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November 23, 2009
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National

Most Americans Want Congress to Address Cost of Malpractice Suits

Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll. Yet...

Jury Rules Against Fair Isaac in FICO Credit Score Trademark Case

A federal jury in Minneapolis on Friday ruled against Fair Isaac Corp. in its lawsuit accusing Experian Plc and TransUnion LLC of antitrust...

Procter & Gamble Recalls Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray

Procter & Gamble Co. said it is voluntarily recalling three lots of Vicks Sinex nasal spray because of potential bacterial...

S&P Upgrades Crum & Forster Ratings to 'A-'; Fairfax 'BBB-' Rating Affirmed

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Crum & Forster Insurance Co....
East

Maine Highway Deaths Remain Below Record

Safety officials say Maine's highway death toll for the year remains below 2008, which was the safest year on the state's roads since...

New Hampshire Promoting Safe Holidays with Proclamation

New Hampshire is promoting safe holidays with a new campaign against driving drunk or drugged. More than 200 state officials are expected to...

Pennsylvania Judges Given Partial Immunity in Civil Suit

Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially...
Midwest

Lawsuit Filed in South Dakota Alleges Disability Discrimination

A former employee of Trail King of South Dakota alleges in a lawsuit that he was a victim of disability discrimination when he was fired for...

Wisconsin Technical College Creates Insurance Education Program

Madison, Wis., Area Technical College has launched an Insurance Certificate Program to respond the needs of the growing insurance industry...
Southeast

Mississippi Shipyard Explosion Kills 2

Moss Point Police and emergency crews confirmed two people died in an explosion at a Jackson County, Mississippi Shipyard. Emergency...
Texas / South Central

Katrina MRGO Ruling Could Bring New Deluge of Lawsuits

A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' “monumental negligence” for some of the worst flooding from...

Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Rehear Exxon Abandoned Wells Case

The Texas Supreme Court says it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded...
International

Northwest England Hit by Floods; Bridges Collapse; AIR Analysis

A series of violent storms struck the west coast of England, beginning last Thursday.  Cumbria, the County just below the...

UPDATE: RMS Gives Preliminary Loss Estimates from UK Floods

Risk Management Solutions has issued a bulletin that presents several possibilities concerning the economic losses from the floods, which...

Best Affirms Mondial Assistance, Jefferson 'A' Ratings; Outlook Stable

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'A' (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a+" of Swiss-based...

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