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National

Mercedes-Benz Models Tops Luxury Vehicle Theft List: NICB

The Mercedes-Benz, a long recognized symbol of luxury and performance, is a favorite among car thieves with taste, according to the latest ...

Oil Train Safety Rule Delayed by 1 Year

The Obama administration has delayed by nearly a year a plan to boost safety standards for the type of rail car involved in a fiery ...

Cyber Crime, Data Theft Among Top Concerns For Tax Professionals

Handling sensitive consumer data such as social security numbers and bank account information is a core part of a tax professional's job, ...

Head Hits Can Be Reduced in Youth Football

Less contact during practice could mean a lot less exposure to head injuries for young football players, according to researchers at Wake ...

MetLife Unveils Electric Car Charging Program for Employees at 14 Campuses

MetLife, Inc., an official partner of the U.S. Department of Energy's Workplace Charging Challenge, has installed innovative electric car ...
New digital book reviewing ISO's major changes to its key commercial lines coverages - from Academy of Insurance
East

Ralph Nader Planning a Tort Law Museum in Connecticut

Ralph Nader has a new cause. After dedicating nearly half a century to battling businesses over almost everything from dangerous products ...

New Jersey Flood Victims Face Difficult Buyout Decision

Bob and Pat Smith have seen many floods in their 47 years on Water Street, but none as severe as in Superstorm Sandy. Last year's storm ...

Probe Revealed Port Authority Paid Too Much for Insurance

An internal investigation has found the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey paid millions of dollars in excessive insurance premiums ...

New York Colleges Must Give Students Fire Safety Info

A new law requires public and private colleges in New York to give every student written information about fire safety in dorms and ...
Midwest

Ohio Roofing Business Owners Guilty of Workers' Comp Fraud

The owners of Triple Star Roofing (Wood County) were found guilty of fraud July 15 for failing to report payroll to the Ohio Bureau of ...

Missouri Apartment Building to Reopen a Year After Fire

A little over a year after a fast-moving fire burned most of a huge apartment complex in the St. Louis, Mo., Central West End, the complex ...

Limit on Malpractice Award Faces Legal Challenge

A Wisconsin woman who won a $1.8 million award in the death of her husband is challenging a cap on damages for doctors employed by the ...

Kansas Vehicle Dealers Coping With Hail Damage

The hailstorm that pounded south-central Kansas earlier this week has left automotive dealers with big headaches, but it's also giving ...
Southeast

Compliance with the Examination Under Oath Request: A Must or a Maybe?

For decades, if an insured did not comply with an insurer's request for an examination under oath ("EUO"), the insurer was entitled to ...

Mississippi School Districts' Property Insurance Premiums Spike

Property insurance premiums have skyrocketed for Pine Belt school districts in Mississippi. Some have had problems just finding a company ...

Mississippi State University to Control Commercial Tailgaters

Mississippi State University has adopted new rules for commercial tailgating companies that set up in areas traditionally used by fans. ...

Tennessee Victims in Meningitis Outbreak Win New Avenue for Lawsuits

Victims in Tennessee of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak won the right to pursue a new avenue of litigation against healthcare facilities ...
South Central

BP Braced for Legal Long-Haul as Spill Payouts Leap

BP is digging in for a long legal battle over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Chief Executive Bob Dudley said on Tuesday after compensation ...

Texas Has Not Surveyed Injuries From Plant Blast

More than three months after a Texas fertilizer plant exploded killing 15 people and hurting hundreds, the state still has not started ...

Arkansas Water Park Likely Linked to Infection Closes

A Little Rock water park closed this week after health officials said the facility was likely the source of a rare and often deadly brain ...

Arkansas Plant Suing Insurer Over 2012 Fire

A fire that broke out at Welspun Pipes Inc.'s Little Rock, Ark., facility last year could cost the plant $14.5 million. That's according to ...
West

City's Costs From Albuquerque Storm Put at $1M

An Albuquerque, N.M., official says a storm that battered the city Friday night could end up costing the city $1 million. The rain and wind ...

Equipment Failure Caused Huge Southern California Wildfire

Officials say electrical equipment caused a huge wildfire that damaged or destroyed seven homes and is burning for an 11th day in the ...

State Farm Targets NV Energy for Subrogation Over Reno Wildfire

State Farm Insurance plans to seek action against NV Energy for claims stemming from a November 2011 wildfire in Reno, Nev., sparked by ...

Man Sues Wyoming Walmart in Contaminated Cantaloupe Death

A man who says his wife died after she ate a contaminated cantaloupe purchased at a Sheridan, Wyo., Walmart is suing the retailer. The ...
International

Bus Crash in Southern Italy Kills 38 People

An Italian tour bus plowed through cars, crashed through the side wall of a highway bridge and plunged into a ravine, killing at least 38 ...

Death Toll Climbs to 15 in Indonesia Boat Sinking

The death toll from an overcrowded asylum seeker boat carrying more than 200 people that sank off Indonesia's coast has climbed to 15 after ...

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