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National

The Underwriting-Claims 'Disconnect' In Casualty Insurance: An ERM Issue?

There are good business reasons why claims and underwriting professionals of casualty insurance carriers don't talk to each other about ...

ImpactWeather: Hurricanes in 2013 Will Be More Severe Than in 2012

Houston-based ImpactWeather predicts that 2013 will bring a series of hurricanes more severe than 2012. In an announcement released by the ...

GM Recalls Some 2013 Buick Encores for Loose Steering Wheel

General Motors Co is recalling a small number of 2013 Buick Encores because the steering wheel could come loose or separate from the ...

AIR Worldwide Announces New Public Risk Services Group

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the availability of Public Risk Services, a new consulting service to support the ...

AMERISAFE Announces Management Changes

AMERISAFE, a specialty provider of hazardous workers' compensation insurance, announced that G. Janelle Frost, currently the company's ...
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East

New Jersey Sandy Victims Moving Into Modular Homes

Mary Brooks' apartment was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy. She spent five months homeless, bouncing between hotels, a friend's house and ...

Forgotten U.S. Airship Crash Recalled 80 Years Later

History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster, but it's not the one people are ...

Police Pursuit Ends With Crash at New Jersey Auto Dealership

Authorities say a man assaulted a woman and stole a car she was sitting in before leading police on a pursuit that ended when he crashed ...

Maryland Army Biolab Reports Flaws in Safety Suits

An Army laboratory says a maker of biological safety suits is redesigning the outfits after workers at Fort Detrick reported an increase in ...
Midwest

Illinois Man Sues Over Alleged Cat Attack

A suburban Illinois man has filed a $100,000 lawsuit over an alleged house-cat attack. The Chicago Sun-Times reports William Baxter filed ...

Nebraska's First Tornado for 2013 Reported

The state's first tornado of the year hit in a rural area of western Nebraska, but officials do not believe the twister struck any ...

Autopsy: Burns Killed Kansas City Restaurant Blast Victim

An autopsy has determined that burns killed the sole fatality victim of a natural gas explosion at a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant. ...

Minnesota Woman Sues Over Object in Orange Juice

A Fergus Falls, Minn., woman has filed a federal lawsuit that claims she was injured by a foreign object while drinking a glass of orange ...
Southeast

Tennessee Officials Want Sinkhole Assessment

Officials in East Tennessee say they want to assess the risk of more sinkholes opening up near one that damaged a school and led to its ...

North Carolina Man Dies While Trying to Steal Auto Part

Cleveland County sheriff's deputies say a Rutherford County, N.C., man has died while trying to steal a catalytic converter from a wrecked ...

Georgia Residents Recall 1973 Tornado That Left Trail of Damage

Like many people who lived in Athens at the time, Anne Shepherd clearly remembers March 31, 1973 - the day the tornado hit. Shepherd, owner ...
South Central

EF-1 Tornado Confirmed in Oklahoma County

The National Weather Service in Tulsa confirms that a tornado touched down near Sallisaw, Okla., during severe storms late Saturday. Tulsa ...

2 Convicted in $17M Medicare Fraud Scheme

Two people have been convicted in federal court in Baton Rouge, La., of running a scheme that defrauded Medicare of $17 million. Louis T. ...

CARSTAR Opens First Location in Plano, Texas

CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts is continuing its aggressive expansion in Texas with the opening of its first location in Plano. Owned by ...

BP Spill Claims Administrator Urges Dismissal of Lawsuit

The administrator of BP Plc's settlement with thousands of people and businesses who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill urged a ...
West

New Mexico Faces Potentially Devastating Wildfire Season

New Mexico is facing a potentially devastating wildfire season this year after experiencing record-setting fires over the past two years. ...

Hawaii Gov: April 2013 is Tsunami Awareness Month

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie plans to issue a proclamation naming April 2013 Tsunami Awareness Month. Abercrombie will hold a ceremony at ...

Washington Couple Must Reimburse State $224K for Workers' Comp Fraud

A Tacoma, Wash., couple received jail time and will have to reimburse the state more than $200,000 after they both filed fraudulent ...

United Heritage Announces Stock Acquisition of Merced P&C Company

United Heritage Financial Group, Inc., based in Meridian, Idaho, and Merced Property & Casualty Company, headquartered in Atwater, Calif., ...
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International

Qatar Delays Airport Opening After Safety Review

The chief overseer of Qatar's new international airport says the opening of the facility has been delayed because of the need to address ...

ACE Completes Acquisition of Mexican Surety Lines Company

ACE Limited has completed the acquisition of Fianzas Monterrey in Mexico from New York Life Insurance Company for approximately $293 ...

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