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June 3, 2013
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National

How Women Can Rise to Executive Level in P/C Insurance Industry

Networking is the single biggest thing women can do to facilitate their rise up the corporate ladder in the property/casualty insurance ...

Eqecat Agrees to Share Exposure Data Schemas With RMS

Catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat announced that it has finalized an agreement to share exposure data schemas with another major catastrophe ...

How Homeowner Insurance Rates Have Spiked Nationwide

Nationwide, an average homeowner paid $909 for homeowner insurance coverage in 2010, up 36 percent from 2003. Inflation rose 19 percent ...

Burglaries Drop Nationwide According FBI's Latest Crime Report

According to the FBI's Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, the nation experienced a 1.2 percent increase in the number of violent ...

Copart Acquires Salvage Parent, Inc.

Copart announced that it has acquired Salvage Parent, Inc., which conducts business primarily as Quad City Salvage Auction, Crashed Toys, ...
East

$4.3M Settlement Over Fatal Pennsylvania Test Drive

The family of a Pennsylvania man killed during a test drive with an intoxicated salesman has settled a lawsuit for $4.3 million. Former ...

Pennsylvania Bishop Charged With Insurance Fraud

A Philadelphia bishop has been charged with insurance fraud related to water damage that his Pentecostal church sustained. State ...

Vermont Health Department Issues Swimming Hole Warning

This weekend's high temperatures are coinciding with high water around Vermont, and the state's top health official is advising against ...

Connecticut Anti-Distracted Driving Bills Progress

Two bills aimed at combatting distracted driving are progressing through the Connecticut General Assembly. The House of Representatives ...
Midwest

Volunteers Sought for Central Illinois Disaster Drill

Authorities in east-central Illinois are looking for a few hundred volunteers to play the part of victims and bystanders in a disaster ...

New Iowa Flood Board Cancels Meeting Due to Flood

A new board created to help Iowa communities limit flood damage is cancelling an upcoming meeting because of flooding. The Iowa Flood ...

Upper Peninsula Hotel Cleared in Fall During Sunday Brunch

The Michigan appeals court has a message for an Upper Peninsula woman who was injured while carrying a slice of cheesecake - and it's not ...

Pretty But Dangerous Lanterns Banned in Illinois

What goes up must come down - and if it's a floating lantern, it poses a serious danger. That's why the Illinois fire marshal's office has ...
Southeast

Helicopter Maker's Lawyers Say Families Can't Sue

A federal judge will rule in coming weeks whether the families of two Tennessee National Guard members can sue the makers of a helicopter ...

Coastal Homeowners Stagger Under Insurance Cost

When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for ...

Furloughs Among Officials' Storm Season Worries

While urging coastal residents to prepare for the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials said Friday that they were doing what they ...
South Central

Texas Storm Insurance Special Session Possibility

Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he may add reshaping the troubled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to a special legislative session he's ...

Weather Channel Meteorologist Injured in Oklahoma Tornado

The next time meteorologist Mike Bettes talks about the power of tornadoes on The Weather Channel, he can speak from personal experience. ...

Oklahoma Storms Lead to Damaged, Destroyed Homes

Oklahoma officials say powerful storms that rolled through the state and spawned several tornadoes also damaged and destroyed homes in El ...

HSI Seizes $1M in Counterfeit Merchandise From Louisiana Store

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), along with the Louisiana Attorney General's ...

Southport Lane Completes Acquisition of Imperial Fire & Casualty

Southport Lane, a New York City-based private equity firm, announced completion of its acquisition of Louisiana-based Imperial Management ...
West

Western Wildfires Force Evacuation of 1,000 Homes

Fire crews in New Mexico fought two growing wild blazes Saturday that have driven people from their homes and scorched thousands of acres, ...

Insurers Sue Over Los Angeles School Abuse Settlement

Seven insurers have sued the Los Angeles school district to avoid paying a $30 million settlement to 58 alleged victims of child abuse at ...

Montana Couple Appeals Defective Rifle Claim

A Montana couple is appealing a judge's dismissal of their lawsuit against gun manufacturer Remington claiming a 1989 shooting that left a ...
International

Fire at China Poultry Plant Deadliest Since 2000; At Least 119 Killed

At least 119 people were killed by a fire at a poultry processing plant in northeastern China, the nation's deadliest blaze in 13 years, as ...

Quakes Kill 2 in Taiwan, Injure 33 in Philippines

A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least 21 others and causing panicked shoppers to rush out ...

Norway: Cyclist Killed After Falling Into Ravine

Norwegian police say a 48-year-old man died when he accidentally fell 40 meters (130 feet) into a ravine during an amateur bicycle race. ...

Worker in Accident at U.S.-Owned Indonesia Mine Dies

A truck driver who was critically injured in an accident at a giant U.S.-owned mine in Indonesia died Saturday in a hospital. Mine operator ...

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