| The Daily Beast lists America's craziest cities |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, United StatesWhat makes a city crazy? The Daily Beast thinks it's found a scientific(ish) method for figuring that out by looking at the number of psychiatrists per capita as well as survey data on drinking and stress (more) |
| Attorney, chiropractors charged in insurance fraud case |
| An attorney and two chiropractors were among a group of people arrested today for allegedly taking part in a large scale auto insurance fraud ring (more) |
| West Pennsylvania Couple Sues Target over Toy Box Injury |
| A suburban Pittsburgh couple is suing Target, claiming their daughter sustained a brain injury when a toy box lid fell on her
Eric and Laura Surman, of Cranberry, claim 2 year old Camryn Surman (more) |
| Mr. President goes to Yellowstone |
| Filed under: Hiking, History, North America, United States, CampingAs America's first national park, Yellowstone has always held a special place in the public's imagination Not only is it home to an array of wildlife, such as bison, elk, and grizzly (more) |
| Harmful ingredients |
| Dear Editor: Many of you may not be aware of what you are truly eating when you purchase your food from your grocery store Nearly 75 percent of the foods sold in grocery stores have been genetically modified in some way GMOs (genetically modifie (more) |
| Think hard about land deal |
| Dear Editor:The Sutey Two Shoes trade has people eager to give up beautiful Sopris lands and healthy big horn sheep, elk and deer habitat for John Sutey's wonderful irrigated bowl, at 2 public acres for 1 private The call to give away the Sopris (more) |
| Sen. Dodd to Unveil Financial Regulatory Reform Next Week |
| Senator Christopher Dodd said Thursday that he will present on Monday his own version of a financial reform bill after compromise talks with Senate Republicans broke down
Dodd, the chairman of (more) |
| Aftershocks Rattle Chile, as New President is Sworn In; RMS Analysis |
| Sebastian Pinera's inauguration as Chile's new president was accompanied by a blunt reminder of the peril the country faces from earthquakes as two large aftershocks struck just before the (more) |
| Learning to Keep Patients Safe in a Culture of Fear |
| The threat of blame, even malpractice, looms over doctors working to prevent medical errors (more) |
| IMA Promotes Sims and Harvath to Vice Presidents |
| Denver based IMA of Colorado Inc , a retail insurance brokerage, announced that Cathy Sims has been promoted to vice president – employee benefits, and Sandy Harvath has been promoted to (more) |
| Get to know the facts before you spend money on auto insurance |
| (ARA) Don't you wish there were classes on subjects such as mortgages, taxes, auto insurance or even saving for retirement? How many times have you looked for background information on each of these issues? (more) |
| Aon Offers $100M Limits for Global Contractual Liability |
| Aon Construction Services Group has secured an offering for up to $100 million in limits to address contractual liabilities such as force majeure events, liquidated damages and performance (more) |
| Zurich Picks Perritaz to Replace Howie as Asia-Pacific/Middle East CFO |
| Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Pascal Perritaz (37, Swiss citizen) to the position of Chief Financial Officer Asia Pacific and Middle East (APME), effective April 1, 2010
He (more) |
| Hong Kong goes retro |
| Filed under: Food and Drink, Asia, Hong Kong
Hong Kong is truly the city of the future The city's ubiquitous skyline of shiny beveled angle skyscrapers towers above you like a giant wall of steel and glass Meanwhile, residents tap their Octopus ca (more) |
| Daily Pampering: Simple meets sweet at the Bitter End Yacht Club |
| Filed under: Hotels and Accommodations, Caribbean
Forget about room keys and security cards the only way to lock your bedroom door at the Bitter End Yacht Club is from the inside of the room That means when you leave the room for a day of sailing, (more) |
| U.S. Traffic Fatality Rate Fell to Lowest Ever Recorded in 2009 |
| The number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, declining for the 15th consecutive quarter, the U S Department of Transportation (more) |
| Cops arrest entire drunk crew from Ukraine airline |
| Filed under: UkraineWe've occasionally written about a captain being pulled from his plane for being over the legal drinking limit, but arresting the entire crew for being drunk? Pretty sure that is a first
The airline in question is Ukraine based (more) |
| Florida Insurers Pin Hopes on Broad Bill Passed by Senate Panel |
| With the prospects for a controversial rate deregulation bill dimmed by Gov Charlie Crist's threat of a veto, the insurance industry is betting on a new wide ranging insurance proposal to bring (more) |
| Big cat finds home along closed Rio Grande Trail |
| CARBONDALE Rio Grande Trail guardians received unexpected help keeping intruders out of a section of the path that was closed for the winter to benefit wildlife A female mountain lion and her juvenile have prowled the section between Catherin (more) |
| Aspen officer's employment ended on conflict issue |
| ASPEN Valerie McFarlane's employment as an Aspen police officer ended last month after she failed to file charges against an Aspen newspaper editor for allegedly drinking and driving, officials said Instead, McFarlane, who was on work relate (more) |
| Vail Resorts' skier visits drop |
| VAIL, Colo Vail Mountain's early season snow, or lack thereof, affected its fiscal 2010 second quarter skier visits with a 7 7 percent decline over the same period in 2009 That being said, skier visits through March 7 of this year at the com (more) |
| Holt Joins Higginbotham & Associates |
