to death in an elevator accident in 2011 has sued the repair company. ... Historic West Paris Building Razed by Fire A West Paris building that burned down this week was once home to the last manufacturer of wooden clothes pins in the U.S. The Penley Mill ... After Sandy, New York City Council Plan Disaster Crime Bill New York City lawmakers are looking to crack down on criminals who exploit disasters to enrich themselves through frauds, burglary or other ... Sandy Aid From FEMA in New Jersey Reaches Nearly $800M The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved nearly $800 million in disaster assistance for Superstorm Sandy survivors in New ... 3 Months After Sandy, Victims Waiting for Relief Three months after Superstorm Sandy, thousands of victims in New York and New Jersey are stuck in limbo. Some are waiting for the heat to ... More East News Midwest Judge Drops Michigan City From Lawsuit Over Marina Death A Michigan judge has dropped Traverse City's government from a lawsuit filed by the family of a young man who died after getting an ... Winds Blamed for Indiana Storm Damage The National Weather Service is blaming straight-line winds and not a tornado for damaging several homes and other buildings in ... Michigan Fire Marshal Urges People to Find Back Exits Michigan's fire marshal has some safety tips for people to remember if they're caught in the sort of fire that killed hundreds of people at ... Ohio Company Gets Safety Citations After Worker Dies The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is citing a southwest Ohio roofing company for two violations after a worker died ... More Midwest News Southeast Trees Down, Outages as Storms Rake U.S. Midsection A large storm system packing high winds, rain and some possible tornadoes tore across several states in the South and central U.S. on ... Atlanta Buildings Getting Carbon Monoxide Detectors The Atlanta Public Safety Committee has voted to install carbon monoxide detectors in all public buildings and schools. WSB-TV reports the ... Coast Guard: Barge Leaked 7,000 Gallons of Oil With more than 50 vessels idled on the water for a fourth day Wednesday, authorities said they still do not know when they will be able to ... More Southeast News South Central Curve Warning Signs Erected at Site of Fatal Crash State highway workers installed 22 new signs warning drivers about dangerous curves on a stretch in La. Highway 44 in southern Ascension ... Next in BP Spill Saga: Civil Trial Worth Billions Now that a $4 billion plea deal has resolved BP's criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearly three years ago, the ... Oklahoma Insurance Department Creates Anti-Fraud Advisory Board Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced the creation of an advisory board to increase the effectiveness of the Oklahoma ... More South Central News West Sand Bags Going Out to Limit Colorado Fire Flooding Hundreds of homeowners living near the Waldo Canyon burn area in Colorado Springs are getting more sandbags to limit flooding this spring. ... Magnitude 5.3 Quake off Oregon Coast A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has been recorded about 170 miles off the southern Oregon coast. The National Weather Service's West Coast and ... Crum & Forster Names George Burr New California Workers' Comp Claims VP Crum & Forster (C&F) named George Burr vice president, California Workers' Compensation Claims.  Burr will manage C&F's West Coast ... Patriot National Appoints McFadden California Regional Vice President Patriot National Insurance Group, a workers' compensation insurance provider appointed Michael McFadden as regional vice president for ... More West News International Brazil Nightclub Owner Blames Inspectors for Fire A lawyer representing the owner of the nightclub in southern Brazil where 235 people died in a fire last weekend says his client "regrets ... Australians Clean up From Floods as Supplies Dwindle Military personnel headed to flood-ravaged northeast Australia on Wednesday to help clean up the sludgy aftermath of floods that damaged ... Captain of Wrecked Costa Ship Contests Firing The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia has returned to court to contest his firing, and says he'll "certainly" take command of a ... Boeing Insurer Says Too Early to Comment on Potential 787 Claims Boeing Co has some insurance in case its aircraft are grounded, but it is far too soon to say whether the problems with the 787 Dreamliner ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV How to Become a Storm Spotter In this interview with Claims Journal, Ken Waters, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the... Watch Now Markel Motorcycle Examiner Races to Win In an interview with Claims Journal, Mark Hoedel, a claims examiner who handles motorcycle... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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Daily Headlines: Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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January 30, 2013

