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'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/09/09/113096.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Car Booster Seats Make Gains in Insurance Testing</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National News - September 9, 2010</div><div>Car booster seats have made strides in ensuring a proper fit for children in ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/09/08/113091.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Fitch Revises U.S. P/C Industry Outlook to Stable</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Fitch has revised its sector outlook on the U.S. property/casualty insurance ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/09/08/113090.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">RLJ Companies Acquires Equity Stake in AV International</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National News - September 8, 2010</div><div>The RLJ Companies (RLJ) has entered into an equity arrangement with AV ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/09/08/113089.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">U.S. RE Analytics Names Kutsina as Managing Director</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Anya Kutsina has been named managing director of U.S. RE Analytics LLC, a ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/09/08/113079.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Sword Expands, Relocates Boston Headquarters</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Sword Insurance, which provides policy administration, distribution and ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/09/08/113076.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">New York Giants Sued by Woman Claiming Injury at &#39;09 Game</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East News - September 8, 2010</div><div>The New York Giants have been sued by a woman and her husband who claim she ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/09/07/113046.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Russell Bond Opens Massachusetts Office</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East News - September 7, 2010</div><div>Upstate New York-based wholesaler Russell Bond &amp; Co. has opened a branch ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/09/07/113044.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">New York Seeks 30% Hike for Some Workers&#39; Comp Costs</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East News - September 7, 2010</div><div>The New York Workers&#39; Compensation Board is proposing to raise portions ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/09/08/113084.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Marmarth, N.D., Dike Decertified by Feds</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Federal officials have decertified a dike that for half a century has ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/09/08/113081.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Indiana Insurance to Expand School Program in Iowa</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/09/07/113054.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Nationwide Insurance Will End PGA Tour Sponsorship in 2012</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest News - September 7, 2010</div><div>Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance has announced it will end its title ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/09/07/113053.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">New South Dakota Flood-Control Project to Protect Properties</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest News - September 7, 2010</div><div>A flood-control project in the works for more than 20 years should be ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/09/09/113094.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Departure of Insurer from Florida Points Up Fraud Problem</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast News - September 9, 2010</div><div>With a letter sent out a few weeks ago, Explorer Insurance announced that it ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/09/08/113086.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Florida&#39;s Citizens Says Sinkhole Claims Forcing Proposed Rate Hike</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast News - September 8, 2010</div><div>At a hearing yesterday before the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/09/08/113061.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">North Carolina Expects Little Insurance Loss from Earl</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Risk modelers say Hurricane Earl caused extremely minimal damage as it ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/09/07/113042.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">American Excess Announces 100 Percent Retention</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast News - September 7, 2010</div><div>The American Excess Insurance Exchange has achieved 100 percent renewal ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/09/08/113088.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Mayor Says Leesville, Louisiana Fire Protection Rating at Risk</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Texas / South Central News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Leesville, La., officials say one of the city&#39;s fire pumps is broken, ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/09/08/113087.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Arkansas Fire Chiefs: It&#39;s Harder to Get Volunteers</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Texas / South Central News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Rural fire chiefs in Arkansas say they are finding it harder to recruit ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/09/08/113080.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Texas Approves 16 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers&#39; Comp Claims</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Texas / South Central News - September 8, 2010</div><div>The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers&#39; Compensation ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/09/07/113058.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">McQueary Henry Bowles Troy Adds Staff in Dallas and Fort Worth</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Texas / South Central News - September 7, 2010</div><div>Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/09/09/113098.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Wylie Insurance Joins The Iroquois Group</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West News - September 9, 2010</div><div>Wylie Insurance of Modesto, Calif., has joined The Iroquois Group. According ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/09/09/113097.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Bolton &#38; Co. Joins Benefit Advisors Network</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West News - September 9, 2010</div><div>Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton &amp; Co. has joined Benefit Advisors Network ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/09/09/113066.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Lockton Names Cushard VP in San Francisco</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West News - September 9, 2010</div><div>Greg Cushard has joined Lockton in San Francisco as a vice president and ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/09/08/113093.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">California Processes 15.5% Fewer Surplus Line Premiums</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West News - September 8, 2010</div><div>The Surplus Line Association of California has processed $1.9 billion in ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/09/08/113075.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">Hub Acquires Ontario Insurance Broker Sinclair Cockburn</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/09/08/113073.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">AmWINS/Colemont Acquires So. Korea&#39;s CMK Insurance Brokers</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International News - September 8, 2010</div><div>Colemont Global Group, the international division of wholesale insurance ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/09/08/113071.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">BMS Names Beardmore New CEO</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International News - September 8, 2010</div><div>BMS, the London-based specialist insurance group, announced the appointment ...</div>',
'<div style="font-family:verdana;color:000000;font-size:12;"><div><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/09/08/113070.htm" style="color:cc0000;" target="_blank">One Death Reported as Blast Rips Through Mexico Oil Refinery</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International News - September 8, 2010</div><div>An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery Tuesday, killing one ...</div>');

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