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April 9, 2012

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Top Reasons Happy Couples File Wedding Insurance Claims
Apr 2, 2012 -- Vendor and venue problems are the most frequent causes of wedding day mishaps that result in insurance claims. Wedding insurance experts at Travelers Insurance recently analyzed the company's wedding insurance claims from 2011 and found that a ...
2.160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader
Apr 3, 2012 -- Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals. Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily personal lines super-regional ...
3.Special Report: Top 10 Innovative P/C Insurance Products
Apr 1, 2012 -- In the past few years, dozens of property/casualty insurers have announced innovative protections for risks involving new technologies, current economic concerns, personal and family relationships, home-based small businesses, and more. "This is a ...
4.Look Out Gecko and Flo, ‘Mayhem’ Man, QB and Professor Are Gaining On You!
Mar 29, 2012 -- The gecko, caveman and sales clerk Flo might want to check their retirement plans. Their brands are getting overshadowed by competition from "upstarts" like the Allstate mayhem man, State Farm's QB Aaron Rodgers and the Farmers University ...
5.Football Turns to Helmet Technology to Tackle Head Injuries
Apr 3, 2012 -- As Americans grow more aware of the risk of brain injury tied to football - the country's most popular sport - players and coaches are experimenting with the latest technology in a bid to make the game safer. Advances in training have led to bigger, ...
6.CEO of Pennsylvania Insurer Highmark Fired After Assault Charges
Apr 2, 2012 -- A western Pennsylvania insurance company has fired the chief executive officer who was arrested a week ago after a fight with the husband of an employee with whom he was having an affair. Highmark Inc. announced Sunday that the board of directors ...
7.Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire WKFC Underwriting Managers in New York
Apr 3, 2012 -- Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group said its subsidiary RSG Underwriting Managers is acquiring WKFC Underwriting Managers in New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ...
8.Trucker Harassment Class-Action Suit Backfires
Apr 5, 2012 -- They were learning to become truck drivers but wound up in a nightmare. In detailed accounts to a federal agency, dozens of female employees of an Iowa-based trucking company, one of the largest in the nation, told of being propositioned, groped and ...
9.The New Facebook Timeline Layout: What You Need to Do
Apr 2, 2012 -- It's time for timeline. Whether you wanted the new look or not, Facebook just switched your business page over to the new "timeline" layout. There are several significant changes that affect how your social network sees your business. Here's what ...
10.Tornadoes Slam North Texas Causing Extensive Damage
Apr 4, 2012 -- A severe line of thunderstorms and isolated super cells moved into the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area in the early afternoon on April 3 producing numerous tornadoes and large hail that was responsible for extensive damage throughout ...

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