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Today's Headlines National NOAA Exec Outlines NFIP Challenges A mandate prescribed by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform law is a major challenge for a federal weather agency, an executive of ... Coalition Dishonors New Members of Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame A torched office building injures seven firefighters; a nose doctor buys a yacht with insurance money from damaging and worthless ... Survey Reveals Predictive Modeling Important to P&C Insurers Property & casualty (P&C) insurers acknowledged that the capture and transformation of data into useful information has turned into a ... Durable Medical Equipment Fraud on the Rise: NICB Durable medical equipment (DME) fraud could fall between $1.5 and $5 billion in a single year, according to a new report by the National ... Judge Okays BP Plea, $4B Penalty in Gulf Oil Spill A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in ... More National News East NFL Players Union Teams up With Harvard for Injury Study The National Football League players union and Harvard University are teaming up for a $100 million research project aimed at treating and ... Rhode Island Nightclub Owners Still Owe $1M A Rhode Island judge is questioning why the owners of a nightclub where 100 people died in a fire in 2003 still haven't paid a $1 million ... New York City Subway Safety Options Discussed Weeks after two New York City subway passengers were pushed to their deaths in separate incidents, officials on Monday discussed boosting ... New Maps Show 35K More New York City Buildings in Flood Zones About 35,000 homes and businesses in New York City and Westchester County are being added to flood zones under new preliminary federal ... More East News Midwest Minnesota Lawmakers Mull Home Day Care Safety Measures Minnesota lawmakers plan to consider new safety requirements for the state's thousands of home day care providers, including posting ... Missouri Insurance Department Returns Nearly $11M to Consumers in 2012 Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance received nearly $11 million in additional claim payments from ... Ohio Man Guilty of Workers' Comp Fraud Jason O. Klein Coshocton County pleaded guilty to workers' compensation fraud after the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) received ... Ohio Interstate Pileup Will Take Weeks to Sort Out The voluminous accident report on last week's southwest Ohio highway pileup won't be done for several weeks - and it could be years before ... More Midwest News Southeast FDA Warns Florida Company Over Unapproved Flu Remedy Federal regulators say a Florida company has been marketing an untested inhaled formula as a flu remedy in violation of drug safety ... Witness Describes Horrific West Virginia Pipeline Inferno To Sue Bonham, it was as if the world were coming to an end: A wall of flame had suddenly engulfed her West Virginia neighborhood. Amid a ... Police: Copper Thieves Stealing Power Lines in Kentucky Police in eastern Kentucky say copper thieves have been cutting power lines and creating an electrocution risk for themselves and anyone ... More Southeast News South Central Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Rejects State Farm's Rate Increase State insurance regulators have rejected a request by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. to raise homeowners' rates by 16.6 percent. The rate ... Dallas Cowboys to Look at Drunken Driving After Arrests The Dallas Cowboys are looking for ways to improve how the team handles drunken driving in the wake of two high-profile arrests and the car ... After Disasters, Oklahoma County Struggles Against Drought In the gently rolling hills of Oklahoma ranch country is a place that has seen more than its share of destructive weather - tornadoes, ice ... Texas Medical Liability Trust to Provide Free EPL Coverage to Policyholders Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) announced that on Feb. 1, 2013, employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) will be added to all ... More South Central News West Hawaii Home Damaged by 2 Tumbling Boulders Two boulders dislodged during heavy rain tumbled about 20 feet down a Kalihi Valley hillside, damaging a home and narrowly missing four ... Alaska Legislators Consider Short-Term Driver's Licenses The Alaska House of Representatives will consider creating short-term driver's licenses for temporary residents. HB1 would allow the ... Proposal Would Create California Quake Warning System Californians could have critical seconds to seek safety or shut down important systems before the onset of damaging shaking under ... More West News International Toyota to Recall 1M Vehicles for Airbag, Wiper Glitches Toyota Motor Corp will recall nearly 1.3 million cars globally for two separate defects, including 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix ... Focus Turns to Brazilian Club Safety After Fire There was no alarm, no working fire extinguisher, no sprinkler and almost no escape from the nightclub that became a death trap for more ... Floods Associated with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Strike Eastern Australia: AIR Flooding has hit parts of eastern Australia, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes, according to catastrophe modeling firm ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV How to Become a Storm Spotter In this interview with Claims Journal, Ken Waters, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the... Watch Now Markel Motorcycle Examiner Races to Win In an interview with Claims Journal, Mark Hoedel, a claims examiner who handles motorcycle... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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Daily Headlines: Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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January 29, 2013

