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	<title>Insurance Journal &#187; Midwest News</title>
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		<title>FEMA: Fewer than 500 Temporary Housing Units in Joplin, Missouri</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 6, 2012, households residing in Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile homes in Joplin, Mo., dropped below 500, recovery officials said. Mobile home occupancy peaked at 586 on Oct. 3, 2011, as a result of the massive tornado that &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>SIAA Signs 10 New Agencies in the Midwest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it added 10 independent insurance agencies in the Midwest in January. SIAA’s newest members from the Midwest are: Tervo Agency of Hancock, Mich., Fairview Insurance Network of Fairview Park, Ohio; Eagle Eye Insurance &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>ISU Network Adds Two Midwest Agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco-based ISU Network announced that two new independent insurance agencies in the Midwest have joined the agency group. ISU welcomed ISU Papineau Insurance of Tioga, N.D., and ISU Cherris Insurance Agency of Farmington Hills, Mich. Papineau Insurance’s David Papineau &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Fremont Insurance Co. Ratings Upgraded; Auto Club Group Affirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Fremont Insurance Co. (Fremont) of Fremont, Mich. In addition, A.M. Best has affirmed the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Minnesota Board Refrains from Disciplining Doctors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Minnesota state board that&#8217;s responsible for protecting the public from physician errors often shies away from punishing doctors whose mistakes harm patients or who demonstrate a pattern of substandard care, according to a Star Tribune investigation published Feb. 5. &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Jansen Named as Grinnell Mutual President and CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Jansen has been named president and chief executive officer at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. located in Grinnell, Iowa. For the past 10 years, Jansen has served as the company’s senior vice president of direct underwriting and production. During Jansen’s &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Crashes Put Spotlight on Indiana Driver Licensing Policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A series of crashes into storefronts in an Indiana community has left a trail of property damage, but the drivers responsible are likely still behind the wheel because of Indiana&#8217;s policies on restricting driver&#8217;s licenses. Some of the five storefront &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>No State Emergency Funds for Private Storm Shelters in Missouri</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri&#8217;s State Emergency Management Agency has rejected funding for individual storm shelters, but SEMA says it will earmark $20 million to build community safe rooms in Joplin. Assistant City Manager Sam Anselm told The Joplin Globe that SEMA told him &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>State Farm Plans to Hire 3,000 Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illinois-based State Farm Insurance said it will hire 3,000 people across the U.S. and Canada, filling many positions left empty during the recession, and add 900 agents. The news follows an announcement by Chrysler that it will add almost 2,000 &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Food Company Recalls Eggs in 34 States</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota food company said it is recalling more than a million hard-cooked eggs distributed to 34 states after testing revealed some may be contaminated with listeria. Some 15,000 pails of eggs in brine, sold for institutional use, are being recalled, &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Announces $11.6M in Insurance Savings, Recoveries in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/02/03/234166.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance regulators saved or recovered $11.6 million for Ohioans in 2011, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced. The department said it received 5,336 consumer complaints, the majority of which dealt with the denial of insurance claims. Of the recoveries realized &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Missouri Senator Delays Workplace Discrimination Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A black senator from St. Louis area who said she was fearful of reversing decades of hard-fought civil rights gains held the Missouri Senate floor for hours on Feb. 1 while vowing to block a vote on legislation changing the &#8230;]]></description>
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