Entries for February 2008
| Friday, February 29, 2008 |
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UK Quake: Over 1,000 insurance claims following earthquake
By host @ 10:54 AM :: 3553 Views ::
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Following an earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday morning, at least 1,100 insurance claims were received in the first 12 hours after the tremor,...
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| Friday, February 29, 2008 |
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Ice Dams Keep Residents, Insurance Adjusters Busy
By host @ 10:52 AM :: 2260 Views ::
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Since December, ice dams are to blame for water leaking into hundreds of Dane County homes, WISC-TV reported.
Vicki Andrews, from American Family Ins...
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| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
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Earthquake Felt Across Parts of England
By host @ 11:01 PM :: 2687 Views ::
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — An earthquake struck Britain early Wednesday and was felt across large parts of the country. Police reported some minor dam...
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| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
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Key Hurricane Cases Before La. Court
By host @ 5:09 PM :: 2431 Views ::
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A couple who lost their home to Hurricane Rita went to the Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday with their contention that state law ...
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| Saturday, February 23, 2008 |
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State Farm to Florida homeowners: No thanks
By host @ 10:22 AM :: 1716 Views ::
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"State Farm, the largest private insurance company in Florida, will stop writing new homeowner policies anywhere in the state, a company spokesman con...
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| Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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Increased Hurricane Losses Due to More People, Wealth Along Coastlines, Not Stronger Storms, New Study Says
By host @ 7:26 PM :: 2406 Views ::
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A team of scientists have found that the economic damages from hurricanes have increased in the U.S. over time due to greater population, infrastructu...
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| Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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Damage Reports Nevada Earthquake
By host @ 9:43 AM :: 1820 Views ::
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Damage reports from the earthquake that hit Nevada yesterday are starting to surface. FEMA will have a report out later today. It does not appear that many of the residents had earthquake insurance. One State Farm agent has stated that he sold one policy in 10 years. One report also indicated that a lot of the buildings that were damaged had been abandoned and were not used.
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| Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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Insurer to Discontinue Servicing State Wind Pool after 2008
By host @ 8:11 AM :: 3691 Views ::
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Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC (ICAT) today announced that ICAT will continue to iss...
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| Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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Wind insurance could pass this session
By host @ 8:01 AM :: 3523 Views ::
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PASCAGOULA -- The Mississippi congressional delegation says there is a good chance for U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor's all-peril insurance proposal to make it...
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| Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
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Report outlines problems for state insurer after 2005 storms
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A report for the state Insurance Department shows that the state-sponsored “insurer of last resort” had trouble handling claim...
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