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		<title>Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mother of a Massachusetts man fatally shot inside a Harvard University dormitory during a drug-related robbery has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Ivy League school. Denise Cosby says in her suit filed in Middlesex Superior Court that &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>New Fund Created to Help Displaced Vermont Mobile-Home Owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn French and his wife lost their mobile home and much of its contents when floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene ripped through Weston&#8217;s Mobile Home park in Berlin. They were lucky enough to find another trailer, a doublewide, not too &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia&#8217;s Sales-Tax Holiday on Hurricane-Prep Items Begins Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia residents can prepare for the upcoming hurricane season and save money at the same time. The Virginia Department of Taxation says the state&#8217;s sales-tax holiday on emergency items such as batteries, flashlights, tarps and first-aid kits runs from today, &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>FEMA OKs Additional $5.5M for Buying Flood-Prone Properties in Penn.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday approved more than $5.5 million in additional federal funding for property acquisitions in Pennsylvania that will permanently remove flood-prone properties from harm&#8217;s way. Additional projects continue to be approved as the application process &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA Investigating Recent Spate of Construction Site Accidents in N.J.</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/24/248877.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal labor officials want construction companies in New Jersey to ensure that employees working above 6 feet have the proper equipment to protect themselves from falls. The U.S. Department of Labor&#8217;s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the call this &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>N.Y. Rail Workers in Disability Scam May Be Eligible for Amnesty</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/24/248860.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long Island Rail Road retirees who faked disability claims in order to get more lucrative pensions would avoid prosecution and be able to keep some benefits if they admit wrongdoing under a deal with the federal government, officials said Tuesday. &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>R.I. Enacts New Law to Assist Homeowners With Hurricane-Related Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday signed into law legislation designed to provide additional protection to homeowners when they suffer damages from hurricanes. The legislation (House bill 2012-H7484A and Senate bill 2012-S2597A) also includes additional consumer protections for the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Insurer to Cover Half of R.I. City&#8217;s $389K Loss Caused by Embezzlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An insurance company has paid the city of Woonsocket, R.I., $200,000, which covers about half the money the city says it lost to embezzlement. City Finance Director Thomas Bruce III tells the Woonsocket Call the city filed the claim with &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty Mutual Appoints Chief Actuary for Group Benefits Operation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston-headquartered Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Brian Dunham as senior vice president and chief actuary of its group benefits operation. Prior to joining Liberty Mutual, Dunham was responsible for the pricing and financial management of Unum&#8217;s large case group life &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland&#8217;s State-Run WC Insurer IWIF to Become Private Nonprofit Co.</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/23/248692.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s state-run workers’ comp insurance carrier, will become a private, nonprofit company under a new name Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance, effective Oct. 1, 2013. The conversion is mandated by legislation (SB 745, the IWIF Conversion &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Companies Get Workplace Safety Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Vermont is honoring several companies for their commitment to safety in the workplace. The Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s plant in St. Albans and the H.P. Hood plant in Barre have won awards in the large business category. Chroma &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>University of Pennsylvania Launches New Risk and Insurance Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said this week it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The program&#8217;s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research on risk and insurance at the University of &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Penn. Pain Management Doc Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Pittsburgh-area doctor who specialized in pain management faces a lengthy federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to prescribing unnecessary painkillers and defrauding insurance carriers in the process. Forty-year-old Oliver Herndon, of McMurray, left a courtroom without commenting Tuesday. His &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers Paid $200M to Victims of June 1, 2011 Massachusetts Tornadoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts officials said that insurers so far paid out $200 million in claims related to devastating tornadoes in western and central Massachusetts that occurred on June 1, 2011. The Massachusetts Insurance Division said in its new report that the top &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>FBI: 10 More Charged in N.Y. Long Island Rail Road Pensions Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FBI said it has arrested 10 more people as part of its months-long investigation into allegations that hundreds of Long Island Rail Road employees faked disabilities so they could enjoy more lucrative pensions. Six people were arrested Tuesday morning &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Country Singer Alan Jackson Raises $150K for Quake-Damaged Va. County</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Country singer Alan Jackson has raised more than $150,000 to help a Virginia county rebuild schools damaged by last year&#8217;s earthquake. A benefit concert by Jackson drew 6,000 people to Louisa County on Sunday, May 20. Jackson performed in the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>FCCI Insurance Expands to Maryland, Hires New Marketing Underwriter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarasota, Fla.