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July 16, 2013
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National

Courts Will Treat Asiana Passengers Differently

When the courts have to figure compensation for people aboard Flight 214, the potential payouts will probably be vastly different for ...

Delays in U.S. Chemical-Safety Standards Set for Panel's Rebuke

The Obama administration's lack of action to impose recommended changes to make refineries, chemical factories and sugar plants safer is ...

Insurers Well-Prepared to Pay Claims This Hurricane Season

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) believes the 2013 hurricane season will be a busy one. Fortunately, insurers ...

Coast Guard Blames Carnival Fire Damage in 2010 on Crew Worker

Fire damage on the Carnival Splendor in November 2010 was exacerbated by a crew member who reset a fire alarm panel, according to the U.S. ...

Arthur T. Jansen, Jr. Elected President of NAPIA

Arthur T. Jansen, SPPA, CEO of Jansen International, LLC in Houston, Texas, was elected president of the National Association of Public ...

Polonious Adds Industry Veteran to Insurance Team Leadership

Polonious Investigation Management Systems, special investigative unit (SIU) and investigation management systems provider, announced that ...
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East

Penn State Approves Settlement Offers to Jerry Sandusky Victims

Pennsylvania State University said it approved settlement offers to some victims of Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach ...

Huge Post-Sandy Tax Increases Fail to Materialize

With all the fears that Superstorm Sandy created, here's one that never materialized: huge tax increases to make up for property destroyed ...

Judge to Mull if Airlines Owe WTC Owners Over 9/11

A judge who has presided over most of the litigation stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will decide whether the owners of ...

The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation Hosts Seminars for Legislators at NCOIL Meeting

The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation hosted two insurance seminars for legislators on July 10 and 11, 2013, in Philadelphia. The ...
Midwest

Minnesota City Settles Fatal Crash Case for $570,000

The city of New Ulm, Minn., has agreed to pay $570,000 to family members of two people killed when a police car crashed into their vehicle ...

South Dakota Court Denies Insurance for Slain Woman's Estate

The South Dakota Supreme Court says a Sioux Falls company does not have to pay worker's compensation insurance benefits to the estate of an ...

60 Confirmed Sickened by Foodborne Illness in Iowa

The Iowa Department of Public Health says there are now 60 confirmed of the rare foodborne illness cyclosporiasis, up from 45 cases ...

Missouri State University Receives $1M Insurance Check From Theft

Missouri State University has recouped most of the nearly $1.2 million that was stolen from its bookstore. The Springfield News-Leader ...
Southeast

Making a House a Home: the 'Residence Premises' Definition

An insured must reside at their property to have coverage for damage to their home under an HO form policy. The defense arises out of the ...

Alabama Emergency Management to Simulate Hurricane for Exercise

Alabama's Emergency Management Agency plans to conduct an exercise to practice how the state would respond if a Category 3 hurricane were ...

Mississippi Meat Plants Often Cited for Food Safety Violations

The Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports that more than two dozen Mississippi slaughterhouses and poultry meat processing plants have violated ...
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South Central

Louisiana Interstate Medians Getting Cable Barriers

Louisiana's Department of Transportation and Development plans to add nearly 350 miles of cable median barriers along interstates across ...

Houston-Area Storms Cut Power for Thousands

Thousands of homes and businesses in Texas have lost power as rainstorms moved through the state and left one person slightly hurt. ...

Oklahoma Forums on New Workers' Comp Law Includes Free CE Credit

The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) ll hold seminars aimed at educating business owners, workers and insurance agents about the ...
West

Paint Makers' $900 Million California Lead Trial Starts

BP Plc's Atlantic Richfield Co. is among five companies fighting a public-nuisance lawsuit in state court seeking $900 million to replace ...

Insurance Damage From the Black Forest Fire Estimated at $292.8M

The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association estimates the preliminary insured damage for the most destructive wildfire in Colorado ...

Hawaii to Discuss Possible Water Jet Pack Rules

The Department of Land and Natural Resources is holding a public meeting this week to discuss possible state rules for water-powered jet ...
International

Survivors of Quebec Train Crash to File Class Action Suit

Two residents of the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, where a runaway train derailed and exploded into a wall of fire that killed 50 people, ...

10 Dead in Brazil Bus Accident After Brakes Fail

A bus accident in Brazil has killed at least 10 church members on their way to inaugurate a new temple. Authorities in Minas Gerais state ...

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