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		<title>Mediation Fails, West Virginia Slurry Pollution Case Going to Trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mediation has failed to settle a lawsuit by hundreds of Boone County residents who blame coal companies for contaminating their water supplies. Attorney Roger Decanio said this week that the case against Massey Energy and four subsidiaries is headed for &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Court Upholds Mississippi Man&#8217;s 37-Month Sentence for Insurance Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has upheld the 37-month sentence handed to a Mississippi man convicted of defrauding a Memphis insurance company. The Commercial Appeals reported that a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Memphis upheld &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina Weighs Sprinkler Mandate for New Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over whether all new homes should have fire sprinklers is heating up in South Carolina. The South Carolina Building Code Council is considering whether to adopt the International Residential Code requiring sprinklers in all new homes. The National &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Readies Storm Plan for Republican Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/24/248780.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida Gov. Rick Scott will have the final say whether to cancel the Republican National Convention in the event of a hurricane. The convention where Mitt Romney is expected to be formally nominated as the Republican candidate for president in &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginian Gets 18 Month Jail Term for Faking Insurance Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[accident staging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Buckhannon, West Virginia man who admitted to defrauding insurance companies by staging vehicle accidents and filing fake claims will spend 18 months in prison. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey sentenced 42-year-old Christopher John Thrain earlier this week on &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi Curbs AG&#8217;s Control Over State&#8217;s Legal Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a law limiting the attorney general&#8217;s control of the state&#8217;s legal business. The law,  House Bill 211,which takes effect July 1, requires the attorney general to appoint outside lawyers if he declines to represent &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Coal Miner Claims Alpha Fired Him Over Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coal miner who says he was fired for enforcing safety standards that slowed down both production and the sealing of the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia is suing Alpha Natural Resources. The State Journal said Glen &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Assurant Specialty to Hire Up to 100 Workers in Gwinnett County, Ga.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assurant Specialty Property, a provider of insurance services, said this week it is hiring as many as 100 new employees at its customer service centers in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The company is hiring part-time and full-time customer service representatives, as &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi Catholic Groups Sue Over Birth Control Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten Catholic groups in Mississippi are suing the Obama administration over a mandate that most employers provide birth control coverage as part of health insurance plans. Roman Catholic groups across the nation filed 12 lawsuits Monday. One was filed in &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi Pathologist Settles with Innocence Project Over Defamation Claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A forensic pathologist who sued the Innocence Project for defamation has accepted a $100,000 judgment to end the suit. The Clarion-Ledger reported  that the Innocence Project said it agreed to the judgment because its insurance carrier wanted to settle. The &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Coal Firm Alpha Cites Safety Steps on Coal-Dust</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says it has taken steps to avoid coal-dust violations of the kind that investigators say caused the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 men, according to a letter the Bristol, Va.-based company &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky Program Aims to Catch Uninsured Drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/21/248304.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kentucky drivers could see their car registrations cancelled and they could be charged with insurance fraud if they are found to be operating a vehicle without the proper insurance. Under current law, Kentucky drivers must show proof of insurance when &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee Cracks Down on Roofing Contractor Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roofing contractors operating in Tennessee will have to provide residents whose homes are damaged due to tornadoes and other storms with more information about their company and about their rights to cancel contracts under a new law. Gov. Bill Haslam &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Season&#8217;s First Tropical Storm Forms Off Carolina Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/21/248290.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Alberto emerged off South Carolina&#8217;s coastline Sunday, the first storm of its kind to form in a hurricane season that doesn&#8217;t officially begin until June 1. The storm was not expected to approach landfall on the Carolinas&#8217; coast, &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s Citizens Defends Plan to Consider Higher Rates on New Business</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/18/248131.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing protests from consumers and state officials, Florida’s state-run homeowners insurer has found itself defending a proposal to increase rates for new customers above a legislative cap placed on current business. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. officials floated the proposal last &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Court Tosses Workplace Retaliation Damages Suit Against Mississippi College</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/18/248127.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has ruled for Hinds Community College in a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, a Mississippi federal judge ordered the school to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she had been the victim &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina Son Follows in Father&#8217;s Safety Footsteps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dwain Fogle believes in taking an extra minute to make sure safety is first in his job as a rural mail carrier, a lesson he learned from his father who spent 41 years in the same profession. As a rural &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA Probes Florida Postal Worker&#8217;s Mysterious Illness</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/18/247883.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal agency that monitors worker safety has opened an investigation into the illness of a U.S. postal worker who became sick after coming into contact with a mysterious package from Yemen. A spokesman for the Occupational Safety and Health &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Forecasters Examine Hurricane Andrew&#8217;s Legacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ability to predict how bad a storm will be has eluded forecasters since Hurricane Andrew made a catastrophic landfall in South Florida two decades ago and it will remain a challenge for the next chief at the National Hurricane &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Andrew Remembered at Storm Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida&#8217;s emergency managers are preparing for the upcoming tropical storm season by reexamining the lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew. This August will mark the 20th anniversary of Andrew&#8217;s catastrophic landfall in South Florida. The Category 5 hurricane remains one of &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Misuse of BP Oil Spill Funds Prompts Changes by Florida County</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid a criminal investigation into the alleged misuse of funds paid by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill, a Panhandle county made big changes this week in the way it oversees spending for promotion of the area&#8217;s world-famous beaches. &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Blood Bank Sued Over HIV Infection Says Supply Is Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Florida blood bank being sued by a patient who claims he was infected with HIV after a transfusion says its blood supply is safe. Gainesville, Fla.-based LifeSouth Community Blood Centers said in a release that every donor is screened &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Court Ruling in Georgia Upholds School&#8217;s Use of Publication Excerpts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge sided with Georgia State University on a range of copyright infringement claims filed by three publishing houses in a ruling that administrators said could set an important precedent for how educational data is used by schools. The &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Man Sues Florida Blood Bank Over HIV Infection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Alabama man has filed a lawsuit against a Florida blood bank, charging that a transfusion during a coronary bypass surgery infected him with HIV. The lawsuit alleges that the contaminated blood given to Howard Midkiff came from the Alabama &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Allstate Looks to Grow Florida Agency Force Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allstate&#8217;s Florida says it wants to add dozens of new agencies along with support staff jobs across the state, mostly in north and central Florida. Allstate said its 2012 agency strategy should create approximately 100 new jobs in Florida. &#8220;We &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Glisson Named to Board of Florida&#8217;s Citizens Property Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Glisson, Jr., chairman and CEO of Triad Financial Services, Jacksonville, Florida, has been appointed to serve as a member of the board of governors of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ayala Joins MarketScout in Florida</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/15/247553.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marsha Ayala has joined MarketScout&#8217;s Florida office as an underwriter. Ayala&#8217;s hire is part of the company’s expanding activities in south Florida, where it is focusing on insurance for individuals with high net worth. She will work out of the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Man Sentenced in Crash Blamed on Prescription Drug</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Georgia man will serve 15 years in prison after being convicted of DUI and homicide by vehicle. A Pierce County jury has convicted 37-year-old Clinton Deloach Jr. of Patterson of being under the influence of prescription drugs in the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Jury Awards Longshoreman $5.6 Million for Injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Ports Authority is considering whether to appeal a jury verdict that awarded more than $5.6 million to a longshoreman for injuries he suffered in a collision at the Port of Savannah. The jury last Thursday decided to award &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Hurricane Fund May Come Up Short If Big Storm Hits: Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/14/247354.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida may not have enough money to pay off hurricane insurance claims if a big storm hits this year. An advisory panel last Thursday concluded that the state may fall nearly $2 billion short of the total needed to cover &#8230;]]></description>
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