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FAU Gets Grant to Study Seaweed Harvesting, Just as Blobs Approach South Florida

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University are using a $1.3 million grant to see if huge blobs of seaweed can be harvested to help mitigate the economic impact on Florida beaches. The FAU Harbor Beach Oceanographic Institute this month announced the …

Cleanup, Air Monitoring as Residents Return Home After Kentucky Derailment

LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials and crews with rail operator CSX were working Friday to remove train cars and spilled material at the site of a derailment that sparked a chemical fire earlier in the week, as residents began …

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Escape Clause in Progressive Auto Liability Policy

Acuity and Progressive Specialty Å˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­ Co. disputed who should pay after a 16-year-old boy borrowed a friend’s car and crashed it into a utility pole in Streetsboro, Ohio. The driver was insured by Acuity through a policy issued to his …

Woman Charged After Three Stabbed at Atlanta Airport

ATLANTA (AP) — A woman was in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said. Officers assigned to the airport encountered a woman armed with a knife outside of a security checkpoint walking toward …

Four Inmates in Problem-Plagued Atlanta Jail Have Died in the Span of a Month

A 34-year-old man who was being held at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta died after he was taken to a hospital. He was the fourth person to die in Fulton County custody in the span of a month. A jail …

Insurer Must Cover Defendant in Fatal Bathroom Fight Lawsuit

A Delaware judge says an insurance company must extend liability coverage to a teenager who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a school bathroom attack captured on cellphone video that left a 16-year-old girl dead. The judge ruled Wednesday …

Nevada Motorists Face July 1 Auto Å˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­ Rate Increase

Nevada state officials are reminding as many as 600,000 vehicle owners they could face auto insurance rate increases July 1, when minimum liability coverage requirements go up. Officials announced earlier that almost one in three of Nevada’s 2 million licensed …

Take1 in California Now a Lloyd’s Cover Holder

Take1 Å˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­ announced that it is now a cover holder with Lloyd’s of London to provide excess liability coverage capacity of up to an additional $5 million in limits. Minimum rates start at $750 per each million dollars of coverage. …

Aon, in Partnership with Hiscox, Offers Ebola Liability Cover

Aon has launched an Ebola response product available to all health care institutions and features worldwide coverage on cases brought in the U.S. Negotiated in partnership with Hiscox, the product – called the Ebola liability insurance wrap – covers scenarios …

Former N.J. Broker Sentenced for Misappropriating $660K in Premiums

A former New Jersey insurance broker who misappropriated more than $660,000 in premiums owed to insurers has been sentenced to five years in state prison. Brian Mohen and his wife, Lisa Stanko-Mohen, were also ordered last Friday to pay more …