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July 12, 2013

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Today's Headlines National Tarullo Says Fed Restrained to Bank-Based Approach for Insurers The Federal Reserve is working to modify a bank-based capital model to cover insurance companies as much as they can under Dodd-Frank Act ... Vice President Says China Cyber Theft Must Stop Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that China's rise is good for the U.S. and the world but its theft of U.S intellectual property ... Crawford Educational Services Launches Online Learning Center for IAIP Crawford Educational Services, providing insurance industry training for more than 60 years, has launched an online learning center using ... Report: Climate Change Causing Energy Disruptions Climate change and extreme weather already are causing disruptions in the U.S. energy supply that are likely to worsen as more intense ... AIG Obtains $125 Million of Five-Year Indemnity Reinsurance Coverage AIG announced that it has entered into a five-year reinsurance transaction with Tradewynd Re Ltd., which will provide $125 million of ... Linn Named President Of Contego Services Group Jason P. Linn has been named president of Contego Services Group, an insurance and risk management services provider. Linn, who previously ... More National News East Rhode Island Plans Crackdown on Uninsured Drivers Rhode Island officials are planning a crackdown on drivers whose vehicles aren't insured. Lawmakers have sent a bill to Gov. Lincoln Chafee ... Flood Damage in New Hampshire County Estimated at $3.5M Officials in New Hampshire's Grafton County estimate damages to be at least $3.5 million from flash flooding this summer. Federal officials ... Witness: Collapsed New Jersey Train Bridge Problem-Plagued Conrail had many more reports of problems with a railroad bridge in Paulsboro, N.J., prior to its collapse than the company has disclosed ... New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors to Drug Abuse The buzz came mostly by word-of-mouth but also from flyers circulated among New Jersey's homeless Medicaid recipients and drug addicts. It ... GEICO to Host Job Fairs for Auto Damage Adjusters GEICO is planning two job fairs in Pennsylvania for auto damage adjusters: Tuesday, July 16: Double Tree Hotel in Green Tree, located at ... More East News Midwest Kansas Insurance Chief Fills Consumer Division Spots Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has promoted three employees of her office's Consumer Assistance Division to new supervisory ... North Dakota Judge Awards $9.6M in Wrongful Death Suit A North Dakota judge has awarded $9.6 million to the family of a Fargo dentist who was killed in a murder-for-hire scheme. The brother of ... OSHA Investigates 3 Workplace Deaths in Western North Dakota The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating three workplace deaths in western North Dakota. Mountrail County Sheriff ... Michigan Officials Say Covered Wooden Bridge Could Cost $850K to Rebuild Officials say it could cost $850,000 or more to rebuild after a fire destroyed one of Michigan's oldest covered wooden bridges. The Grand ... More Midwest News Southeast Georgia Insurance Regulators Accept Meals, Golf From Industry Georgia's top insurance regulator and two senior staffers accepted $100-per-head meals and, in one case, a round of golf last month funded ... North Carolina Woman Arrested for Allegedly Filing False Insurance Claim Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ambre Rivera, 26, of 5329 Ramsey St., Fayetteville; she was charged with ... 21 Taken to Hospitals After North Carolina Condo Deck Falls More than 20 people were taken to hospitals after a second-story deck on a condominium in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., collapsed onto a patio ... Rash of Storm Grate Thefts in One Kentucky City Madisonville, Ky., police are asking the public's help after a rash of storm grate thefts have left exposed holes around the city. Lt. ... GEICO Names Rayburn Vice President of Southeast Region Rhett Rayburn has been named vice president of Southeast operations in GEICO's Macon, Ga., office. Prior to his new role, Rayburn served as ... More Southeast News South Central BP Spill Medical Benefits Accord Unfair, Some Victims Claim The medical benefits portion of BP Plc's settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is "substantively unfair" and approval of the ... Exxon: Report Blames Arkansas Pipeline Bust on Defects An independent report blames manufacturing defects for the failure of an ExxonMobil pipeline that sent 150,000 gallons of crude oil into ... Worker Dies After Fall From Oklahoma Hotel Roof Police say a construction worker was killed after he fell from the roof of a Nowata, Okla., hotel. Nowata Police Chief Mike McElhaney says ... 18 Percent of Arkansas in Moderate Drought Drought conditions are returning to Arkansas as hot, dry weather settles into the state. Data released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor ... Texas Mutual, VFIS of Texas Fund Safety Training for Rural Fire Departments Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state's leading provider of workers' compensation insurance, announced that it has partnered with VFIS ... More South Central News West Investigators Blame Discarded Cigarette for Idaho Wildfire Investigators say a discarded cigarette is the likely cause behind a wildfire that ultimately burned more than 260 acres and threatened a ... Auto Thefts Down Across Maricopa County The Maricopa County Attorney's Office reports that car thefts in the Arizona county dropped more than 8.5 percent in 2012. The agency says ... Arizona Governor Seeks Yarnell Fire Disaster Declaration Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer wants President Barack Obama to declare the area around the Yarnell Hill fire a disaster area. Brewer sent a letter ... More West News International Flood Damage in Central Europe Causes $22B in Economic Loss: Aon Major flooding continued across Central Europe during the first half of the month, killing at least 23 people and resulting in combined ... Jesse Jackson Unveils International Insurance Company for the Fruit and Vegetable Industry C.E.O.s and heads of major fruit and vegetable companies from around the world will meet next week to discuss ways to provide better ... AIG Names New President and CEO for its P/C Business in Latin America and the Caribbean American International Group, Inc. appointed Jim Dwane as the new president and chief executive officer for its property/casualty business ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Factors Affecting an Adjuster's Caseload In an interview with Claims Journal, Kevin Quinley, claims expert, founder and principal of... 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