Monday 25 February 2013

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February 25, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Must Winter Storms Have Their Own Names?
Feb 22, 2013 -- The creeping acceptance of a mercenary scheme to name winter storms is not among the most important things in the news, or even the weather. But like an ill wind, it carries an unmistakable whiff of chaos and dissipation. The system for naming ...
2.Excess Insurers Prejudiced When There is No Notice of Underlying Suit
Feb 21, 2013 -- When an excess insurer is not given notice of a lawsuit with potential excess exposure, the opportunity to participate in mediation is an important right. Where the excess insurer is deprived of this opportunity, it may be prejudiced as a matter of ...
3.Farmers Group Announces Leadership Changes
Feb 20, 2013 -- Farmers Group, Inc. CEO Jeff Dailey announced several executive leadership team appointments as the Los Angeles based, multi-line insurer group better aligns the leadership team around Farmers core businesses. Mhayse Samalya will become president of ...
4.The Forces Behind Wind and Wave
Feb 20, 2013 -- Superstorm Sandy is poised to become one of the top three most expensive hurricanes in history. With close to 1.4 million claims filed, Sandy is likely to be the third most expensive hurricane in U.S. history in terms of insured losses with 2012 ...
5.Ex-Insurance Adjuster Pleads Guilty
Feb 19, 2013 -- A former insurance claims adjuster faces sentencing in May after admitting to filing false insurance claims to divert more than $400,000 to himself. Thirty-three-year-old Brian Behl of St. Louis County pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud. He worked ...
6.Statistics on Insurers Handling Sandy Flood Claims
Feb 19, 2013 -- The 15 insurers participatin in the National Flood Insurance Program that are handling at least 1,000 claims related to Sandy, the progress they have made in closing claims, and the money they have paid out to date: Company Claims Percent Closed ...
7.Passengers of Stranded Ship Have Little Cause to Sue
Feb 19, 2013 -- After four days on a crippled cruise ship with overflowing toilets, stifling heat and hours-long waits for food, at least one passenger from the Carnival Triumph is seeking legal revenge. But lawyers familiar with cruise ship lawsuits suggest angry ...
8.Nationwide's Live Bedroom Burn Shows Dangers of Alternative Heating Fires
Feb 19, 2013 -- As the bone-chilling cold of winter grips the nation, many Americans take to alternative heating sources to keep their homes warmer and save on expensive heating bills — but families using these heating sources should proceed with caution. On Feb. ...
9.Johnson & Johnson Recalls More Metal Hip Implants
Feb 18, 2013 -- Johnson & Johnson, the subject of thousands of lawsuits stemming from the 2010 recall of its ASR all-metal hip implants, last month recalled a second type of metal hip component that it sold outside of the United States. J&J's DePuy unit ...
10.New Mexico Station Issued Emergency Zombie Alerts
Feb 15, 2013 -- A New Mexico television station sent out an official emergency alert this week warning people that dangerous zombies were attacking. KRQE-TV reports that the KENW in Portales was among several around the country whose emergency alert systems were ...

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