| 1. | After Games, 40% of Fans Have Booze on Board
Feb 4, 2011 -- Eight percent of fans who agreed to be tested after attending professional football and baseball games were too drunk to legally drive, a new study finds, and 40 percent had booze in their bodies. The study has limitations: it does not disclose ... |
| 2. | Berkshire Hathaway Homestate to Provide Workers’ Comp Nationally
Feb 3, 2011 -- The Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies (BHHC) now has the ability to provide workers' compensation coverage to their clients in every state that allows private insurers to compete for business. Currently, BHHC has policies in force in 44 ... |
| 3. | Senate Democrats Block Repeal of Healthcare Law
Feb 3, 2011 -- President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a Republican bid Wednesday to repeal his healthcare overhaul, likely leaving the fate of the year-old law up to the federal courts. The Senate rejected the attempted repeal on a ... |
| 4. | Why Elderly Are Bad Drivers
Feb 3, 2011 -- When elderly drivers get behind the wheel, they often confront the harrowing reality that they cannot easily see other cars, pedestrians, or cyclists moving around them. This frightening effect of aging, it turns out, is not necessarily a result of ... |
| 5. | Farmers Buys Naming Rights to New Los Angeles Stadium
Feb 2, 2011 -- The Farmers Insurance Exchange has agreed to pay $700 million for the naming rights to the proposed downtown Los Angeles football stadium and event center, a deal backers say is a big step towards attracting an NFL team to the city. The stadium is ... |
| 6. | Predictive Modeling Improving Insurers’ Bottom Lines, Market Share
Feb 2, 2011 -- Property/casualty insurance carriers currently utilizing predictive modeling continue to see their bottom lines improve and almost 4 out of 10 say it has helped them increase market share. For this and other reasons, predictive modeling also ... |
| 7. | Minnesota Man Imprisoned After Crash Sues Toyota
Feb 2, 2011 -- Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. asked a federal judge this week to dismiss most of the claims filed by a Minnesota man who was incarcerated after a fatal crash involving a 1996 Camry, saying the automaker had no direct connection to events that put ... |
| 8. | Applied Systems Adds Data Protection, Email Verification Service
Feb 1, 2011 -- Insurance agents and brokers can now legally prove who e-mailed what to whom and when. Applied Systems TAMOnline and VisionOnline agency management systems now include a service known as RPost Registered Email. RPost helps agents protect insureds' ... |
| 9. | Federal Judge in Florida Rules Healthcare Law Must Be Voided
Jan 31, 2011 -- A federal judge in Florida struck down President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul as unconstitutional Monday in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled that the reform ... |
| 10. | Nearly 200 Animals Die in Upstate New York Barn Fire
Jan 31, 2011 -- A woman who lost about 200 farm animals in an upstate New York barn fire blames the disaster on a propane heater she had set up to protect newborn and pregnant sheep and goats from subzero cold. Robin Dillenbeck, sitting with her mother at their ... |
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