Thursday 18 April 2013

Daily Headlines: Thursday, April 18, 2013

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April 18, 2013
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National

Boston Marathon Bomb Victims May Turn to BAA Insurance, Central Fund for Compensation

Victims of the Boston Marathon bombings will eventually win some kind of compensation, but it is far too early to know how much money there ...

Marathon Officials Know Better Security Difficult

A marathon course runs 42.195 kilometers along an open road. Much tougher to secure than an arena with doors and walls. Yet around the ...

State Farm Names Top Ten States With Most Hail Losses

Wind and hail storms remain some of the most frequent and severe causes of property damage. This year the Insurance Institute for Business ...

The Hartford Names John Kinney Chief Claims Officer

The Hartford has named John J. Kinney chief claims officer and president of Heritage Holdings. In this role, Kinney will lead The ...

Crowe Paradis and PRIUM Form Strategic Alliance

Crowe Paradis Services Corporation (CPSC) and PRIUM have formed a strategic alliance to help the property/casualty insurance industry ...

Carnival Says it Will Pay U.S. for Disabled Ships

Carnival Corp. says it will repay the U.S. government for the costs to taxpayers of dealing with disabling accidents to its Triumph and ...
East

Police: Upstate New York Man's Bad Idea Results in Crash

It turns out coasting an SUV with no brakes downhill to a scrap yard isn't a good idea after all. Police say a 28-year-old man found that ...

New Jersey Will Buy Flood-Prone Homes in '13

New Jersey officials plan to unveil a plan in the next two to three weeks for buying out roughly 1,000 flood-prone homes from owners who ...

Welding Equipment Starts Delaware Garage Fire

Delaware fire investigators say automotive welding equipment started a garage fire that injured a Kent County man. The State Fire Marshal's ...
Midwest

Missouri Sheriff Raises Concerns About Underground Rec Site

An eastern Missouri sheriff is raising safety concerns about gatherings at an old sand mine now used as a recreation complex. The 200-acre ...

96 Fire Departments to Share in $2M Grant Money

Nearly 100 fire departments across Illinois will get a boost with new equipment, protective gear or other tools. Gov. Pat Quinn announced ...

Severe Storms Dump Heavy Rain, Large Hail on Indiana

Severe thunderstorms that dumped heavy rains and large hail on parts of Indiana also produced lightning blamed for house fires and damage ...

Seven Sentenced in Chicago Restaurant ID Theft Scheme

Sentences were handed down against seven defendants who illegally obtained personal banking information from patrons visiting Chicago area ...
Southeast

Georgia's Arson-Sniffing Dog Dies After Illness

Georgia's insurance commissioner says the state's arson-sniffing dog has died. Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said ...

North Carolina Auto Insurance Overhaul Proposal Defeated

An effort to overhaul North Carolina's automobile insurance system has been thwarted in a House committee after Insurance Commissioner ...

Tornado-Damaged Businesses Open Their Doors Again

In keeping with the traditional Mississippi never-say-die attitude, many Hattiesburg area business owners affected by the Feb. 10 tornado ...

Florida's Insurance Consumer Advocate to Host Claim Forum

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

Deadline Looms for Isaac Flood Insurance Claims

A deadline is approaching for Louisiana policyholders to file flood insurance claims over damage from Hurricane Isaac last year. The ...

National Guardsmen to Conduct Earthquake Training

National guardsmen from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Louisiana and Texas are conducting emergency training in Oklahoma to prepare in case a ...

Louisiana Parish Launches New Emergency Alert System

St. Tammany Parish is launching a new emergency alert system that will allow residents to get telephone alerts sent to multiple phone ...

Texas Mutual to Host AASCIF Annual Conference

Texas Mutual Insurance Company will host the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) Annual Conference. The ...
West

Liability an Issue for Colorado Ski Patrols

Colorado ski areas and sheriffs are becoming increasingly concerned over liability for dangerous backcountry rescues outside ski area ...

California Regulators Seek Fine After Disneyland Accident

State regulators want to fine Disney nearly $235,000 for violating safety regulations after a worker was injured at the Space Mountain ...

Family Sues Idaho Mining Company Over Tunnel Collapse Death

The family of a miner who died in a, Idaho tunnel collapse two years ago has sued Hecla Mining Co. 53-year-old Larry "Pete" Marek was ...

Lawsuit Planned in Oregon Hospital Fire

The father of a 12-year-old Klamath Falls girl who was burned in a freak fire at Doernbecher Children's Hospital has hired a lawyer to sue ...
International

Volcanic Japanese Island Hit by Series of Quakes

A strong earthquake and about 20 smaller temblors struck a small volcanic island south of Tokyo on Wednesday, slightly injuring three ...

Boston Bombs Raise Worries for Olympics, World Cup

From London to Sochi to Rio de Janeiro, the deadly bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon raised new concerns Tuesday over safety at major ...

Powerful M7.8 Earthquake Strikes Iran-Pakistan Border: AIR Worldwide

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, just after 3:00 p.m. local time on April 16, a powerful M7.8 earthquake struck a ...

Carnival Cruise to Spend $300M on Ship Safety

Carnival Corp's Carnival Cruise Lines plans to spend $300 million to improve emergency power and fire safety mechanisms following a series ...

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