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April 8, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.The Underwriting-Claims 'Disconnect' In Casualty Insurance: An ERM Issue?
Apr 2, 2013 -- There are good business reasons why claims and underwriting professionals of casualty insurance carriers don't talk to each other about claim denials, underwriting executives said last week, with one offering enterprise risk management as part of ...
2.Experts Urge Jamaica to Prepare for Big Quake
Apr 1, 2013 -- A U.S. seismic expert on Wednesday urged authorities in Jamaica to start long-term efforts to prepare for another major earthquake on the island, where the seaside capital was mostly destroyed by a big temblor just over a century ago. It's ...
3.Top 10 Driving Distractions Involved in Fatal Car Crashes
Apr 4, 2013 -- Of the more than 65,000 people killed in car crashes over the past two years, one in 10 were in crashes where at least one of the drivers was distracted. That's according to police report data analyzed by Erie Insurance in the Fatality Analysis ...
4.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 ...
5.Reports of Hospital Mistakes Now Available Online
Apr 3, 2013 -- At St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, employees failed to notice that a cleaning machine was accidentally reprogrammed to leave out the disinfection cycle. Eighteen patients received colonoscopies with scopes that had been only rinsed with water ...
6.Forecast: Active Hurricane Season Forecast
Apr 1, 2013 -- Forecaster William Gray says he expects a very active hurricane season, but he's not yet giving likely numbers of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes. Gray told hundreds of people at the National Hurricane Conference on Thursday that the ...
7.ISO's Commercial General Liability Coverage Form Changes
Mar 27, 2013 -- Insurance Services Office's (ISO's) four major filings in Commercial Property, Business Auto, Businessowners Coverage, and Commercial General Liability (CGL) make 2013 a big year for insurance professionals. The next two articles focus on the ...
8.Property Claims Customer Satisfaction Remains High: Study
Apr 1, 2013 -- Following two of the worst years of natural catastrophic event property claim settlements in the history of the United States, overall customer satisfaction with the property claims experience remains high, according to the J.D. Power and Associates ...
9.Illinois Man Sues Over Alleged Cat Attack
Apr 2, 2013 -- A suburban Illinois man has filed a $100,000 lawsuit over an alleged house-cat attack. The Chicago Sun-Times reports William Baxter filed the suit recently in Will County Circuit Court. He alleges the feline "viciously attacked, bit and clawed'' him ...
10.Expert Shares Tips on Successfully Mediating Claims
Apr 3, 2013 -- James Curry, a presenter at this year's Combined Claims Conference in Long Beach, Calif., practiced in-house insurance defense work for 35 years and recently started his own mediation practice based in the San Fernando Valley. In an interview with ...

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