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July 23, 2013
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National

Competition in the U.S. Auto Insurance Market Benefits Drivers

A highly competitive auto insurance marketplace is making coverage more widely available and affordable for all drivers, according to the ...

Sea Level Rise: New Iceberg Theory Points to Areas at Risk of Rapid Disintegration

In events that could exacerbate sea level rise over the coming decades, stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at ...

Worse Than Usual Hurricane Season Predicted Could Affect Boaters: ACE

With the hurricane season already upon us, climate experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) advise of an ...
18 Important Workers Compensation Concepts - live webinar this Thursday from Academy of Insurance
East

New Connecticut Law Makes Dam Owners More Responsible

The owners of thousands of dams across Connecticut will soon be responsible for making sure their structures are safe, and some will have ...

Man in Fatal Delaware Crash Faces Probable Deportation

A Delaware landscaper involving in a fatal drunken-driving crash is expected to be deported to Mexico after finishing his prison sentence. ...

New Jersey Kennel Owners Deny Wrongdoing in Dog's Death

Officials are awaiting necropsy results to try to determine if heat caused the death of a dog at a New Jersey kennel. The dog's owner says ...
Midwest

'Alarming' Rise in Children Injured by Falling TVs

Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000 U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years, and the injury rate has climbed substantially ...

Ohio State University Plans to Build, Study Fracking Well

Ohio State University says its researcher want to install and study a gas well in eastern Ohio to study the process of hydraulic ...

Crop Insurance Rule Causing Confusion for Some

Last year's drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn't get a crop in the ...

Nebraska Officials Prepare for Wildfire Threat

State and local officials are preparing for another possible round of wildfires in Nebraska by providing additional training and more ...
Southeast

Estop it Right There: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Property Claims

An insured's Chapter 7 bankruptcy is an interesting and often unexplored issue that can have a large impact on an insurer's potential ...

Funding, Turf Issues Stall Mississippi's Emergency Broadband

Mississippi's attempt to create the nation's first statewide emergency broadband network has come to a halt. The state's Wireless ...

Wet Wires Resulting in Fake 911 Calls in Kentucky

Dispatchers in western Kentucky must send a law enforcement officer to every 911 call received from a landline telephone, even when there's ...
South Central

Company to Inspect Texas Coaster Where Woman Fell

A German roller coaster maker is sending officials to a North Texas amusement park to inspect a ride after a woman fell to her death. ...

Shelter Permits Sought in Norman After Tornadoes

Norman, Okla., residents are applying to build storm shelters in the wake of deadly tornadoes that struck in Moore and other nearby areas. ...

Texas Governor Orders Probe of Rural Hospital Chain

Aides to Gov. Rick Perry say he has ordered a "deep and comprehensive look" at health care facilities owned by a Dallas-area physician ...

Texas Mutual Announces Four Fraud Indictments

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported today that Travis County grand juries indicted four claimants, in separate cases, on workers' ...
West

Hawaii Supreme Court Rules on Wrongful Death Suit

Ala Moana Center had a duty to care for a woman who died after getting stuck in an exhaust duct, even though she was trespassing on the ...

Report: Limo Driver on Phone Before Fatal Fire

A newspaper has reported that shortly before fire engulfed the back of a stretch limousine and killed five Northern California women in ...

Dozens of Colorado Water Wells Damaged by Black Forest Fire

An assessment by the El Paso County health department has found damage to dozens of wells that supply water to homes in the area burned by ...

Colorado Governor Names New Commissioner of Insurance

Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today the appointment of Marguerite Salazar as Colorado's new Commissioner of Insurance. She will begin ...
International

Toyota Opens Training Facility for Quality Control

Toyota is opening a training facility for mechanics complete with a test course that simulates 13 driving conditions including cobblestones ...

Reputation the Hardest Risk to Manage According to New ACE Research

92 percent of companies believe that reputational risk is the most challenging category of risk to manage, according to a major new study ...

China: 1 tourist killed, 18 hurt by falling rocks

One tourist was killed and 18 others were injured Sunday by falling rocks at a scenic site in northern China, the official Xinhua News ...

Intact to Post C$257 Million in Losses From Floods in Canada

Intact Financial Corp., the largest property/casualty insurer in Canada, will record losses of C$257 million ($248 million) from flooding ...

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