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    March 14, 2019
    Insurance Group Says Data Suggests Cannabis is Increasing Accident Rates
    Preliminary research indicates that the legalization of recreational marijuana in 10 states has increased accident rates, the Insurance Information...
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    March 7, 2019
    Attorney Turned Criminal Apologizes to Insurers for Giant Workers' Comp Fraud
    Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal who netted...
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    March 14, 2019
    Clue Linking Mysterious Boeing 737 Max Disasters Came From Space
    The first concrete evidence of a possible link between two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes came from space. A new satellite network capable of...
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    March 13, 2019
    Telematics, Parametric Insurance and AI Pitched as Claims Solutions
    Technology companies anxious to expand their market share in insurance sector announced this week the launch of products that will alert carriers...
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    March 11, 2019
    Accurate Claim Length Estimates Key to Customer Satisfaction
    Property insurers generally score well for customer satisfaction, but the carriers that fare more poorly than others could do a better job of...
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    March 15, 2019
    Doctors Ask CDC to Clarify Guidelines so Patients aren't Abruptly Cut Off Pain Opioids
    Some physicians are pushing back against “widespread misapplication” of the 2016 federal opioid prescribing guidelines, while a new...
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    March 13, 2019
    California Wildfires Left Toxic Threats Behind
    PARADISE, Calif. — As an uncontrollable wildfire turned the California town of Paradise to ash, air pollution researcher Keith Bein knew he...
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    March 18, 2019
    Mother and Foster Daughter Accused of Scamming AFLAC for $400K
    Two Washington state woman are accused of scamming more than $400,000 from AFLAC by filing multiple fraudulent claims from 2012 to 2015, according...
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    March 13, 2019
    Settlement Reached in Suit over Mo. Duck Boat Accident
    The company that owned a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake has reached a settlement with relatives of two brothers who were among 17 people...
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    March 12, 2019
    Equine Insurance Agency Owner Sentenced for $1.3M Fraud
    The owner of a Rhode Island insurance agency that specialized in insuring horses was sentenced Monday to 36 months in federal prison for operating...