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Weekly Reader Picks: Monday, June 24, 2013

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June 24, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Banks Urge Cross-Selling Insurance, Loans to Wealthy But Brokers Resist
Jun 18, 2013 -- Scrambling to plug revenue holes created by crackdowns on credit card fees and falling brokerage commissions, big U.S. banks are pushing a strategy they've tried with limited success in the past - cross-selling ...
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2.Survey: Nonprofits Unprepared, Under-Insured Against Risks
Jun 17, 2013 -- Crystal & Co., a worldwide risk and insurance advisor, has released the results of its Nonprofit Risk Survey, presenting a snapshot of risk awareness and exposure among U.S. nonprofit organizations, including human ...
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3.Family Sues Over Colorado Woman’s Death In Reality TV Project
Jun 19, 2013 -- The survivors of a woman killed during the production of a reality TV show pilot have filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Discovery Communications Inc. and Anthropic Productions Corp. Terry Flanell's ...
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4.White House Threatens Veto of Farm Bill Over Food Stamp Cuts
Jun 18, 2013 -- The White House threatened to veto a five-year farm bill on Thursday because of "unacceptable deep cuts" in food stamps for the poor that could increase hunger across America. In a statement on the eve of debate in the ...
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5.Why Restaurant Franchises Make Good Program Business
Jun 19, 2013 -- One industry segment ideal for the program market and somewhat immune to the effects of a battered economy is the fast-food, multi-unit restaurant franchise industry, the experts say. The larger a company grows, the ...
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6.Berkshire Hathaway’s Eastwood Hiring Specialty Team to Vie with Ex-Employer AIG
Jun 13, 2013 -- Peter Eastwood, who left American International Group Inc. with three other executives in April to start a new insurer at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he's finding it easy to attract staff. ...
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7.Analysts: Travelers/Dominion Deal Makes Sense, More U.S.-Canadian M&A May Follow
Jun 18, 2013 -- The Travelers Companies' decision to acquire Dominion of Canada General Insurance, a unit of E-L Financial Corp., for $1.1 billion makes strategic sense, according to analysts. The acquisition now allows Travelers to ...
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8.Liberty Law School in Virginia Demands Lawsuit Coverage From Hanover
Jun 20, 2013 -- Liberty University's law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer's Weekly reports that the school claims ...
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9.Understanding Foreign Voluntary Workers’ Comp Policies
Jun 20, 2013 -- In spite of videoconferencing, social media and other new technologies, many businesses depend on their key executives and top sales people to travel overseas to meet with clients in person, to negotiate with foreign ...
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10.U.S. House Strikes Down Republican Farm Bill
Jun 21, 2013 -- Republican budget-cutters joined Democratic defenders of food stamps on Thursday to deal a shocking defeat to the $500 billion farm bill backed by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, undermining hopes of ...
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