Daily Headlines: Friday, August 30, 2013

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August 30, 2013

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Today's Headlines National New Model Promises to Quantify Losses Triggered by Power Outages Total economic losses due to power outages in the United States are estimated to be over $100 billion per year, according to Robin Luo, ... Record-Breaking $17.3 Billion in Crop Losses Last Year Extreme weather forced the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) to pay out a record-breaking $17.3 billion in crop losses last year, much ... Regulators Alert Financial Firms to Disaster Risk The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a risk alert on business continuity and disaster recovery planning for investment ... More National News Midwest Indiana Couple Plan to Sue Over Wheelchair Accident The parents of a 7-year-old southern Indiana girl who was injured when her wheelchair fell from a school bus' motorized lift plan to sue ... Nebraska Man Sues Wal-Mart Over Plastic Bag's Failure An eastern Nebraska man has sued Wal-Mart, saying the failure of an overfilled plastic shopping bag led to the death of his wife. The ... More Midwest News Southeast MSHA Issues Nearly 150 Citations at Mines in July Federal mining regulators nearly 150 citations during July impact inspections. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says it also ... More Southeast News West Visalia Leads All California Cities in Allstates' Best Drivers Report The Allstate Insurance Company released its ninth annual "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report," revealing that Visalia tops all ... More West News International New Zealand Botulism Scare Likely a False Alarm A botulism scare that damaged New Zealand's international reputation for providing top quality and safe dairy products was likely a false ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Cargo Theft Trends In 2012 it's estimated that there was an average of two and a half reported cargo thefts each... Watch Now Investigating Organized Claims Fraud In an interview with Claims Journal, Thomas Mulvey, the national director of special... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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Daily Headlines: Thursday, August 29, 2013

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August 29, 2013

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Today's Headlines National Risks of Claims Outsourcing Include Vendor Control, Brain Drain This is part three in a three part series on outsourcing claims handling. Outsourcing claims is not without its risk, sources say. "Things ... Part 2: Top 4 Up-And-Coming Trends in Solving the Roof Risk Problem In part 1, we described the current trends in solving the roof risk problem. Part 2, covered today, lists the trends ahead facing insurance ... Toyota U.S. Chief Testifies on Brake Safety Marketing Toyota Motor Corp. opted against marketing its brake-override system as "Safe Stop" to avoid promising more than the mechanism could ... Napolitano Says U.S. Will Suffer 'Major' Cyber-Attack in Future The U.S. will face a cyber-attack in the future that will cause major disruption in the economy, the outgoing Homeland Security Department ... More National News East Storm Drain Covers Stolen in Massachusetts Police in Braintree and Quincy, Mass., are on the lookout for thieves who have been prying iron grates out of streets and leaving storm ... Justices to Hear Virginia Tech Wrongful Death Suit The Virginia Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in the wrongful death suit brought by the parents of two Virginia Tech students ... Study: Sandy Caused Erosion on New York's Fire Island More than half of Fire Island's beaches and sand dunes were lost during Superstorm Sandy, weakening the island's ability to withstand ... More East News Midwest Iowa Church, City Settle With Homeowners Sioux City and Sunnybrook Community Church have settled with the owners of five homes for damage caused by a water line break two years ... Kansas AG Office Says New Roofer Law Requires Outreach The state Attorney General's office plans to do more outreach before pursuing fines under a new Kansas law aimed at cutting down on roofing ... After Disclosure, University of Iowa Settles Malpractice Case A University of Iowa doctors' group paid $60,000 to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit just weeks after The Associated Press reported ... Sinkhole That Ate Car Costs Northwest Ohio City $100,000 A utilities official says a large sinkhole that swallowed a moving car and briefly trapped the driver cost a northwest Ohio city about ... More Midwest News Southeast Drinking Being Watched at Kentucky Games, Tailgating Events Workers in one state office plan to go to as many tailgating events this fall as possible as college football season gets started, but they ... 7 Charged With Filing False Oil Spill Claims in Florida Federal prosecutors are charging seven people with mail fraud and false claims related to the BP oil spill. U.S. Attorney Pamela Marsh ... Mississippi Boat Company Seeks $93K for Repairs A Gulf Coast business says the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources brought in a boat for repairs and refitting and now the company ... North Carolina Woman Charged With DWI at Fast-Food Drive-Thru Shelby, N.C., police have charged a woman with driving while impaired after finding her slumped over the wheel of a car stopped in the ... More Southeast News South Central Texas Waterpark Fined Following Lifeguard's Death A federal agency has cited a South Texas waterpark for several worker safety violations and imposed a fine of nearly $100,000 following the ... Brownsville Remains Texas' Safest Driving City Brownsville drivers are among the best in the country. The Allstate Insurance Company  released its ninth annual "Allstate America's Best ... Tornadoes Tend Toward Higher Elevations and Cause Greater Damage Moving Uphill Research examined terrain damage of Joplin and Tuscaloosa tornadoes The first field investigations of the effect of terrain elevation ... More South Central News West Fire Crews Wrap Montana Tower in Foil for Protection Fire crews are wrapping the landmark Blue Mountain Lookout in foil to protect it from an encroaching fire. The Missoulian reports the Lolo ... Safety vs Enforcement: Agencies at Odds Over Chevron Probe The federal government is fighting with itself over a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in California that sent 15,000 people to hospitals ... Farmers Insurance Names Steven Weinstein as New General Counsel Farmers Insurance has named former chairman of the Barger & Wolen law firm and insurance and litigation partner, Steven Weinstein, as its ... More West News International Africa's Dust Clouds Worry Caribbean Scientists Each summer, microscopic dust particles kicked up by African sandstorms blow thousands of miles (kilometers) across the Atlantic to arrive ... Lawyer Said Brake Failure Seen in Italian Bus Plunge A lawyer for the relatives of victims in a deadly tour bus plunge in southern Italy says an initial technical examination of the wreckage ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Cargo Theft Trends In 2012 it's estimated that there was an average of two and a half reported cargo thefts each... Watch Now Investigating Organized Claims Fraud In an interview with Claims Journal, Thomas Mulvey, the national director of special... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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Daily Headlines: Wednesday, August 28, 2013

