Monday, March 11, 2013

Weekly Reader Picks: Monday, March 11, 2013

Insurance Journal Weekly Reader Picks
March 11, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Florida’s Top 10 Sinkhole-Prone Counties
Mar 30, 2011 -- It's no secret that property/casualty insurers have been fielding more and more sinkhole claims in Florida and now online hazard mapping firm CDS Business Mapping and its RiskMeter Online service have come up with a ...
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2.Will Wind/Hail Cosmetic Damage Exclusion Endorsements Become the Norm?
Mar 7, 2013 -- Cosmetic damage from wind and hail to homeowner and commercial properties may no longer be covered if insurers opt to use new endorsements, one for homeowners and another for commercial roofs, that are becoming ...
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3.This Class Action Lawsuit’s for You, Budweiser
Mar 5, 2013 -- The maker of Budweiser is using splashy newspaper ads to poke fun at a lawsuit that alleges its beer is watered down. In full-page ads in 10 U.S. newspapers on Sunday, including The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, ...
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4.Garagekeepers Sometimes Lags in the Auto Repair Shop
Mar 5, 2013 -- The neighborhood auto repair shop or local gas station might seem to be an easy risk to insure. But there are a few misunderstood coverages that agents and brokers should know about, says one California broker ...
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5.Workplace Bullying Emerging As Major Employment Liability Battleground
Mar 4, 2013 -- Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. "One day I didn't do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started yelling,' ...
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6.States with More Gun Laws Show Lower Rate of Firearm Fatalities: Study
Mar 7, 2013 -- Having a higher number of firearm laws in a state may be associated with a lower rate of firearm fatalities from suicides and homicides, according to a study of all 50 states published by JAMA Internal Medicine. More ...
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7.Penn State Sues PMA Insurance Over Alleged Breach of Contract
Mar 6, 2013 -- Pennsylvania State University on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company (PMA), alleging that the insurer failed to honor obligations owed to the school under ...
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8.California Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses To Do CPR
Mar 5, 2013 -- A county official says a dispatcher followed general protocols when she pleaded with an independent living facility nurse to perform CPR on a woman who later died in California. The statement came Monday after the ...
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9.Family’s Lawsuit Against Charlotte Airport, US Airways Dismissed
Mar 8, 2013 -- A North Carolina judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Charlotte, its airport and an airline by the family of a teen who apparently fell to his death from the wheel well of a jet approaching Boston. Superior Court ...
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10.Small Businesses Hit With Data Breach Often Fail to Notify Customers: Survey
Mar 6, 2013 -- While more than half the U.S. small businesses experienced at least one data breach, just one-third of those firms notified individuals that their personal information had been compromised, a new survey revealed. ...
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