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National

How Insurers Can Improve Wildfire Risk Evaluations

Wildfires pose significant challenges to insurers. New, expensive homes built in areas encroaching forests, drier weather and the bark ...

Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying

Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. "One day I didn't do something right and ...

Will Dreamliner Drama Affect Industry Self-Inspection?

Eight years ago, U.S. regulators substantially increased their dependence on the aircraft industry to help keep flying safe. The U.S. ...

FDA Launches Series of Meetings on Food Safety Proposals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration kicked off a series of public meetings on Thursday to explain its proposed new rules for improving ...

ISO Enhances Its CGL Program to Address 'BYOB' Establishments

ISO has enhanced its commercial general liability (CGL) insurance program to address exposures for establishments that allow their patrons ...

Trial Plaintiff Says J&J Hips Defective, Company Denies Liability

Johnson & Johnson's DePuy unit was well aware of defects in its all-metal hips when plaintiff Loren Kransky was implanted with one of the ...
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East

Banks Trying to Expedite New York Storm Insurance Checks

The New York Department of Financial Services says five of the state's largest banks and mortgage services will have representatives ...

New Jersey Bridge Damaged in Derailment Will Be Replaced

A movable bridge in New Jersey where a train derailed last year will be replaced. Conrail officials tell the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill ...

Judge Rules Insurer Not Obliged to Cover Sandusky

The insurance carrier for the children's charity founded by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky doesn't have to cover ...

Dismissal Denied in Aruba Missing Woman Suit

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a suit filed by an insurer against a Maryland man jailed over the suspected death of his traveling ...

Massachusetts Consumer Agencies Collect $13.9M in 2012

Massachusetts consumer affairs agencies collected over $13.9 million through awards, settlements, refunds and fines in 2012. The Office of ...
Midwest

Storm Brings Deaths, Travel Problems, Power Losses

A Midwest snowstorm packing heavy snow and strong winds left six people dead in Kansas, hundreds of vehicles crashed or stranded in ...

Two Fired Over Alleged Bus Drag Racing in Iowa

Two school bus drivers in central Iowa have been fired after school officials say they engaged in a drag race while students were on the ...

Ohio Village Devastated by Tornado Looks Ahead

This tiny Ohio River village will mark the anniversary of the devastating tornado that roared through a year ago, damaging nearly ...
Southeast

Alabama Man Sentenced in Money Laundering Scheme

A Pelham, Ala., man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison in a money laundering scheme that involved his daughter as a co-conspirator. ...

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Florida's Citizens

A potential class action lawsuit filed against the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. alleges the company purposefully deprived ...

New Alabama Move Over Law Would Include Trash Trucks

Alabama motorists would have to move over for garbage trucks - as they currently do for emergency vehicles - under legislation being ...

Florida Sinkhole That Swallowed Man Grows Deeper

Engineers worked gingerly to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing the ...

Alabama Looks to Limit Suits for Airbus Suppliers

Alabama officials are trying to cut down on competition from Mississippi and Florida for Airbus suppliers by limiting lawsuits against ...
South Central

Scientists Suspected Cavern Too Close to Edge of Louisiana Salt Dome

Studies of the area where a sinkhole formed last summer in Assumption Parish indicate scientists suspected as early as 1991 that the ...

With Spring Comes Training for Storm Spotters

With spring approaching, so is storm season in Louisiana and Mississippi. National Weather Service meteorologists are out on the road, ...

Settlement Reached in Louisiana Lawsuit Over Light Display

A lawsuit over a Denham Springs, La., woman's light display, which extended a middle finger to her neighbors, has been settled. Final ...

BP Oil Spill Probe Did Not Address Cost Overruns

BP Plc's investigation of its disastrous 2010 Gulf of Mexico blowout did not address the impact of cost overruns on the well, a BP ...
West

Gate Placement a Concern for NASCAR After Crash

NASCAR will look at the placement of gates at its tracks after a Nationwide Series car crashed through the fence at Daytona and injured ...

Helmets Catch on Among Skiers, Snowboarders

When Aymee Kuhlman was growing up, nobody wore helmets while out skiing. But the Corvallis resident makes sure her kids wear head ...

New Drivers Would Have to Know Rail Safety

New drivers would have to know the safety rules involving railroad crossings under a legislative resolution that urges Utah officials to ...

Wyoming Library Loses Over 4K Books in Sprinkler Flood

The Meeteetse, Wyo., library has lost nearly a quarter of its books after its sprinkler system accidentally turned on. The library is ...
International

Southwest China Quake Destroys 700 Homes, Injures 30

A moderate earthquake struck southwest China on Sunday, causing hundreds of homes to collapse and injuring at least 30 people. The ...

Fire Damages High Rise Under Construction in Dubai

Dubai police say a major fire broke out in a  high rise building under construction near the world's tallest skyscraper, but there were no ...

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