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Thousands of motorists were stuck on a 10-mile stretch of freeway near Los Angeles after a big-rig tanker truck burst into flames Wednesday. No one was injured. California Highway Patrol officers backed traffic up and turned it around, using offramps … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

President Obama has issued a major disaster declaration for New Jersey for the late October snowstorm that played havoc with roads, trees and power lines around the state. The declaration issued Wednesday evening paves the way for the release of … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Climate change is taking place on the Kenai Peninsula, slowly but surely. Over the last 100 years, climate change has been affecting the Peninsula, according to a presentation Thursday night from Dr. John Morton, supervisory biologist at the Kenai National … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Personal injury protection (PIP) claims closed in 2010 show that claimed losses for medical expenses, lost wages, and other expenses from auto accident injuries in the New York City area rose 70 percent over the past decade. This surpasses the … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 14 people this week in St. Louis and the surrounding county. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

Whooping cough has been unusually common in Seattle-area babies in recent years. Now a new report suggests the problem could be corrected by encouraging vaccination of the people who care for them. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

Baseball size hail hit Abilene, Texas, on April 24 causing property damage to vehicles, homes and businesses. Hail fell from a line of storms that passed over the southern half of the city and continued to move eastward all the … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

CNA Insurance was recently recognized as the “2010 Champion of the Year” by the Chicago-West Suburban Chapter of the CPCU Society. In presenting the award, chapter president Peter Quirk noted that CNA has had several employees play active roles in … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

The Red River Sunday had started a gradual decline in the Fargo-Moorhead area after reaching a preliminary crest at the fourth-highest level on record with rain storms coming in lighter than expected. “This rain will not have a huge effect … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

Madison, Wis., is the most secure U.S. community among large metropolitan areas (population of 500,000 or greater) according to the seventh annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from … View full post on Insurance Journal