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August 28, 2013

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Today's Headlines National Trend of Claims Outsourcing Driven by Finance Execs, New Managers This is part two in a three part series on outsourcing claims handling. Just as insurers reduced their ranks of company field adjusters who ... Part 1: Top 4 Current Trends in Solving the Roof Risk Problem Everyone is talking about the roof risk problem. It is the hot topic among both insurance and reinsurance carriers, as well as vendors. ... Patent Quality Improvements Could be Made by Reviewing Patent Infringement Litigation From 2000 to 2010, the number of patent infringement lawsuits in the federal courts fluctuated slightly, and from 2010 to 2011, the number ... Regulators Upgrade Safety Probe of 2005-2007 Chevy Corvette U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesday they are upgrading an investigation of 103,000 older Chevrolet Corvettes after drivers reported ... NFL Concussion Lawsuits Back in Court Next Month The NFL concussion litigation is set to heat up again early next month, days before the regular season gets underway. More than 4,000 ... FDA Allows Company Linked to Tainted Salad to Reopen The Mexican unit of Taylor Farms, a food processor whose salad mix had been linked with an intestinal bug outbreak that affected some Olive ... More National News East Light Installation Leads to Vermont School Soil Tests Engineering crews are taking soil samples from a Vermont high school athletic field to determine if the recently installed stadium lights ... Poor Supervision Cited at New York-Run Steam Plant New York's inspector general says poor supervision at the steam plant serving the state government complex in Albany led to misbehavior by ... Risk Remains a Fact of Life for Coast Guard Crews When the call comes in, as it did on a frigid April morning, rescue crews from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay are expected to be ready and ... More East News Midwest Owner Elusive as Over 200 St. Louis Homes Crumble City efforts to force repairs at hundreds of deteriorating St. Louis, Mo., homes remain stymied as the property owner's identity is ... Southwest Indiana Jury Sides With Couple in Malpractice Suit A southwestern Indiana jury has sided with an Evansville couple who accused a local hospital and a doctor of causing their 9-year-old ... Changes Made in Wake of Crop Insurance Confusion North Dakota's congressional delegation says the federal Risk Management Agency has released new rules for prevented planting insurance for ... Minnesota Reported 104 Drunken Driving Deaths Last Year State traffic-safety officials have released a report on drunken driving that says 104 people died last year and more than 28,000 people ... More Midwest News Southeast Mississippi Women Say Gas Fumes Harmed Children Texaco Inc. has settled a lawsuit with five women who alleged the oil company was responsible for ailments of children born after they were ... Couple Charged With Insurance Fraud in North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests of Johnny Ball, 49, and Joni Ball, 49, both of Pink Hill, N.C. Each was charged ... Man Dies When Copper Falls on Him in at North Carolina Metal Company An employee at a metal company in Sanford, N.C., has died after bales of copper wiring fell on him. Police say an employee was working on a ... More Southeast News South Central Louisiana Community 'a Ghost Town' a Year After Isaac Isaac barely had hurricane-strength winds when it blew ashore southwest of New Orleans a year ago, but its effects are still apparent in ... Texas Fire Marshal Says 5 Facilities Refused Inspection Five facilities in Texas with large quantities of the same fertilizer chemical that fueled the deadly plant explosion in West have turned ... Yarnell Fire District Struggles in Fire Aftermath The aftermath of the wildfire that killed 19 firefighters from Prescott, Ariz., poses challenges to the rural fire district that serves ... Arkansas Lawsuits Test Fracking Wastewater Link to Quakes Tony Davis, a 54-year-old construction worker in central Arkansas, said he welcomed the boom in natural gas drilling that brought jobs and ... More South Central News West Fire Fighters Stretched Thin, Says Wildfire Expert All eyes are on the Rim fire in California, yet for the fifth time in 10 years, our nation is at Preparedness Level 5, which means our ... Workplace Deaths Decreased in Montana The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year. The Montana Department of Labor and Industry's Research and Analysis Bureau ... 2 Injured in Explosion at Washington Fair Booth A fire official says two people have been injured by a small explosion at an Evergreen State Fair vendor booth in Monroe, Wash. The Monday ... More West News International People Just Aren't Afraid of Climate Change Yet With respect to the science of climate change, many experts regard the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the world's ... Rural Andean Churches Plagued by Sacred Art Theft The thieves tunneled under the thick walls of the colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the tiny southern Bolivian town of San Miguel de ... Police: Treasure Hunters Attack Greek Monastery Police have arrested three armed men who allegedly broke into a Greek monastery, tied up monks and planned to search for treasure with a ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Cargo Theft Trends In 2012 it's estimated that there was an average of two and a half reported cargo thefts each... Watch Now Investigating Organized Claims Fraud In an interview with Claims Journal, Thomas Mulvey, the national director of special... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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