Tuesday 19 March 2013

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March 19, 2013
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National

Federal Appeals Court Denies Chubb's Superfund Subrogation Claim

The U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, affirmed last week that Chubb Custom Insurance Co., part of the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos., ...

Earth's Interior Cycles Contributes to Sea Level and Climate Change

Ancient rises in sea levels and global warming are partially attributable to cyclical activity below the earth's surface, researchers from ...

Chrysler Recalling Dodge Challengers, Tells Owners to Stop Driving

Chrysler Group LLC is recalling 4,459 model-year 2013 Dodge Challenger cars to address a potential short circuit that could cause a fire ...
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East

New Maps Put 33K More New Jersey Homes in Flood Zones

New Jersey's adoption of expanded flood maps in the wake of Superstorm Sandy has put more than 33,000 additional residential buildings in ...

Banks Release $112M to New York Sandy Victims

Gov. Cuomo's administration says banks and mortgage service companies have released $112 million in insurance checks intended for victims ...

Professors Study Storm's Impact on Delaware Coast

University of Delaware professors are researching the impact of this month's winter storm on the coastal geology and marine ecosystems. The ...

Agreement Reached in New Jersey Traffic Cameras Suit

Motorists ticketed by New Jersey's red-light cameras last year moved closer to getting some of their money back Wednesday, with the filing ...
Midwest

Alleged Insurance Fraud Leads to Southeast Missouri Police Chief Resignation

Perryville Police Chief Keith Tarrillion has resigned amid allegations that he falsified a police report in a personal insurance claim two ...

Missouri Mom Sues Landlord Over Fire That Killed 3 Kids

A Springfield, Mo., woman is suing her former landlord over a fire that killed her three children. The Springfield News-Leader reports that ...

BWC Investigations Result in 9 Workers' Comp Fraud Convictions in February

Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer today announced nine individuals were convicted of, or pleaded ...
Southeast

Tornado Debris Study Could Lead to Better Warnings

Photos and momentoes that were snatched up and blown hundreds of miles during tornados in the south of the United States two years ago are ...

Policyholder Returns Claim Money 40 Years Later

Lingering guilt may have been what moved someone who filed an insurance claim 40 years ago to come clean with a Gastonia, N.C., insurance ...

Florida's Insurance Consumer Advocate Hosts Forums to Improve Homeowners Claim Process

Florida's Insurance Consumer Advocate Robin Smith Westcott and Department of Financial Services, Division of Consumer Services is offering ...

Verisk Announces New Florida Sinkhole Location Product

Verisk Insurance Solutions - Underwriting, a unit of Verisk, announced LOCATION Sinkhole Service, which is based on more than 86,000 ...
South Central

Could Global Warming Change Tornado Season, Too?

With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But ...

Increase in Oklahoma Mobile Home Parks Ups Tornado Vulnerability

A new report from Lloyd's of London found that a growing number of Oklahomans are becoming increasing vulnerable to tornadoes, according to ...

3 Homeless Men Arrested in Southwest Arkansas Copper Thefts

Authorities in Little River County have arrested three men who they say are homeless in connection with the theft of up to $200,000 worth ...
West

Wyoming National Forest Fires Last Year Mostly Fault of People

Nearly 90,000 acres burned in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest last year, and officials say most of the acreage charred was burned ...

California Senator Proposes 4 A.M. Last Call for Alcohol

Last call at California restaurants, bars and nightclubs could come later under legislation proposed by a state senator from San Francisco. ...
International

Deaths in Libya From Alcohol Poison Reaches 87

Libya's health minister says the death toll from drinking homemade alcohol that contained poisonous methanol has risen to 87. Minister ...

Death Toll in Mexico Fireworks Blast Rises to 17

The death toll in a gruesome fireworks explosion during a religious procession in Mexico rose to 17, after four more people died of their ...

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