Crash Deaths Among Children Drop 43% February 6, 2014 By MIKE STOBBE Children are dying less often in traffic accidents: Over a decade, the number who died in crashes dropped by 43... Read More
International News Winter Weather Drives Insured Losses in Excess of $1.5B: Impact Forecasting February 6, 2014 The various winter storms that brought snow and bitter cold to the United States in January took more than 50... Read More
Midwest News Thousands Driving Illegally in Minnesota February 6, 2014 Authorities say about one in eight drivers on Minnesota roads does not have a valid license allowing them to get... Read More
Midwest News South Dakota Senate Won’t Allow Locals to Ban Dogs by Breed February 6, 2014 By NORA HERTEL The South Dakota Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a measure that would forbid local governments from banning specific breeds of... Read More
Texas / South Central News National Tornado Summit Focus on Catastrophe Preparedness, Response February 6, 2014 The third annual National Tornado Summit being held Feb. 10 and 11 in Oklahoma City will bring together insurance industry... Read More
Texas / South Central News School Safety Records at Issue in Suit Filed Against Oklahoma Governor February 6, 2014 The mothers of two Moore schoolchildren who were killed in last year’s tornado have filed a lawsuit accusing Oklahoma Gov.... Read More
Infantino Named Education Director for Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance February 6, 2014 Laurie Infantino, AFIS, CIC, CISC, CISR, ACSR, CRIS, has been named education director of Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance. The... Read More
Road to Recovery Slumlord Subrogation: Subrogating Landlord/Tenant Property Losses February 6, 2014 By Gary Wickert In the 2003 Miramax comedy Duplex, Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore are Brooklyn landlords to a pesky, rent-controlled tenant named... Read More
Insurance Consumers Could Purchase Products From Amazon, Google February 6, 2014 Two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who... Read More
East News New York Teen’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled Against Kayak Company February 6, 2014 By AUDREY McAVOY A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a New York teenager swept out to sea during a Hawaii... Read More