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National

Expecting the Unexpected: Five Questions to Consider When Ramping Up Your CAT Staff

When disaster strikes, your organization's response is only as good as your workforce. Timing is everything and you need to be staffed for ...

Jeep Owners Worry About Safety After Recall Deal

A deal between the government and Chrysler over Jeeps linked to deadly fires isn't sitting well with many Jeep owners and auto safety ...

GEICO Names Bill Roberts President and COO

The GEICO Board of Directors named Bill Roberts president and chief operating officer. Tony Nicely will continue to serve as chairman and ...
New digital book reviewing ISO's major changes to its key commercial lines coverages - from Academy of Insurance
East

Floating Workshop Points Out Connecticut Coastal Change

A late 1800s painting from the Florence Griswold Museum's collection might seem an unlikely means of illustrating a point about coastal ...

Union Statue at Gettysburg Park Damaged in Storm

A statue of a Union soldier swinging his rifle like a club at the Gettysburg, Pa., battlefield was damaged by heavy winds Tuesday, on the ...

Vermont Agriculture Agency Urges Farmers to Prepare for Flooding

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is urging farmers and pet owners to take precautions ahead of heavy rains that could bring flooding to ...
Midwest

Daycare Operators Prepare for Tougher Indiana Rules

Childcare providers across Indiana are scrambling to find money to pay for broader criminal background checks of employees and educate ...

Ohio Insurer Expands to Dayton

A western Ohio insurance company's expansion should mean about 200 jobs for Dayton. Springfield-based Assurant Special Property plans to ...

Harley Rider Overcomes Kansas Accident

It's been a year since Dave Sallee wrecked his motorcycle after slamming his brakes when a deer jumped out of a ditch. Life looks different ...
Southeast

South Carolina Family of Man Killed in Collision Files Lawsuit

The family of a man killed in a hit-and-run collision is suing the drunk driver who struck him and the bars and restaurants where he was ...

North Carolina Woman Accused of Setting Fire to Her Own Home

The sheriff's office in Robeson County, N.C., is accusing a woman of setting fire to her home in Red Springs in an attempt to collect ...

Florida Governor Signs Deal to Implement Recovery Funding

Gov. Rick Scott and the Gulf Consortium - a group comprising 23 Gulf Coast counties - have reached a deal for using recovery funds related ...
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South Central

Fire Subdistricts Merging in West Baton Rouge

Fire protection services in Louisiana's West Baton Rouge Parish will change drastically over the next year as the parish consolidates its ...

Medical Helicopters Return to Oklahoma Hospital After Fatal Crash

Medical helicopter flights from a southeastern Oklahoma hospital have resumed after this month's deadly crash. Officials with Wichita, ...

FEMA Approves Public Assistance for Oklahoma Storms

Gov. Mary Fallin says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved public assistance for 16 counties hit by May storms that brought ...
West

Nineteen Firefighters Killed Battling Arizona Blaze

An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as flames raced through dry ...

Washington Construction Compliance Inspectors Finds Unregistered Contractors

In their first surprise sweep of 2013, construction compliance inspectors with the Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) ...

College Bars in Washington City Tackle Fake ID Problem

In DJ Goldfinger's office at Stubblefields bar lie multiple stacks of confiscated fake IDs from Washington, Idaho, Arizona and two from the ...

Program Aims to Reduce Injury From Auto Lifts

A new federal program will attempt to reduce injuries and deaths from operating automotive lifts in Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Marianas and ...
International

Fukushima Shows Nuclear Terrorism Risks at UN Diplomat Meeting

Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, whose 2011 meltdowns dislocated 160,000 people, may provide a new blueprint for terrorists ...

Alberta Farm Damage Not 'Widespread' After Worst Flood on Record

Damage to farmland in southern Alberta is not "widespread" after the region's worst floods on record, according to Katrina Bluetchen, a ...

Tepco's Shareholders Decline to Pursue GE for Fukushima Claims

Tokyo Electric Power Co. shareholders rejected a proposal to look into pursuing claims for compensation against companies that supplied ...

Tanker Cars Derail on Broken Bridge in Flood-Hit Calgary

Five rail cars carrying hazardous petroleum products derailed on a broken bridge over the swollen Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, on ...

U.S. Suspends Trade Benefits for Bangladesh Over Safety

President Barack Obama on Thursday cut off longtime U.S. trade benefits for Bangladesh in a mostly symbolic response to dangerous ...

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