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April 22, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Woman Buys Home for $3,200, Gets $115K Settlement
Apr 17, 2013 -- A woman who bought a 110-year-old home from Kalamazoo for $3,200 has agreed to a $115,000 settlement with the city after she said officials failed to disclose the possibility it contained lead-based paint and blamed the home for her child's elevated ...
2.State by State Look at Driving Rules for Older Drivers
Sep 19, 2012 -- A 50-state look at the varying rules across the nation governing drivers' licenses for older adults. ALABAMA: Licenses are renewed every four years for all drivers, with no additional requirements for older drivers. A legislative committee ...
3.Boston Marathon Bomb Victims May Turn to BAA Insurance, Central Fund for Compensation
Apr 18, 2013 -- 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 will be, whether private donors or insurers will provide most of it, and how long it might take to ...
4.State Farm Names Top Ten States With Most Hail Losses
Apr 18, 2013 -- Wind and hail storms remain some of the most frequent and severe causes of property damage. This year the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) Research Center conducted the first-ever indoor hailstorm, in an effort to research ...
5.Police: Upstate New York Man's Bad Idea Results in Crash
Apr 18, 2013 -- 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 out Tuesday evening when he attempted to drive a 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe to a scrap yard in Jamestown, 60 miles ...
6.Carnival: No Reimbursement to U.S. for Disabled Ship
Apr 15, 2013 -- Carnival Corp. says all maritime interests must assist without question those in trouble at sea, a duty that would not include reimbursing the U.S. government nearly $780,000 for costs associated with the rescue of the crippled Triumph cruise ship. ...
7.Former NFL Player Charged With Insurance Fraud
Apr 15, 2013 -- A former National Football League linebacker is facing charges for what prosecutors say was a $1.5 million scheme to defraud a Sacramento insurance company. The U.S. attorney's office said Friday that 42-year-old Marcus Buckley, who played seven ...
8.San Francisco Cable Car Accidents Costs Millions
Apr 16, 2013 -- In this city of innumerable tourist attractions, the clanging, hill-conquering cable cars stand out as a top draw. The quaint conveyances also stand out for the inordinate number of accidents and the millions of dollars annually the city pays out to ...
9.2013 Hurricane Prediction: 72% Chance on East Coast; 48% for Florida
Apr 11, 2013 -- The Colorado State University team is predicting an above-average 2013 Atlantic basin hurricane season with 18 named storms and a 72 percent chance one will make landfall somewhere along the entire Eastern seaboard. Nine of those 18 named storms are ...
10.Willis North America Launches Claim Closure Service
Apr 16, 2013 -- Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, a global risk advisor and insurance broker, announced the rebranding of its Strategic Outcomes Practice to Risk Control and Claim Advocacy Practice, effective immediately. The rebrand is part of ...

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