-headquartered property/casualty insurer FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI) recently expanded into Maryland and has hired Jeanine Ferritor as a senior marketing underwriter to develop FCCI’s independent agency relationships in the new state. Ferritor will be based in Ellicott City, Md. &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Allied World Assurance Company Opens Philadelphia Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced the opening of Allied World U.S.&#8217;s new office in Philadelphia. The company also said Mike Sobel, vice president, has been appointed Philadelphia branch manager and will oversee distribution and business development for the Mid-Atlantic &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Vt. Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints, Identify Impaired Drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/22/248472.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vermont State Police and other law enforcement agencies have begun conducting sobriety and vehicle safety checkpoints within Caledonia and Essex counties. Between Sunday, May 20, and June 3, an aggressive effort will be made to identify impaired drivers. Troopers, sheriff&#8217;s &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Motorist Texts While Driving, Crashes Into Police Cruiser</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/21/248390.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vermont police say a 33-year-old motorist was distracted while writing a text message on his cellphone when he crashed into a police car. Vermont State Police say Jesse Clayton crashed into a Rutland police cruiser at about 1 a.m. last &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. AG Coakley Seeks to Close Loophole in State&#8217;s Drunk-Driving Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and state lawmakers are seeking to close a loophole in the state&#8217;s drunk-driving law (Melanie’s Law) that was brought to light in a recent court decision. Responding to a Supreme Judicial Court decision issued last &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>N.Y. to Boot Crooked, &#8216;Dirty Doctors&#8217; From No-Fault Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/21/248306.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance regulators plan to start kicking crooked doctors out of New York&#8217;s no-fault program next month, calling them linchpins in fake-accident scams that cost insurers and ultimately policyholders hundreds of millions of dollars. Regulations are set to take effect June &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>New York Hearings on &#8216;Forced&#8217; Insurance in Foreclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/20/248239.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 00:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Premiums for so-called force-placed insurance have more than tripled since 2004, producing enormous profits for insurers and the banks that take out policies when a homeowner fails to maintain coverage required by the mortgage, according to New York regulators. In &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>N.Y. Compensation Insurance Rating Board Seeks 11.5% Rate Hike</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/18/248220.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) has submitted to the Department of Financial Services on Thursday a loss-cost filing for an overall average loss cost change of +11.5 percent. The change in loss cost represents the anticipated cost &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Northern United Agents Alliance in N.H. Expands, Adding 2 New Agencies</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/18/248148.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA), an independent agency partnership based in New Hampshire, added two new agency members. The new members are: Maloney Associates Insurance in Hanover, N.H., and Bernier Insurance Agency in Rochester, N.H. Maloney Associates Insurance was &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Governor Shumlin Signs Health &#8216;Exchange&#8217; Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/18/248144.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law the next step in a multi-year effort to revamp Vermont&#8217;s health care system and make it more like Canada&#8217;s. The bill Shumlin signed on Wednesday calls for setting up a regulated health care &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Becomes First State in U.S. to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/18/248141.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation&#8217;s first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water deep into the ground. The Democrat, surrounded at a Statehouse ceremony by environmentalists and Twinfield &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>N.J. Police Chief Is Convicted of Insurance Fraud, Faces Prison Term</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/18/248138.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa faces up to 45 years in prison after a jury convicted him of insurance fraud and official misconduct. After deliberating three days, the panel on Wednesday found Zisa filed a false insurance report and became &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Judge: New York AG Must Decide on Revealing Spitzer&#8217;s Emails on AIG</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/17/248051.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 01:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York&#8217;s Attorney General must review his predecessor&#8217;s private emails relating to a probe of American International Group Inc. and decide whether to release them to the public, a state judge has ruled. The office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Group Urges N.Y. to Overhaul Regulation of Force-Placed Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/05/17/247988.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group, today called on New York regulators to become a national leader in overhauling regulation of force-placed insurance (FPI) for homeowners. New York Financial Services Department is holding a &#8230;]]></description>
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