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March 8, 2013
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National

Goodell: NFL 'Can and Must' Make Football Safer

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will continue to do "everything we can" to make football safer. Player safety in the NFL has ...

New Report Shows 81% of Returned Workers Comp Bills Aren't Resubmitted

An analysis of 10,000 returned workers' compensation invoices that were submitted through Acrometis' CLAIMExpert platform highlighted ...

Survey Shows Small Businesses Have Big Data Breach Exposure

Although more than half the U.S. small businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute experienced at least one data breach, only a third ...

Law Change Brings Disaster Declaration for Tribes

President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation Tuesday, making it the second American Indian tribe to receive ...

Marsh Names Mark Walls Workers' Comp Market Research Leader

Marsh announced the appointment of Mark Walls as workers' compensation market research leader within its Workers' Compensation Center of ...

AER Upgrades Respond Products to Improve Hail Claim Assessments

Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), a member of the Verisk Analytics Family of Companies, has upgraded its AER Respond and ...

ACE Appoints Chris Maleno to Lead ACE USA

The ACE Group announced the appointment of Chris Maleno as division president, ACE USA. In this role, Maleno will oversee all operations ...
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East

Penn State Sues PMA Insurance Over Alleged Breach of Contract

Pennsylvania State University on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company (PMA), alleging ...

Fire Causes Extensive Damage at Maryland Oil Company

Investigators are trying to determine what caused a large fire at a heating oil business in Laurel, Md. Prince George's County fire ...

FBI in New Jersey Watching for Sandy Fraud

The FBI in New Jersey is watching to ensure that federal money meant to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy doesn't find its way into the ...
Midwest

Center That Helped Joplin Tornado Victims to Close

A center that helped people left homeless by the Joplin tornado in May 2011 is preparing to close. The Human Services Campus was opened ...

Iowa Jury Finds City Liable to Victim of Squad Car Accident

The city of Waterloo, Iowa, has been found liable of a 2008 squad car accident that left a man paralyzed. A Black Hawk County jury returned ...

Minnesota Hockey Coaches Back Player Safety Measures

Minnesota hockey coaches and officials say temporary rules adopted to make the youth game safer do more good than harm and should be made ...
Southeast

Florida Judge: 104-Week Limit on Temporary Disability Benefits Unconstitutional

A Florida district court judge's ruling that declared unconstitutional a 104-week limitation on injured workers' temporary benefits has ...

Georgia City Makes Plan to Replace Sinking Firehouse

The city commission in Albany this week gave preliminary approval for plans to replace a fire station that's slowly sinking into the ...

West Virginia Senate Bill Limits Nursing Home Liability

The West Virginia Senate passed a bill limiting the amount of money that nursing homes would have to pay if they are sued. The bill passed ...
South Central

Texas Supreme Court Justice Wants Commission on Wrongful Convictions

State Supreme Court Justice Wallace Jefferson says a rash of wrongful convictions in Texas may raise questions about an overall deficit of ...

Fire Danger High in Southwest Louisiana

Dry weather in southwest Louisiana is increasing the danger of wildfires, state agriculture officials say. KPLC reports Calcasieu, Vernon, ...

$1M Award Rejected Over 2011 Arkansas Playground Death

Arkansas lawmakers have rejected awarding $1 million to the family of a 9-year-old killed when an unanchored soccer goal fell on him two ...
West

Ex-Los Angeles Firefighter Sentenced for Fake Workers' Comp

Prosecutors say a Los Angeles city firefighter has been sentenced to probation for filing workers' compensation claims at the same time he ...

Wyoming May Allow Electronic Proof of Auto Insurance

Legislation awaiting Gov. Matt Mead's signature would let drivers use their smartphones to prove they are insured if they are pulled over ...

Montana City Settles With Man Whose Wife Died in DUI Crash

The City of Billings, Mont., has settled a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit filed by a man who argued officers should have arrested a ...

Washington Town Drunks May Pay for Ambulance Calls

About half the 911 calls for an ambulance for an alcohol or drug overdose in Ellensburg, Wash., result in no one going to a hospital. And ...

Oregon Fire & Rescue Seeks Rescue Fees

Oregon mountain bikers now have an extra incentive to be careful in the Ashland watershed. The Ashland Daily Tidings reports that Ashland ...
International

Tsunami-Hit Towns Still Barren as Rebuilding Lags

Like tens of thousands of people who lost everything in the tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coast two years ago, 83-year-old ...

Strong Earthquake Sways Buildings in Taiwan

A strong earthquake has been felt throughout Taiwan, but no casualties or damage has been reported yet. The Central Weather Bureau says the ...

Crawford & Company Agrees to Acquire Majority of UK-Based LWI

Crawford & Company, a global independent provider of claims management solutions, announced that it has agreed to terms to acquire a ...

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