Daily Headlines: Thursday, October 31, 2013

October 31, 2013

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Today's Headlines National Shotguns, Oscar Gowns and Giraffes, Oh My! Just in time for Halloween, Enservio's consulting founder, Tom Kirkpatrick, who's worked as an adjuster, SIU investigator and contents ... Part Two: The Value of Accurate Roof Age in Underwriting Accurate Roof Age Is Hard, But So What? This paper sets out to quantify how much inaccurate roof age costs carriers--after all, if the cost ... Improvements in FNOL and Settlement Drives Higher Customer Satisfaction Customer satisfaction with auto insurance claims handling is improving, due in large part to insurers' improvements in managing the first ... Lawmakers Push to Delay Huge Flood Insurance Hikes A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing for a four-year delay to changes to the federal government's flood insurance program that are ... Karen Clark & Company Report Examines Superstorm Sandy at One-Year Anniversary Karen Clark & Company (KCC), independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models and catastrophe risk management, issued a report ... Affordable Home Services Announces New Insurance Program for Manufactured Housing Communities Affordable Home Services, Inc., is pleased to introduce our program for Manufactured Housing Communities. This new program will be ... East State Orders Woonsocket Haunted House Torn Down A haunted house built in a Woonsocket, R.I., couple's yard has been ordered closed by the state fire marshal's office because it violates ... Arson Ruled at Former Mack Trucks Building in Pennsylvania Fire officials in Allentown, Pa., say last week's blaze at a former Mack Trucks building was intentionally set. Allentown Fire Department ... Vermont Ag Agency to Host Webinar on Food Safety Rules The Vermont Agriculture Agency is going to hold a webinar so Vermonters can provide feedback on rules for a new law that some say could ... Plymouth Rock Cracks Down on Insurance Fraud in New Jersey Car insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance has filed three civil suits alleging several medical facilities and residents have violated the ... Midwest Eyeing Affluent Market, Crestbrook Ready to Launch in Illinois Well-to-do Illinois residents and their insurance agents can soon look forward to another option when it comes to protecting their assets. ... Ohio Father, Son Charged in Teen's DUI Death A father and son in central Ohio are facing misdemeanor charges of allowing an 18-year-old to drink at their house before he crashed his ... FEMA Teams Surveying Blizzard, Flood Damage in South Dakota Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency are working in western South Dakota to document the damage caused by an Oct. 4 ... Driver in Michigan Hayride Accident Was Drinking Police say a driver involved in a tractor-pulled hayride accident in suburban Detroit that sent nine people to hospitals for treatment had ... Southeast Mississippi Could Debate School Bus Seatbelts Mississippi lawmakers in 2014 could debate whether to require seatbelts in school buses, but it could be a tough fight. The state budget is ... Thousands of DUI Results in Question After Firing DUI results from across Tennessee may be in jeopardy after the firing a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation employee for mishandling ... Pricy Underwear Goes Missing at Kentucky Victoria's Secret Someone has been secreting things away from a high-end store in Bowling Green, Ky. The manager of Victoria's Secret in the Greenwood Mall ... Florida CFO Wants More Answers About Property Rates Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is still unsatisfied about property insurance rates and wants more information about why rates ... South Central Several Houston School Buses Burn in Barn Fire Several school buses operated by a Houston-area school district have been damaged or destroyed during a blaze at the vehicle barn. Conroe ... Ex-Texas Chemical Firm Exec Gets Prison for Worker Death A federal judge has sentenced the former president of a Port Arthur, Texas, chemical company to one year in prison for occupational safety ... Texas Mutual Pays $651K Dividend to CompGroup AGC Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced today that the CompGroup AGC has earned a $651,166 workers' compensation dividend. The dividend is ... West Washington City Braces for Increased Flood Risks New information shows sediment buildup in the White River is increasing the flood danger faced by the city of Pacific, Wash. The King ... Citations Proposed in Cirque Acrobat's Death Authorities say they plan to issue safety citations following the death of an acrobat this summer in a Las Vegas Strip Cirque du Soleil ... Governor Tours Southern Colorado Flood Damage Gov. John Hickenlooper and other state and city officials toured parts of Southern Colorado on Monday to get an update on damage from this ... Federal Disaster Declaration for New Mexico President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration to provide federal aid to New Mexico for mid-September flooding and storm damage. ... International Strong Taiwan Quake Shakes Buildings, Halts Chipmaking, Trains An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck eastern Taiwan, shaking buildings in the capital and prompting the island's biggest ... ITIC Issues Warning on Forged Documents ITIC has warned shipping intermediaries to be on the look-out for cleverly forged documents which could result in them being held liable ... Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Cargo Theft Trends In 2012 it's estimated that there was an average of two and a half reported cargo thefts each... Watch Now Investigating Organized Claims Fraud In an interview with Claims Journal, Thomas Mulvey, the national director of special... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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