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How Do Building-Code Effectiveness Classifications Affect Insurance Pricing?
ISO has filed advisory rating programs, including rating credits for commercial fire and allied lines, businessowners, homeowners, and dwelling lines of insurance.…Read more →Electric Boat Insurance Discount
Travelers recently launched a “first” in the insurance industry with its premium discount of up to 10 percent for those owning electrically…Read more →Insurance Fraud
A San Joaquin County, Calif., farmer has been indicted for allegedly filing false claims for crop insurance benefits. If convicted, Torlai faces 30…Read more →Suit Dropped. Company found not liable. Who is paying for lawyers?
Reuters Reports: Johnson & Johnson last Thursday won a lawsuit brought by the family of an 11-year-old girl who became blind after…Read more →Infringement Case AA vs. Google was dismissed
American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp., dropped a trademark lawsuit against Google Inc. over the search engine’s use of the carrier’s…Read more →Make Sure to Have Ordinance of Law Coverage
House OKs bill to help strengthen building codes The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would create a national program to…Read more →Medical Errors: They Can Happen to Anyone
Physicians aren’t immune from it. Lawyers aren’t immune from it. Even actors aren’t immune from it. Actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins, who…Read more →Stealing Furniture from The Hartford
A Connecticut business owner has been sentenced to one year of home confinement for participating in a scheme to steal furniture from…Read more →Chinese companies lag on internal controls: Study
Listed companies in the Chinese mainland are lagging in establishing internal controls despite a looming deadline to put a framework of controls…Read more →Hawaii Law Mandates: Fire-Safe Cigarettes Only
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has signed into law a bill that requires only fire-safe cigarettes be sold in Hawaii as of Oct.…Read more →Top 10 Most Tornado Prone Areas: Colorado, Texas
The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according…Read more →Honda Civic, Accord Top 2008 List of Most Stolen Cars
The 1995 Honda Civic was the car stolen the most in 2007, according to “Hot Wheels 2008,” the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s…Read more →Make insurance the easiest thing on your to-do list.
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