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National

Agent Liability for Insurer Insolvency

Agents' errors and omissions (E&O) policies provide protection for agents for certain negligent acts committed in their professional ...

21 States to Consider Electronic Proof of Insurance Coverage Legislation

With almost half of state legislatures in the country likely to consider changing their laws to allow drivers to use their cell phones to ...

Boeing Asks Permission to Conduct 787 Test Flights

US regulators say they are evaluating a Boeing request to conduct test flights of its 787 Dreamliners, which were grounded nearly three ...

Petrelli Named To AMCOMP Board of Directors

Joseph L. Petrelli, president and founder of Demotech, Inc. has been named an alternate on the American Society of Workers Comp ...
East

Central New York Man Sentenced for $1.4M Insurance Scam

A 66-year-old central New York man has been sentenced to 21/2 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million for staging ...

Mold Lurking in Sandy-Damaged Homes

Esther Tauscher stood outside her Staten Island home, leafing through boxes of family photos that had been steeped in storm water. She ...

DOT Releases $2B for Storm-Damaged Transit Systems

The federal Department of Transportation is releasing $2 billion in emergency aid for transit systems affected by Superstorm Sandy. The ...

Maryland Officials Working to Remove Damaged Trees

Officials in Cumberland, Md., say they're removing or pruning more than 50 trees that have either been damaged by storms or are at risk of ...
Midwest

Indiana Judge OKs Class Action Suit Against Recycler

A federal judge has approved class action status for a lawsuit alleging that dust and other emissions from a northern Indiana wood ...

Indiana Middle School to Host Earthquake Drill

Indiana agencies will be visiting a middle school in Indianapolis to demonstrate proper earthquake safety techniques as part of a regional ...

South Dakota City's Firefighters Had Busy Year in 2012

The drought that plagued the Midwest last summer sparked enough grass fires in South Dakota to make 2012 the busiest year the Yankton Fire ...

Fire Departments Can Charge for Medical Response

Harrison County, Miss., supervisors have voted to allow American Medical Response to send a separate bill to patients when city and county ...

South Dakota Lawmakers Look at Teen Driving Safety Measures

A South Dakota legislative panel is looking at a proposal that would prohibit beginning drivers from using cellphones while behind the ...
Southeast

Kentucky Utility to Pay Penalty After House Explosion

A Louisville, Ky., utility has agreed to pay a $125,000 penalty to settle allegations by the Public Service Commission of safety violations ...

Florida Justices Hearing Breath Testing Machine Case

The Florida Supreme Court is hearing a request from three drunken driving defendants for access to software for breath testing machines. ...
South Central

Superdome Officials Worried About a Power Outage

Superdome officials warned just months before the Super Bowl that the venue's electrical system could suffer a power outage and rushed to ...

$3M San Antonio Church Fire Investigated

Federal arson officials now are among nearly three dozen investigators looking into a fire that gutted an historic San Antonio church. The ...

Wright to Retire as Texas Mutual President

Ron Wright, who has served as president and chief executive officer of Texas Mutual Insurance Co. since 2009, has announced that he will ...
West

Former Idaho Insurance Agent Gets Suspended Sentence

A former Farmers Insurance agent from Meridian was sentenced to up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to diverting more than ...

Big Quake Could Cause $30B Damage to Oregon

A state commission says a magnitude 9 earthquake off the Oregon coast and tsunami could cause more than $30 billion damage to the state ...

Washington State Senate Passes Workers' Comp Bills

The Republican-controlled Washington state Senate passed three contentious measures intended to save businesses money by changing workers' ...

2 Oregon Helicopter Executives Indicted in Crash

A federal indictment accuses two men of falsifying the weight and takeoff power of a helicopter that crashed in Northern California more ...
International

UK: Surveillance Devices to Monitor Web Traffic

British intelligence agencies are planning to install an unspecified number of spy devices along Britain's telecommunications network so ...

Horsemeat Scandal Harming Ireland's Reputation

Ireland's prime minister vowed Tuesday to identify who has been putting horsemeat into Irish-produced burgers, a scandal that is casting ...

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