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Today's Headlines National Airbus Warned of Lithium Battery Risks Airbus warned the airline industry of risks related to lithium batteries almost a year before two safety incidents grounded 787 Dreamliners ... Auto Insurance Policyholders Benefit From Highly Competitive Markets: I.I.I. Highly competitive auto insurance marketplaces are the key to making coverage available and affordable for all drivers, according to the ... CPSC Says 12,200 Specialized Bikes Recalled About 12,200 bicycles made by Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. are being taken off the market because of a problem that could cause ... Higher Hospital Costs in States With Charge-Based Fee Regulations As states across the country debate whether to implement or update a fee schedule, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has ... Employers Names Dwight Robertson Medical Director Nevada-based Employers, a nationwide small business insurance specialist, has named Dwight L. Robertson, M.D. medical director. In this ... CDC Says Salmonella Linked to Ground Beef Sickens 16 in Five States Sixteen people across five states have fallen ill from Salmonella poisoning, several from a raw ground-beef dish served at a single ... More National News East NYPD Says Two Arrested Stealing Superstorm Relief Supplies Police say two thieves have been arrested in New York City for stealing relief supplies intended for victims of Superstorm Sandy. The ... Aging Virginia General Assembly Building Needs Repairs A new report says the aging Virginia General Assembly Building on Capitol Square has asbestos in one tower and multiple fire and safety ... New Hampshire Hockey Referee Sues Over Carbon Monoxide Leak A former ice hockey referee is suing a New Hampshire rink owner over a carbon monoxide leak two years ago that he says made him sick. The ... Maine Man Sues Supermarket Over Tainted Beef A Maine man sickened by a tainted ground beef sold at Hannaford stores is suing the supermarket chain. Kenneth Koehler, who filed his ... More East News Midwest Nebraska Bicyclist Sues Homeowners Over Crash on Trail The past and current owners of a south Lincoln, Neb., home are being sued by a man who was hurt when he crashed his bike on a trail near ... North Dakota Cities Dealing With Busier Intersections Burgeoning North Dakota cities are studying how to handle the congestion and safety challenges that come with busier street intersections. ... Missouri Plans Statewide Earthquake Drill Missouri's disaster management agency is planning a statewide earthquake drill as part of Earthquake Awareness Month. On Feb. 7, more than ... Fraud Concerns Linger Over New Illinois License Law As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous state to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, there are still nagging concerns ... More Midwest News Southeast Public Adjusting Firm Threatens to Sue Florida Blogger A public adjusting firm is threatening to sue a Florida blogger after he claimed the firm's name made it sound like it was a governmental ... State Fire Marshal Probes Georgia Church Fire The state fire marshal's office is investigating a blaze that gutted a church sanctuary in south Macon, Ga. The Telegraph reports that ... Kentucky School Clear of Asbestos Students returned to a western Kentucky elementary school after missing a day of classes while officials searched the facility for ... More Southeast News South Central Police: Dallas Cowboys Ratliff's BAC Twice Legal Limit Police say Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Jay Ratliff had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit the night he was arrested after a ... Court Sentences Texas Woman in Double-Dipping Scam Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Chindra Michael on workers' compensation ... Assumption Parish May Be Site of Sinkhole Hearing The chairman of the Louisiana Senate Natural Resources Committee says he favors holding a joint legislative hearing in mid-February in ... IICF Hosting Black Tie Event The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Texas-Southeast division is hosting a black tie benefit gala, Lone Star Legends, at the ... More South Central News West New Legislation Affects California Contracting Practices The broadly used term "consultant" as it relates to building and construction work has become more clearly defined after Assembly Bill 2237 ... Idaho Woman Still Gets Calls About Freak Accident A freak accident more than three years ago has placed an Idaho woman who was impaled by a tree limb in the national media spotlight. ... Chevron Paid $10M in Claims From California Refinery Fire Chevron Corp has paid $10 million in claims stemming from the Aug. 6 crude unit fire at its 245,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Richmond, ... More West News International Bangladesh Probing if Factory's Exit Was Locked Bangladesh's government is investigating allegations that the sole emergency exit was locked at a garment factory where a fire killed seven ... Several Australian Towns Flooded, 3 People Killed Torrential rain over the weekend flooded several towns in eastern Australia, and three deaths were reported Monday. Downtown businesses in ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Markel Motorcycle Examiner Races to Win In an interview with Claims Journal, Mark Hoedel, a claims examiner who handles motorcycle... Watch Now Sinkhole Investigation and Damage Evaluation In this month's Forensic Guide, Dan Barton, geotechnical division manager at Rimkus Consulting... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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