http://www.claimsjournal.com Claims news and resources for property casualty claims professionals en-us Copyright 2010 Wells Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:53:46 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/img/claims-journal-property-casualty-magazine-logo_88x31.gif http://www.claimsjournal.com 88 31 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2010/03/18/108283.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2010/03/18/108283.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation will sponsor up to seven innovative ideas for using the new Clarus live weather information system to improve roadway safety during severe weather. The ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:53:46 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/03/18/108282.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/03/18/108282.htm The Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas issued an opinion on March 16, 2010, ruling that sanctions imposed against Texas Mutual Insurance Company related to a workers' compensation ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:33:24 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2010/03/18/108280.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2010/03/18/108280.htm Talk show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa. A ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:29:52 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/03/18/108279.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/03/18/108279.htm A crowded bus carrying young families and spring breakers toward Mexico went careening off a Texas highway and flipped onto its side on March 16, killing two people and forcing dozens of bloodied ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:29:30 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108278.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108278.htm The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is dropping its practice of issuing duplicate license plate numbers for different types of vehicles. Agency spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the BMV will make ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:27:30 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108276.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108276.htm New York police say dozens of partying teenagers caused more than $200,000 in damage at an unoccupied house in suburban Albany. Police in North Greenbush say the damage was done during a party on ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:24:57 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108275.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108275.htm The Lancaster County Board has rejected a $1 million claim from the driver of a pickup that collided with a Norris, Neb., school bus last summer. Jeffery Hall says he suffered serious injuries in ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:24:22 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108274.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108274.htm New Jersey environmental officials say the weekend's fierce rain and wind storm caused extensive erosion to beaches in Ocean and Monmouth counties. The Department of Environmental Protection said ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:23:23 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108271.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108271.htm Virginia Department of Transportation crews have patched, repaired or filled more than 43,000 potholes since March 1, the first day of its pothole blitz. Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Tuesday that ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:49 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108263.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2010/03/18/108263.htm Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is heralding recommendations of a state commission that would crackdown on companies that illegally misclassify employees as independent ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:18:00 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2010/03/18/108262.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2010/03/18/108262.htm A jury has awarded $2.65 million to a man who was stranded in his bed for four days by home health care workers. Fifty-five-year-old Nathan Ballard sued Gentiva Health Services USA and two former ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:12:47 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2010/03/18/108258.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2010/03/18/108258.htm Lawyers seeking civil damages against Toyota Motor Corp. on behalf of U.S. consumers for diminished resale value of recalled vehicles are broadening their cases to add racketeering claims against ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:36:29 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/international/2010/03/18/108256.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/international/2010/03/18/108256.htm XL Capital Ltd's preliminary net loss estimates for the earthquake in Chile and European Windstorm Xynthia indicated they will total between $160 and $230 million. Preliminary loss estimates ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:13:11 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/international/2010/03/18/108255.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/international/2010/03/18/108255.htm French reinsurer SCOR Group announced that based on preliminary estimates, it expects its related costs from the earthquake in Chile and Windstorm Xynthia to be approximately €95 million ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:09:43 -0500 http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2010/03/18/108253.htm http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2010/03/18/108253.htm Thirty-one people covered by the Oregon's workers' compensation system died on the job during 2009, the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced. That total brings the average ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:52:35 -0500