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- Strange Claims Indeed Aug 18, 2008
Claims Journal received a strange claim submission reflecting a kitchen-fire claim. While home-fires commonly initiate claims, the way this particular fire started might ... - Strange Claims Indeed Aug 11, 2008
Peter Crosa of Atlanta, Ga. received an assignment for lightning damage to an insured's ceiling and roof. While lightning stikes on homes in Florida occur with relative ... - Appraisal Provisions In Property Policies - Part 2 Aug 18, 2008
Presented at PLRB/LIRB claims conference April 13-16, 2008 in Boston, Mass by Andrew P. Rock, attorney, The Rock Law Group, Rick L. Hammond, attorney, Johnson & Bell and ... - New York Man Charged with Giving Alcohol to Cabin Fire Victim Aug 20, 2008
State police are charging a 22-year-old upstate New York man with supplying alcohol to a 17-year-old girl and her friends before she died in a cottage fire. Trevor ... - Iowa Turns to Rubber Sidewalk to Avoid Keg Damage Aug 19, 2008
Kegs of beer will soon have a bit of a bounce in Ames, Iowa. The city is installing a rubber sidewalk alongside an Iowa State University campus-area fire station, which ... - Survey: Parents Fed Up With 'Party Schools' and Politicians Aug 20, 2008
Americans continue to overwhelmingly reject an ongoing push to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. According to a Nationwide Insurance survey, 72 percent of adults ... - Four Small SUVs Earn Top Safety Pick Aug 20, 2008
Automakers are improving the crashworthiness of their vehicles and quickly installing side airbags and electronic stability control, an important crash avoidance feature, ... - Florida Insurance Salesman's Shoe Found in Stomach of Slain Bear Aug 20, 2008
Tennessee authorities cut open a slain bear and found a Florida man's shoe lost while fighting off a bear that attacked his 8-year-old son in the Great Smoky Mountains ... - Farmers Insurance to Pull out of North Carolina Homeowners' Market Aug 14, 2008
Farmers Insurance Group notified its North Carolina agents that the insurer will pull out of the homeowners' market across the state before year's end. Independent ... - FBI Call to Identify Stolen Art Aug 15, 2008
In an effort to track down the rightful owners of artwork uncovered in a New York City apartment in 2006 -- some of which has subsequently been identified as stolen -- the ... - Huge Glass Panel Falls 50 Stories in New York, Injures 2 Aug 15, 2008
A 1,500-pound glass panel being installed near the top of a skyscraper fell more than 50 stories onto a pedestrian walkway Tuesday morning and shattered, injuring two ... - Reservation Of Rights Letters Jul 28, 2008
Based on the PLRB seminar presentation on Reservation of Rights Letters by Veronica M. Bates, Hermes Sargent Bates, LLP and Renee C. Callantine, Chapman Popik & White LLP. ... - Atlanta Airport Responds to Soft Shoe Accidents Aug 14, 2008
The hustle of the world's busiest airport -- Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson -- is now regularly interrupted by an announcement warning travelers of the dangers of "shoe ... - Liberty Mutual Sues New York over Workers' Comp Law Changes Aug 19, 2008
Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. has filed a federal lawsuit challenging several recent amendments to New York State's workers' compensation law as ... - Appraisal Provisions for Property Policies, Part 1 Aug 12, 2008
Presented at PLRB/LIRB claims conference April 13-16, 2008 in Boston, Mass by Andrew P. Rock, attorney, The Rock Law Group, Rick L. Hammond, attorney, Johnson & Bell and ... - New York Contractor Gets Jail Time For Certificate Fraud Aug 19, 2008
A New York contractor will serve a year in prison after pleading guilty in a case of workers' compensation fraud. Daniel Brabant, 45, of Bellmore, N.Y., was sentenced ... - Thousands of Florida Smokers to Split $600 Million Tobacco Fund Apr 23, 2008
Tens of thousands of ill Florida smokers and families of those who died are lining up for a share of a $600 million fund created by major tobacco companies as part of a ... - U.S. Doctors Say Lawsuits Help Guarantee Drug Safety Aug 18, 2008
Top doctors who run one of the most influential U.S. medical journals are giving the U.S. Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case. Lawsuits can ... - Earthquake Expert Warns of Economic Damage Aug 15, 2008
From cracked oil and natural gas pipelines to contaminated public water supplies, the nation's economy could be the biggest casualty of the next major Midwest earthquake, ... - Police: Mortgage Woes Led Pennsylvania Men to Arson Aug 18, 2008
Two northwestern Pennsylvania men are jailed on charges they set fire to their home to collect $120,000 in insurance money after falling behind on mortgage ... - Mississippi Lawyer Zach Scruggs to Report to Prison Aug 15, 2008
Zach Scruggs must report to prison by Aug. 15 for knowing about the bribery scheme that also landed his father and law partner behind bars. Scruggs was indicted in ... - California Legislature Passes Agent-Broker Bill Aug 15, 2008
Assemblyman Joe Coto's Assembly Bill 2956, which will clarify the duties of an agent versus those of a broker, has passed both the California Assembly and Senate. The bill ... - Man Seriously Injured at D.C. Construction Site Aug 15, 2008
Authorities say a 42-year-old man has been seriously injured at a construction site in southeast Washington, D.C. D.C. fire department spokesman Alan Etter says the man ... - The Hanover Names Gary Kusumi President of Personal Lines Aug 15, 2008
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. named Gary Y. Kusumi president of the company's personal lines business. Kusumi will oversee the Worcester, Massachusetts-based ... - Latest Report: 118 Firefighters Lost Lives Battling Fires in U.S. Aug 19, 2008
During calendar year 2007, 118 firefighters lost their lives while on duty across the U.S. The deaths included 27 fatalities resulting from vehicle-related ...