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July 30, 2013 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Dead Farmers Get Millions in Federal Crop Insurance Payouts The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from 2008 to ... AIG to Close Down Savings Bank Unit Due to Dodd-Frank Limits American International Group Inc. will return funds to customers of its banking unit and shut their accounts as the Dodd-Frank Act places ... BP Sees No Quick Settlement in Oil Spill Case; Latest Cost Estimate at $42.4B BP is digging in for a long legal battle over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Chief Executive Bob Dudley said on Tuesday after compensation ... Hartford's Q2 Loss Widens to $190M; P/C Earnings Show Improvement The Hartford Financial Services Group reported a net loss of $190 million for the 2013 second quarter. The quarterly loss widened compared ... W.R. Berkley Q2 Profit Up 6%; Rates Up 6.5%; CEO Comments on Berkshire W.R. Berkley Corp. reported $116 million net income for its 2013 second quarter, up more than 6 percent from $109 million net income posted... Are You Hiring the Wrong Person? Have you ever applied for a job and wondered why it is offered to someone who appears to be less qualified than you?... More National News East Sandy Aid Tilted Toward Neediest N.J. Homeowners Federal rules require that at least half of the Superstorm Sandy aid coming to New Jersey goes to residents at or below moderate income ... Vermont to Offer Voter Registration Through Health Insurance Marketplace Vermont will become the third state to offer voter registration through its health insurance marketplace later this year. Secretary of ... Cops Beef Up Patrols for Boaters' Party on N.Y. Lake Authorities say they'll have vehicle checkpoints on land and marine patrols checking for inebriated boaters at an annual party held in a ... More East News Midwest Wisconsin Woman Challenges Cap on Malpractice Damages A Verona, Wis., woman is challenging a law that caps malpractice damages against University of Wisconsin doctors at $250,000. A Wisconsin ... Year after Fire, St. Louis Apartment Building to Reopen A little over a year after a fast-moving fire burned most of a huge apartment complex in St. Louis, Mo.'s Central West End, the complex is ... Gregory to Lead Ohio BWC's Fraud Investigations Department Rick Gregory has been selected as director of the Special Investigations Department (SID) at the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation ... More Midwest News Southeast Alabama Coastal Residents Bracing for Major Flood Insurance Increases Flood maps aren't due out for Alabama until next December, but the specter of rising flood insurance premiums is undeniable. Congress, ... Mississippi School Districts Shocked By Property Insurance Hikes; Cat Losses Cited Property insurance premiums have skyrocketed for Pine Belt school districts. Some have had problems just finding a company to insure them. ... Mississippi Student Accused of Shooting Roommate Sues University A former student accused of shooting his roommate in an off-campus apartment has sued the University of Southern Mississippi, alleging that ... More Southeast News South Central Louisiana Recovers $4M in Additional Insurance Payments in First Half 2013 Louisiana insurance policyholders received an additional $4 million in insurance payments in the first half of 2013 as a result of ... Oklahoma Town Fears Fires Costing City Its History Seminole, Okla., has suffered through eight fires in three years, causing some to fear that the community is losing its history. Since ... Pipe Company Suing Liberty Mutual Insurance over 2012 Arkansas Fire A fire that broke out at Welspun Pipes Inc.'s Little Rock, Ark., facility last year could cost the plant $14.5 million. That's according to ... More South Central News West Woman Awarded $775K After Tripping At Vegas Casino A woman who tripped on a speed bump and injured her shoulder at a U.S. casino has been awarded $775,000. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld ... Man Sues Wyoming Walmart For Wrongful Death A man who says his wife died after she ate a contaminated cantaloupe purchased at a Sheridan, Wyo. Walmart is suing the retailer. The ... Arizona Flash Flood Carries Away Tour Bus, None Hurt Flash flood waters swept a tour bus with 33 people aboard hundreds of yards down a wash in northwestern Arizona and the vehicle flipped on ... Leavitt Group Names Bosley in California The Leavitt Group named Renee Bosley as vice president in the employee benefits division in its Sacramento, Calif. office. Bosley ... More West News International Italy Crash Kills at Least 38 as Bus Plunges Into Ravine At least 38 people died when a bus plowed through a guard rail and plunged into a ravine in southern Italy, a police official said. The bus ... Quebec Gov't. Orders MMA Railway, World Fuel to Pay for Train Crash Cleanup The Quebec government has ordered the rail and fuel companies involved in a devastating train crash that killed 47 people in the town of ... Willis Group Hosts Investor Conference Willis Group Holdings announced an investor conference today in New York City from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. Willis, which last week ... XL Posts $272.7 Million Q2 Net Income; $221.6 Million Operating XL Group plc reported the following hihlights in its earnings report for the second quarter of 2013: -- Operating net income for the ... PartnerRe Posts $175.6 Million Q2 Net Loss; Operating Earnings $51.5 Million Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. reported a net loss of $175.6 million, or $3.37 per share for the second quarter of 2013. The earnings ... More International News Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV From 3D Printing to Driverless Cars: Emerging Risks on the Horizon New technology is happening all the time, and with that comes new risks, says Graeme Newman,... Watch Now Oklahoma Opens Up to Captive Insurers Oklahoma this year will join the ranks of other states that aim to attract and keep captive... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv New Discussions in the Forums comp in ca for unarmed security firm Posted: Mon Jul 29 -- Hi Trotter! We had to market a similar account, on a smaller scale last month and we were successful! 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