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August 14, 2013 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Atlantic Hurricane Season to Enter Most Active Phase Next Week The Atlantic hurricane season is about to enter its most active phase as conditions for the powerful storms improve across the basin. Wind ... Report Urges Pressure on Utilities to Protect Electric Grid From Storms Power companies should be pressed by government to install technologies including smart meters and energy-storage devices to shield the ... Obamacare Health Exchange Buyers Can Expect $2,700 in Tax Credits: Report Tax credits to buy medical coverage next year will average $2,672 per family under President Barack Obama's health care system overhaul, a ... Lessons from U.S. Blackout of 10 Years Ago: Kemp Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with an overgrown tree near ... Zurich's Hogan Rejoining AIG As CEO of Global Consumer Insurance American International Group has named Kevin Hogan as chief executive officer of AIG Global Consumer Insurance. Hogan, who previously had a ... Gridiron Insurance Underwriters Launches New Inland Marine E-Portal Product Gridiron Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a program manager that specializes in program business on a regional and national basis through ... Cyberbullying: Finding the Insurance Coverage Sweet Spot Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, e-mail. Keeping in touch with friends and family has never been easier, and teens and tweens are often power users... Hiscox USA CEO Sees Revenue Growth From Building Brand & Workforce When Ben Walter took the helm of Hiscox USA last year, he didn't have decades of underwriting experience on his... More National News East N.J.'s Sandy Claims Mediation Program Received 488 Requests So Far New Jersey has received 488 requests so far for Superstorm Sandy-related claims mediation since the program's launch in May, officials said ... Requests for Conn. Sandy Aid Can Be Filed Soon Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday he expects the state will soon begin collecting applications for federal financial assistance ... Endurance Appoints Head of U.S. Financial Institutions Insurance in New York Endurance Specialty Holdings, a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, appointed Fred Cooper as ... SAN Group Creates 2 New Management Positions in New Hampshire Satellite Agency Network Group Inc., an alliance of independent property/casualty insurance agencies in the Northeast, created two new ... More East News Midwest Michigan's Saginaw Bay Underwriters Celebrates 150 Years The world has changed a lot since Saginaw Bay Underwriters was founded in 1863, and the insurance industry has changed along with it. "We ... Amerisure Selects Pontious to Lead Business Intelligence, Analytics Initiatives Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., based in Farmington Hills, Mich., announced that Doug Pontious has joined the company to lead its data ... Tornado Damage Exceeds $30M in Wisconsin Officials in the Fox Valley say damage from recent tornadoes exceeds $30 million. The National Weather Service tells WLUK-TV that six ... Advocates Question Ohio Health 'Navigators' Rules An Ohio legislative panel has cleared new state rules for professionals guiding people through the insurance marketplaces created by the ... More Midwest News Southeast Buildings Near Florida Resort Sinkhole Being Inspected for Damage An official at a resort near Orlando, Fla., where a 100-foot sinkhole has swallowed part of a villa has said he's awaiting the results of ... Kentucky Turning to Telemedicine As Way to Handle Doctor Shortage The expanding number of doctors offering appointments through videoconferencing, called telemedicine, is expected to see a sharp increase ... North Carolina Bureau, Insurers to Pay 2 Innocent Men $12M The State Bureau of Investigation said that the agency and its insurers have agreed to pay more than $12 million to two men who spent a ... Insurance Broker Gardner Appointed Chair of Florida's Citizens Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has tapped Chris Gardner to be the new chair of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of ... More Southeast News South Central Human Activity Muddies Causes of Texas Floods Periodic flooding in Texas -- one the most flood-prone states in the nation -- cannot be firmly linked to climate change due to numerous ... Arkansas Burglars Hit Homes During Funerals Authorities in Faulkner County, Ark., say it appears local burglars have been reading the obituaries and breaking into homes while the ... U.S. Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Oklahoma Healthcare Reform Lawsuit A federal judge has denied most of the federal government's motion to dismiss Oklahoma's legal challenge to implementation of the new ... More South Central News West Otter Declares Disaster for Idaho Wildfire Areas Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has issued a disaster declaration for areas on southern Idaho ravaged in recent weeks by wildfires. The declaration ... $4M Settlement In Fatal Oregon Bus-Pedestrians Case A Portland, Ore.-area transit agency and its bus manufacturer have agreed to pay $4 million to five plaintiffs to resolve lawsuits filed ... Judge Strikes Down LAPD Car Impound Policy A judge has struck down an Los Angeles Police Department policy that makes it easier for unlicensed drivers to keep their cars instead of ... More West News International Loeb's Third Point Re Set for IPO as Einhorn's Truck Bet Shows Insurers' Risk Investors in Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.'s initial public offering are betting on billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb. They're also ... Japanese Airline Finds Faulty Wiring on Dreamliner Fire Extinguishers Japanese airline ANA Holdings said it had found an electrical wiring problem in the fire extinguishers of the engines of three of its ... Allied World Europe in Strategic Agreement with UK's Gravity Underwriting Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG, which is based in Switzerland, announced that its subsidiary, Allied World Assurance Holdings ... Talanx Raises 2013 Profit Forecast After Swiss Life Stake Sale Talanx AG, the German insurer that sold stock in an initial public offering last year, raised its profit goal for 2013 after the sale of ... More International News Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV Opportunity in ACA Reprieve Shawn P. Pynes, a principal with Barney & Barney LLC in San Diego, sees the temporary reprieve... Watch Now 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,... 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