| 1. | Marsh Executive Sues Spitzer for $60 Million Over Slate Column
Aug 22, 2011 -- Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been hit with a $60 million libel lawsuit by a former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive over a column posted on Slate.com concerning an insurance bid-rigging scandal. William Gilman, a former Marsh ... |
| 2. | Kentucky Jury Sides with Doctor In Penis Amputation Malpractice Claim
Aug 26, 2011 -- A Kentucky truck driver who was wheeled into surgery for a simple circumcision but awoke without part of his penis has lost his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the urologist who cut off a cancer-riddled section of the organ. A six-man, six-woman ... |
| 3. | Hurricanes May Be Catalyst for Insurance Rate Increases
Aug 23, 2011 -- Hurricane Irene, threatening to become the first hurricane to hit the United States in three years, could be the catalyst the insurance industry has been seeking in its quest for across-the-board premium increases after years of weakness. Like ... |
| 4. | Hurricane Irene Batters Bahamas, Threatens Carolinas, Northeast
Aug 25, 2011 -- Hurricane Irene washed away homes in the Bahamas Thursday as its battering winds and rain headed toward the U.S. eastern seaboard including densely populated New York and New England. U.S. emergency officials have urged residents from the Carolinas ... |
| 5. | Entire East Coast Placed on Hurricane Alert
Aug 23, 2011 -- The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene Tuesday, as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend. Even as the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season ... |
| 6. | Earthquake Insurance Premiums by State
Aug 25, 2011 -- An East Coast earthquake? Suffering damage from a seismic shift isn't a risk many homeowners outside of California worry about. Most standard homeowners, renters and business insurance policies do not cover damage from earthquakes — specifically, ... |
| 7. | Hurricane Irene – 1st of the Season – Could Hit Miami
Aug 22, 2011 -- Tropical Storm Irene strengthened into a hurricane as it came ashore over Puerto Rico, reaching category 1, according to the most recent bulletin, released at 5:00 AM AST, from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The center of Hurricane Irene ... |
| 8. | Kentucky Malpractice Trial Over Amputated Penis Opens
Aug 22, 2011 -- Opening arguments are scheduled to be heard today in the civil trial of a man who is suing a surgeon who amputated his penis four years ago. A jury was seated in a Shelbyville, Kentucky, courtroom last Thursday in the lawsuit filed by Phillip Seaton ... |
| 9. | Hurricane Irene Update: 50 Million People Could Be Affected
Aug 26, 2011 -- Parts of the southeastern United States were already experiencing dangerous swells and rip tides Thursday as Hurricane Irene exited the Bahamas. On Friday afternoon, ahead of Hurricane Irene's forecasted arrival in North Carolina tomorrow, high ... |
| 10. | Hunter’s Lawsuit Stirs Landowner Liability Concern in New Hampshire
Aug 22, 2011 -- Some New Hampshire lawmakers worried a lawsuit by a hunter will prompt landowners to close their lands to hunting and other recreational activities will meet Tuesday to discuss how to tighten the state's law protecting landowners from liability. ... |
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