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July 1, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Supreme Court Limits Workplace Harassment, Retaliation Claims
Jun 25, 2013 -- The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits claiming on-the-job harassment, throwing out a case filed by a black catering worker who said a colleague slapped her and used racial epithets. The justices, voting 5-4, ...
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2.Insurers Abandon Long Island After Superstorm, N.Y. Senator Schumer Says
Jun 25, 2013 -- Allstate Corp. is among insurers retreating from the Long Island, New York, homeowners market after superstorm Sandy and should be compelled to offer coverage there, New York Senator Charles Schumer said. Liberty Mutual ...
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3.Obama Administration Issues Contraceptive Rule For Faith-Based Employers
Jun 28, 2013 -- The Obama administration on Friday issued its final rule requiring health insurance coverage of contraceptives for the employees of religiously affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions, just as the new ...
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4.Colleges Could Face Lawsuits Following Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
Jun 26, 2013 -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action may force universities to re-examine their admissions policies and face waves of litigation about race- based admission. In a 7-1 ruling yesterday, the justices ...
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5.Small Commercial Buyers Moving Online: Who Are They? What Do They Want?
Jun 26, 2013 -- According to a recent study by consultant Deloitte, more than half of small businesses (52 percent) are now ready and willing to buy their insurance direct from a carrier over the Internet without an agent or broker. ...
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6.Allstate: Profit to Be Cut by $320 Million on Retiring Debt
Jun 24, 2013 -- Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said second-quarter earnings will be cut by about $320 million on costs tied to extinguishing debt. Allstate paid about $2.3 billion to retire ...
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7.Liberty Mutual Expands Home Office in Boston With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Jun 28, 2013 -- Liberty Mutual Insurance held a ribbon cutting ceremony today at the company's new 22-story, 590,000 square-foot office building at 157 Berkeley Street in Boston.Liberty Mutual Insurance Chairman and CEO David Long ...
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8.Mom Sues Monster Over Teen’s Death in California
Jun 27, 2013 -- The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Corona, Calif.-based Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that his death was caused by habitually ...
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9.EPLI in Southern California Playing 'Hard' to Get
Jun 25, 2013 -- Employment practices in California is a known and growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers ramping up rates dramatically or quietly pulling back from the area, say those ...
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10.Cincinnati, Ohio Looks to Capitalize on Alcohol Tourism
Jun 26, 2013 -- Kentucky has its bourbon distilleries, St. Louis its Budweiser factory, Napa and Sonoma their wineries, and cities from San Diego to Philadelphia have turned into meccas for beer lovers looking for local craft brews. ...
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