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Dogs are No. 1 at Causing Insurance Claims, but Bedbugs a Growing Menace

Dogs remain the undisputed champions at generating insurance claims, deer, birds and cats are doing their amount of mayhem as well, and bedbugs are a growing liability for insurers, according to a review of 470,000 insurance claims over five years …

A Practical Approach to Pollution Exclusions

The Supreme Court of Vermont recently demonstrated in Whitney v. Vermont Mutual Ins. Co., 2015 VT 140, 2015 WL 8540432 (filed Dec. 11, 2015) a practical approach to the application of an absolute pollution exclusion. The case facts involved a …

Bedbugs Found to be Resistant to Common Chemical Treatments

Some of the most widely used commercial chemicals to kill bedbugs are not effective because the pesky insects have built up a tolerance to them, according to a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and New Mexico State University. Millions …

Tulsa Courthouse Reopens After Bedbugs Exterminated

Potential jurors at the Tulsa County Courthouse got an extra-long lunch break after one of them brought bedbugs into the building. The Oklahoma jury room was temporarily evacuated Tuesday after a fellow potential juror spotted the critters. Exterminators were called …

Maryland Naval Academy Dorm Bedbug-Free

The Naval Academy’s only dorm is now bedbug free. Officials say midshipmen were allowed to return to the 34 rooms at Bancroft Hall last week after the rooms were sealed and fumigated. Bedbug-sniffing dogs checked the rooms to make sure …

Inmates Help Remove Bedbugs From New Hampshire Camp

Minimum security inmates are helping to renovate a New Hampshire summer camp where sessions were canceled this year because of an infestation of bedbugs. The bugs were found in two cabins at Camp Spaulding in Penacook in July. Managers decided …

Bedbugs Discovered in Detroit EMS Rig

A Detroit, Mich., fire official says an emergency medical services unit is being disinfected after bedbugs were found in an ambulance. Chief Dale Bradley said Wednesday that the fumigation of an EMS unit attached to Engine Company 54 represents a …

Research Finds Lower Chemical Dosage Can Kill Bedbugs

A recent change to bedbug fumigation will make it more cost-effective to get rid of the pests, thanks to research from Kansas State University. The phrase “sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite” might have become more common in the …

Bedbugs Discovered in Cleveland Courts Building

Bedbugs have invaded the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Court officials said in a statement Monday that the pesky insects have been discovered in the building that houses the common pleas court, city and county clerk of …

6 Vermont Homes Evacuated After Banned Pesticide Used

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture says six Rutland households have had to relocate after an exterminator used a banned pesticide to get rid of bedbugs. Cary Giguere says the chemical, Chlorpyrifos, can cause nervous system and developmental disorders. It has …