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July 1, 2013 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National States Brace for Web Barrage When Obamacare Goes Live Oct. 1 About 550,000 people in Oregon do not have health insurance, and Aaron Karjala is confident the state's new online insurance exchange will ... Progressive to License Usage-Based Pricing Tool to USAA Progressive Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. auto insurer, agreed to license its usage-based pricing technology to United Services Automobile ... CoreLogic to Buy Marshall & Swift/Boeckh, DataQuick for $661 Million CoreLogic Inc. agreed to buy three real estate data companies from TPG Capital's Decision Insight Information Group for $661 million to ... Court Dismisses Class Action Status in Google Digital Books Case for Now A federal appeals court on Monday said a lawsuit against Google Inc.'s effort to create the world's largest digital books library should ... Dixon, Feinberg to Head New RAND Catastrophe Research Center The RAND Corp. is launching a new research center that will analyze different approaches to compensating individuals, businesses and others ... Brown & Brown Completes Beecher Carlson Acquisition Brown & Brown Inc. said it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. In May, Florida-based Brown ... Holborn Buys Ownership Stake in Stonybrook Capital New York-based reinsurance broker Holborn Corp. has acquired an ownership stake in Stonybrook Capital LLC, an investment banking advisor ... GEICO Names Roberts President, Chief Operating Officer Bill Roberts has been named president and chief operating officer of GEICO, the giant insurer said. Tony Nicely will continue to serve as ... EPLI in Southern California Playing "Hard" to Get Employment practices in California is a known and growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers... 21 P/C Insolvencies In 2012: A.M. Best Rating agency A.M. Best released its annual tally of U.S. property/casualty industry financial impairments yesterday,... More National News East N.Y. Regulator Examining Non-U.S. Reinsurers Over Potential Iran Links: WSJ New York State's top financial and insurance regulator is examining international reinsurance companies after discovering evidence that at ... Confie Seguros Acquires CW Baker, Lewiston Insurance Agencies in New York Hispanic market-focused insurance agency network Confie Seguros announced the acquisition of CW Baker Insurance Agency and Lewiston ... N.Y. Senator Gillibrand to FEMA: Review Flood Insurance Rules U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review rules that resulted in insurance coverage ... Liberty Mutual Names VP of Federal Affairs in Washington, D.C. Liberty Mutual Insurance recently announced S. Colin Dowling will lead the company's public affairs office in Washington, D.C., as vice ... More East News Midwest Founder of Kansas-based Brooke Corp. Pleads Guilty The founder of failed Kansas-based insurance franchising business Brooke Corp. has pleaded guilty to providing misleading information in a ... 60 Patients of Indiana Nose Doc to Be Compensated The final 60 patients who have pending medical malpractice claims against a former northwestern Indiana nose surgeon who disappeared while ... Michigan Ban on Domestic Partner Benefits Blocked A federal judge has blocked Michigan's ban on domestic partner benefits for employees who work for public schools or local governments, ... Report Recommends Changes at South Dakota Division of Insurance A department secretary's report on the South Dakota Division of Insurance is recommending increased oversight from supervisors and the ... More Midwest News Southeast Insurers Can't Require Examinations Under Oath in Pre-2012 PIP Claims: Florida Court The Florida Supreme Court ruled that prior to a 2012 state law, auto insurer Geico didn't have the right to force a policyholder to answer ... How Alabama County's $4.2B Bankruptcy Plan Affects Insurers, Other Debtholders Jefferson County, Alabama, filed a plan to end the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy later this year by cutting $1.2 billion in principal ... West Virginia Property Insurance Stable Despite 2012 Storm Payouts West Virginia property owners in general didn't see a huge uptick in insurance premiums after making claims from last summer's massive ... Florida Extends Fast-Track Policy Form Approval Until Year-End Florida regulators, citing a backlog in property/casualty form filings and the need to train new staff, have extended a fast-track approval ... More Southeast News South Central New CEO Named for Louisiana's Insurer of Last Resort The state's insurance commissioner has named a new chief executive to run Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run ... Oklahoma Lawmakers Seek to Increase Looting Penalties Reports of dozens of arrests of suspected looters in tornado-ravaged areas of central Oklahoma prompted several legislators to call for ... Whitaker Elected Chair of Independent Insurance Agents of Texas The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Don Whitaker, president and owner of Whitaker Insurance Associates Inc. in San ... Reports: ExxonMobile Arkansas Pipeline Had Past Minor Leaks Federal agency accident records show that the ExxonMobil pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of oil near Little Rock, Ark.., in ... More South Central News West Arizona Wildfire Takes Lives of 19 Elite Firefighters An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as flames raced through dry ... Study: 290,000 Idaho Jobs to Be Available By 2020 Nearly 290,000 jobs will become available in Idaho by 2020, a new study says. Georgetown University's Center for Education and the ... Oregon Drought Makes Firefighters Nervous Firefighters are nervous, and ranchers and farmers are hurting as Malheur County enters summer in drought. Gov. John Kitzhaber has issued ... San Francisco Bay Area Car Rental Startup Faces Lawsuit Out of a tiny, green shack on a parking lot in an industrial area south of San Francisco International Airport, three teenagers are trying ... Monarch Names McLeod Vice President in Southern California La Crescenta, Calif.-based Monarch E & S Insurance named Stefanie McLeod assistant vice president of personal lines heading up the personal ... More West News International China Expands System to Track Food Shipments China is expanding a pilot system that tracks the movement of meat and vegetables to the supermarket shelf as part of efforts to tighten ... Australian Insurance Broker Network Plans Nation's Biggest IPO Since 2010 Steadfast Group Ltd., Australia's largest network of insurance brokers, plans to raise as much as A$562.8 million ($515 million) in the ... More International News Sponsored Content Marni Wood Joins iUnlimited Investigative Services as a California Senior Claims Consultant Sacramento, CA, 7/1/13 - iUnlimited announced today that Marni Wood joined the iUnlimited Investigative Services team serving the Northern ... Research Shows Impact of Customer Engagement, click here to watch the video now! 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