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• Gustav may trigger $10B in insurance claims
BEAUMONT, Texas - Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry. While Gustav’s force paled in comparison to ...
• Dead man's doctor visit scuttles insurance scam
Akhtary's checkup, six months after he allegedly died in Afghanistan, scuttled his ex-wife's attempt to collect $550,000 on a life insurance policy. At a court hearing last week in Gloucester, a judge sentenced 34-year-old Akhtary to 60 hours of ...
• Stocks tank — Dow ends day nearly 350 down
Meanwhile, the Labor Department said new applications for unemployment insurance rose by 15,000 last week from the previous week. That broadly missed expectations for a fourth-straight week of declines, heightening worries that the average American ...
• Dealing with an unexpected death on the road
More people are traveling,” says Jon Ansell, founding president of the US Travel Insurance Association, a trade group. “More people are dying.
• Jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week
The Labor Department reported that new applications for unemployment insurance rose to a seasonally adjusted 444,000, up 15,000 from the previous week.