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April 5, 2013 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Good News: Progress Reported in Teen Passenger Safety A new report on teen driver safety by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm shows encouraging trends among teen ... New Vehicle Safety Ratings Would Reflect New Technologies, Aid Older Drivers The U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday it is looking at ways to expand its vehicle safety ratings in response to rapidly ... Commercial Rates Continued Up in March, Even for Large Accounts: MarketScout Commercial insurance rates were up about five percent in March, according to the latest barometer from MarketScout and the National ... Mortgage Insurers Settle for $15 MIllion Over Alleged Kickbacks to Lenders Four mortgage insurers agreed to pay about $15 million to settle claims that they paid kickbacks to mortgage lenders in exchange for ... Congressional Aide McCabe Joins Marsh Cyber Security Practice Matt McCabe, a former congressional advisor on cyber security, has joined Marsh's Network Security and Privacy Practice as a senior vice ... Starr Aviation Partners with Aviation Safety Group for Pilot Reward Project Starr Aviation (Starr), a division of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., has partnered with the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators ... KF&B Launches New Bus Program Wholesaler KF&B, Inc. has launched a new auto liability program for buses with up to $5 million in liability limits. The program is ... Willis Forms New Practice Group to Help Clients Meet Diversity Requirements A new practice group from Willis called Willis Open has been started to help public entities and corporate businesses build alliances with... Capital Wave Flows Into Re Market; Reinsurers Forced To Change Willis Re reported this week that a wave of new capital--amounting to $35 billion--is currently flowing into the global... More National News East N.Y. Charities to Provide 200 Coordinators to Help in Storm Recovery New York officials and Catholic Charities have announced a $38.5 million program to provide more than 200 coordinators to help residents ... Maine-Based Agencies Turner Barker, Clark Insurance to Merge Turner Barker Insurance, a Portland, Maine-based agency which had been a wholly owned subsidiary of Gorham Savings Bank for the past dozen ... Gowrie Group in Connecticut Appoints Commercial Lines Account Executive Gowrie Group, an independent insurance agency based in Westbrook, Conn., appointed Kristen Lincoln as an account executive within the ... More East News Midwest Iowa Senate Panel OKs Small Business Health Coverage Tax Incentive An Iowa Senate panel approved a bill that would give a new income tax break to small businesses if they cover part of their employees' ... South Dakota State Fair to Restrict Use of Golf Carts South Dakota officials will restrict the use of golf carts on the state fairgrounds to improve safety during this year's State Fair. State ... Kansas Agent Association Director Joins InVEST Board InVEST, the insurance industry's premier classroom to career education program, announced that Carol McClelland has joined its national ... More Midwest News Southeast Florida May Scrap No-Fault Auto Insurance Law Frustrated by a recent court decision temporarily blocking part of Florida's no-fault auto insurance law reformed last year, state ... Florida Lawmakers Advance Parasailing Regulations with Insurance Mandate A bill to ensure more safety for thrill seekers who soar above Florida's coastlines while dangling from parachutes has cleared its initial ... Crews Secure Cruise Ship That Tore Loose in Alabama The crippled cruise ship whose sewage-filled breakdown in the Gulf of Mexico subjected thousands to horrendous conditions tore loose ... More Southeast News South Central Texas Senate OKs Tougher Punishment for Fleeing an Accident The Texas Senate has has passed a bill that toughens the punishment for leaving an accident that causes an injury. The measure by Austin ... Arkansas Governor: U.S. Government Will Help With Private Insurance Federal officials have offered "conceptual support" for Arkansas' plan to use Medicaid dollars to buy private health insurance for ... Oklahoma Panel OKs Bill Punishing Uninsured Drivers An Oklahoma House committee approved a bill on April 2  aimed at preventing uninsured drivers from receiving any monetary damages after ... More South Central News West Report: 1 in 5 California Citizens Lives in Flood Zone California is suffering from one of its driest winters on record, but some statewide water managers are focusing on the opposite end of the ... Hanford Nuclear Contractor Settles Lawsuit For $1.1M A contractor at the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department ... Report Praises Response To Deadly Colorado Wildfire A review of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history released Wednesday found much to praise and few problems in the way Colorado ... New Mexico Man Gets $70K Settlement In Mistaken ID Arrest A New Mexico county is paying a $70,000 settlement to a man who was arrested and then jailed for several days after being mistaken for ... Leavitt Names Landrum In California Fresno, Calif.-based Barlocker Insurance Services has hired Debbie Landrum as an account executive. Landrum has been helping clients with ... More West News International Aon Benfield Cat Report: Severe Winter Causes $1.8bn Econ. Loss in Europe The latest catastrophe report for the month of March from Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon ... NOAA's CPC Sees El Niño Problems 'Unlikely' in No. Hemisphere for Summer The U.S. national weather forecaster reiterated on Thursday its forecast that the much-feared El Niño phenomenon is unlikely to affect the ... Sources Say UBS Was Mystery Lender for Thai Group's Ping An Deal The mystery lender behind a Thai billionaire's $9.4 billion purchase of a stake in China's No.2 insurer was UBS, which offered the region's ... German Minister Says Tax Haven Report Will 'Increase Pressure' German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday he was glad the identities of thousands of holders of bank accounts in tax havens ... 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