Monday 11 March 2013

Daily Headlines: Monday, March 11, 2013

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March 11, 2013
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National

Manmade Hailstorm Allows Study of Damage to Residential Home Building Materials

An indoor hailstorm bombarded a full size home inside the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in Richburg, S.C. recently. ...

Bill Review Silos Cost Payers Over $2 Billion

The failure of workers' compensation claims payers to properly audit medical bills for prior approval of treatment is costing upwards of $2 ...

Bumble Bee Expands Recall of 5-Ounce Cans of Tuna

Bumble Bee Foods LLC said it has expanded the voluntary recall on some of its 5-ounce chunk white albacore and chunk light tuna products ...

GEICO Names Seth Ingall Senior Vice President

GEICO named Seth Ingall senior vice president, with responsibility for claims home office, staff counsel, communications and the GEICO ...

IPISC Launches Latest Intellectual Property Insurance Product

Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC) has launched its latest IP insurance product, InventPro Abatement Insurance, ...

Casentric Launches New Liability and Damage Resolution Platform

Casentric, LLC, a provider of intelligent decision-making software for property/casualty claims, announces the launch of CaseXpert, an ...

Rain a Relief for States After Extended Drought

More drought-relieving rainfall is expected from Friday through the weekend in the United States crop belt, which is slowly recovering soil ...

Subaru Recalls Cars That Can Start on Their Own

Subaru of America is recalling more than 47,000 cars and SUVs with remote starters because the engines can start on their own. The recall ...
East

Soldier Re-Enlists at New Jersey Home Sandy Took Away

A couple of days after Superstorm Sandy washed away their childhood home, Army Spc. Brock Vazquez and his stepbrother walked their old ...

New Hampshire Surveys Immigrants on Workplace Safety

New Hampshire's public health director says a new study on immigrants and workplace safety will help inform future health policies and ...

Eastern States Decry Sandy Cuts

Three Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut, New Jersey and New York are voicing concerns about automatic federal budget cuts ...

DWI Charge for New York Man on Stolen Lawnmower

State police looking for a stolen lawnmower in western New York say they found it being ridden by a drunk driver. Troopers say the ...
Midwest

NTSB Issues Recommendations After 2 Accidents

Federal officials say railroad accidents last year in Michigan and Illinois were caused by workers not following required safety ...

Audit: Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Fund Healthy

A new report says Wisconsin's medical malpractice insurance fund is rebounding from a massive transfer and the economic downturn. The ...

Construction Incident Injures Patient at University of Iowa

The University of Iowa has suspended a construction project at its hospital after a concrete panel fell through a window and injured a ...
Southeast

NICB: Suspicious Claims in Florida Rise 22 Percent Since 2010

Describing the insidious activity that comprises all kinds of insurance fraud in terms of the long-term battle that it is, NICB President ...

MetLife to Move 2,600 Jobs to North Carolina From Northeast and California

Insurance giant MetLife Inc. said Thursday it will move 2,600 jobs from offices in four Northeast states and California to lower-cost ...

South Carolina DMV Lifting Drivers' Suspensions This Week

The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is allowing drivers with certain types of suspended licenses to come in this week and apply ...

West Virginia University Researchers Weigh in on Distracted Driving

Two West Virginia University researchers say laws and education efforts dealing with cell phone use while driving aren't having much ...
South Central

Top 10 Stolen Vehicles in Texas in 2011

The 10 most stolen vehicles in Texas in 2011: 1. Ford pickup 2. Chevrolet pickup 3. Dodge pickup 4. Honda Civic 5. Chevrolet Tahoe 6. Honda ...

Texans Love Pickup Trucks, so Do Thieves

What the TV ads touting Texans' love of pickup trucks won't tell you is that so do Texas thieves. Ford, Chevy and Dodge pickups top the ...

Towing Vessel Sinks Near New Orleans

The Coast Guard says it has deployed boom and is monitoring the spot where a towing vessel sank in the Mississippi River near New Orleans. ...

Authorities Suspect Arson in Iowa Jigsaw Puzzle Factory Fire

Authorities are investigating whether arson was the cause of a fire that destroyed a former puzzle factory in Hope, Ark. Authorities say ...
West

Bill Changes Arizona Pro Athletes Workers' Comp

A House committee has approved a bill already passed by the Senate that would bar pro athletes in Arizona from filing for workers' ...

Washington House OKs Compensation for Wrongful Convictions

The state House on Friday approved a measure that allows people who were wrongfully convicted to seek compensation from the state for the ...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Marine

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the owners of an Idaho apartment building and its property management company after an ...

New Mexico Officers Crackdown on Commercial Traffic

Officers with the state Motor Transportation Police say a three-day crackdown on commercial traffic has spurred dozens of citations. The ...

Damages Awarded in Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Hip Implant Case

A jury Friday awarded $8.3 million to a former prison guard who accused Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary of knowingly ...
International

Focus on Sport Concussions Moves to Australia

Concern over sports-related concussions has moved Down Under, where one of the country's top former Australian rules football players says ...

Germany: Fire at Apartment Building Kills 8

An early-morning fire Sunday at an apartment building in southwestern Germany left eight people dead, seven of them children, police said. ...

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