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October 1, 2013
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National

Deer-Vehicle Collisions Decline: State Farm

The odds that an individual driver in the United States will crash into a deer during the next year have declined by 4.3 percent.  Using ...

Tips on Identifying a Flood-Damaged Vehicle

Hurricanes and tropical storms affect more than just homeowners. Following Superstorm Sandy, which hit October 28, 2012, insurance ...

Alpha Foundation Awards $10M for Mine Research

Virginia Tech and West Virginia University are among the first group of winners of research grants for a wide array of mine health and ...

XN Financial Services Appoints Greg Henkin as XN Xchange Managing Director

Fla.-based XN Financial Services, Inc., a provider of insurance and financial products designed specifically for the needs of international ...

LWG Consulting Announces Expansion of Expert Alliance Network

LWG Consulting announced the expansion of their Expert Alliance Network. LWG's Expert Alliance is comprised of several hundred specialized ...
East

Sandy Victims Want Help With Insurers, Bureaucrats

Victims of Superstorm Sandy have asked New Jersey officials for help in dealing with insurance companies, lenders and government ...

Connecticut Use of Ignition Interlock Devices Triples in Year

Use of ignition interlock devices by motorists convicted of drunken driving has tripled since shortly before a state law took effect in ...

New York Boaters Now Have to Take 8-Hour Safety Course

Starting next May, motor-boaters will have to complete an eight-hour boat safety course and get a certificate to operate on New York ...

Boardwalks Unique Aspects Challenge Firefighters

Squeezing a bunch of structures together along a street made of wood is probably not the way to go when building a fire-resistant ...
Midwest

Cleveland Police Deploy Portable Speed Cameras

Cleveland police have deployed portable speed cameras to go along with permanently installed devices trained on passing motorists. The Ohio ...

Deaths Fall Amid Minnesota Teen Driving Restrictions

A law meant to prevent new drivers from dying on the roads seems to be working. Five years after Minnesota put the restrictions on ...

Family Loses Second Home in 9 Years to Disaster

A fire destroyed an Iowa couple's home and forced them to relocate nine years after a flood made their previous home unlivable. WHO ...

Kansas Counties Awaiting Federal Funds to Fix Damage

Several flood-plagued Kansas counties are hoping temporary repairs to roads and bridges can withstand autumn rains until federal funds are ...

VeriClaim, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of McMartin Wasek & Associates, Inc.

T&H Global Holdings, LLC (T&H), a provider of specialized insurance claims services to insurance carriers, insurance brokers, corporations ...
Southeast

Proximity Detectors Recommended for West Virginia Mines

A state task force says West Virginia should require underground coal mines to have systems that warn miners when they get too close to ...

Jury Clears Kentucky Doctor in Patient Death

An eastern Kentucky jury cleared a doctor in a civil trial over a patient's death. The Daily News reported that jurors found Dr. Uyi ...

2 Facades Damaged by Fire Collapse in Georgetown

Officials in Georgetown, S.C., say the fronts of two buildings heavily damaged in a fire in the city's business district collapsed over the ...

Recalled Sprinkler Head May Have Been in South Carolina Library

Beaufort County, S.C., officials are asking a contractor to check fire sprinklers in every county building to see if they are similar to ...
South Central

No CGL Insurance for Louisiana Recreation District

A Louisiana auditor says a Lacombe-area recreation district went uninsured for a year despite paying a Slidell insurance agency $10,000 for ...

Arkansas Realtors Struggle in Wake of Oil Leak at Mayflower

Efforts to buy and sell homes in , Ark., have been not been easy since an ExxonMobil Pegasus Pipeline ruptured in March and spilled ...

Oklahoma Governor Opposes Bond Issue for School Shelters

A proposed bond issue to pay for storm shelters in every Oklahoma school won't have the support of Gov. Mary Fallin if the measure makes it ...

Louisiana Firefighters Train for Nuclear Decontamination

Students and parents weren't sure what was going on at Hammond Magnet High School one recent evening. T-shirted firefighters wearing latex ...
West

High Winds Damage Industrial Area Near Seattle

A funnel cloud was reported near an industrial area south of Seattle, Wash., Monday morning, and fire officials say high winds damaged the ...

Toyota Loses Bid to Get Acceleration Suit Thrown Out

Toyota Motor Corp. tentatively lost a bid to get a court to throw out a lawsuit claiming one of its cars suddenly accelerated and caused an ...

Wildfire Insurance Task Force Report Due

A wildfire insurance task force convened by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is scheduled to turn in its recommendations on ways to protect ...

Oregon High Court Upholds Noneconomic Award

The family of a baby who sustained nerve injuries as a result of negligence by a Lane County medical practice should be able to collect the ...

Insurance Crews Help Protect Well-Heeled From Wildfires

Bill Potter wasn't eager to abandon his high-end house last month during evacuations forced by a massive Idaho wildfire, but he felt ...
International

Church Collapse in Mexico Injures 24

A mayor in northern Mexico says heavy rains caused a half-built church in a suburb of Monterrey to collapse during Mass, killing a ...

UK Boat Company Suspends Service After Blaze

A British tour boat company has suspended its boat trips on the River Thames after a dangerous fire onboard one of its vessels forced the ...

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