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July 1, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Weather Extremes Tied to Jet Stream
Jun 27, 2013 -- Lately, the jet stream isn't playing by the rules. Scientists say that big river of air high above Earth that dictates much of the weather for the Northern Hemisphere has been unusually erratic the past few years. They blame it for everything from ...
2.Traffic Cameras Bring Tiny Ohio Village to a Stop
Jun 28, 2013 -- This little village had a big problem. Each day, thousands of cars - sometimes as many as 18,000 - rolled along Elmwood Place's streets, crossing the third-of-a-mile town to get to neighboring Cincinnati or major employers in bustling suburbs or ...
3.Average Lightning Claim Costs up by 25%
Jun 26, 2013 -- While the destruction caused by tornadoes and hurricanes may grab the headlines, intense lightning storms also take their toll throughout the United States. In fact, lightning strikes cost nearly $1 billion in insured losses in 2012, according to ...
4.Denying Coverage and Reserving Rights Simultaneously
Jun 24, 2013 -- Georgia Supreme Court Says Insurer Can't Have its Cake and Eat it too Insurance companies were historically faced with a Hobbesian's choice in deciding to defend their insureds in personal injury actions where there was doubt as to whether the ...
5.State by State Look at Driving Rules for Older Drivers
Sep 19, 2012 -- A 50-state look at the varying rules across the nation governing drivers' licenses for older adults. ALABAMA: Licenses are renewed every four years for all drivers, with no additional requirements for older drivers. A legislative committee ...
6.Workers' Compensation Claims Closure Projects Offer Solutions for Adjusters
Jun 27, 2013 -- Effective Project Management, Teamwork, Analytics, Case Assignment Keys to Achieving Results Across the entire workers' compensation industry, many insurance companies and employers are sitting on large-tail claims that have exceeded the ultimate ...
7.Electronic Billing & Payment: Improving Operational Efficiencies in the Workers' Comp Industry
Jun 25, 2013 -- The property/casualty (P&C) industry has the opportunity to dramatically improve operational efficiencies and increase productivity by deploying electronic data interchange (EDI) methodologies to handle medical billing and payments. For most ...
8.New Study Compares Hospital Payments in Workers' Comp vs. Group Health
Jun 21, 2013 -- A new 16-state study from the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says that in half of the study states, hospital outpatient payments for shoulder surgeries in workers' compensation were at least $2,000 (or 43 percent) higher than ...
9.Winter Storm Disrupts Air Traffic in New Zealand
Jun 24, 2013 -- A winter storm bearing powerful winds disrupted air traffic across New Zealand on Friday and cut power to thousands of homes, forced schools to close and generated record-sized waves. The capital, Wellington, got blasted with winds of more than 130 ...
10.Florida Rewards 4 for Tips That Led to Uncovering $3.7M in Insurance Fraud
Jun 27, 2013 -- Rewards totaling $35,000 were given to four Floridians who provided key information that led to arrests and convictions in several major insurance fraud cases, according to an announcement by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. The ...

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