| Parker Holt has joined the Austin, Texas, office of independent insurance and financial services brokerage firm Higginbotham & Associates as vice president
He is a property casualty insurance (more) |
| Create a snapshot of your sleep and fight off jet lag - Gadling reviews the |
| Filed under: Gadling Gear Review
As part of the National Sleep Awareness Week, we've been taking a look at some gadgets and services that can help improve your sleep Earlier this week, we introduced you to Sleeptracker, and today, we'll show off a (more) |
| Pitkin County election: Tommy Clapper to run, Hawk Greenway can't |
| ASPEN Tommy Clapper, husband of Pitkin County Commissioner Patti Kay Clapper, will be a candidate for the seat Patti will relinquish, but Hawk Greenway won't be allowed to seek election to the seat Patti Kay Clapper announced her husband's inten (more) |
| RSA Acquires Renewal Rights to TrygVesta's Marine Portfolio |
| The UK's RSA Insurance Group announced that its Danish subsidiary Codan Forsikring A S has acquired the renewal rights to TrygVesta's marine hull portfolio for DKK 50 million [app; £6 (more) |
| Part of Re-1 housing to be set aside for Carbondale teachers |
| CARBONDALE A quarter of the affordable housing units in each phase of the Roaring Fork School District Re 1's teacher housing development would be reserved for teachers and district staff working or living in Carbondale at the time units are mad (more) |
| Keystone zamboni plunges through ice |
| KEYSTONE, Colo A Zamboni slipped through the cracks at the Keystone Lake Tuesday night Crews were smoothing the surface of the popular skating spot around 6 p m , when the machine fell part way through the ice Workers successfully extricate (more) |
| Smell in Colorado census office was from pot next door |
| GRAND JUNCTION, Colo Authorities say the strange odor seeping into a western Colorado Census Bureau office came from more than 1,000 marijuana plants growing next door Grand Junction census workers say the smell was coming through the vents Po (more) |
| Connecticut Underwriters Hires Valencia |
| E&S brokerage firm Connecticut Underwriters has named Darren Valencia as director of its professional lines business
Valencia has 10 years of experience underwriting and brokering (more) |
| Senate Approves Extension of Jobless Benefits |
| The 62 to 36 vote approved a $138 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits and provide additional aid to states (more) |
| The 20 greatest cities in the world for foodies |
| Filed under: Asia, North America, Oceania, Japan, Russian Federation, Thailand, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Belize, Canada, United States, Australia, ArgentinaOnce upon a time, the world's food capitals were a mere few well known locales li (more) |
| Forest Service assesses effects of Wilderness on firefighting |
| BASALT Turning Basalt Mountain into Wilderness wouldn't prohibit firefighting there but it would eliminate opportunities to reduce dead trees and fuels that have built up for decades, the top official in the White River National Forest said Wedn (more) |
| New airport set to open in Florida Panhandle |
| Filed under: United States, Airports, NewsNorthwest Florida Beaches International Airport is set to open in Panama City, Fla , in May, and travelers can already book flights to the new facility
The big coup for the new airport is a deal with Southw (more) |
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| State Farm Car Insurance Quotes Higher for Teens |
| It's typically the case that State Farm car insurance quotes are higher for young adults ages 16 21 This is common for most auto insurance companies The main reason for this is that car crashes are the #1 leading cause of death among teens in the (more) |
| Daily gear deals - $9 travel power splitter, HD camcorders and more |
| Filed under: Gadling's Daily Deal
Here are the hottest gear deals for today, Thursday March 11th 2010 Remember, these deals are often valid for just one day, so act fast before they are gone
Today's first deal is for a compact power s (more) |
| Senior Commercial Accounts Executive Gains The Insurance Of Membership With |
| Gilbert C M Rahier has been accepted among the ranks of premier professionals with Stanford Who's Who due to his spectacular work in the Insurance Industry (more) |
| Federal Study of Fatal 2007 South Carolina Sofa Store Fire Not Ready |
| A complex federal study of a fire that killed nine South Carolina firefighters, already delayed by months, is still months from completion, authorities said
The National Institute of Standards (more) |
| Vail Resorts has interest in acquisitions, CEO says |
| VAIL, Colo Vail Resorts Chief Executive Officer Rob Katz dodged specific questions about his company's interest in buying the Whistler ski resort in British Columbia, but did say his company is in a strong position to make acquisitions 'Our com (more) |
| Deal Gives New Life to Overhaul of Student Loans |
| The deal would bundle a bill on student loan overhaul into an expedited budget package along with the Democratic health care legislation (more) |
| Nebraska Jobless Rate 4.6% in January, Well Below National Average |
| Nebraska's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4 6 percent in January, still less than half the national rate of 9 7 percent, state officials said in a report issued March 10
The state said (more) |
| Obama Gets Tough on Health Care Fraud |
| The president said he would unleash auditors in a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, a move to please both liberals and conservatives (more) |
| Highway needs to be in sync |
| Dear Editor:I regularly drive Highway 82 from Carbondale to the ski areas, and I have often thought: 'Why doesn't CDOT synchronize the lights on 82?' I'm not referring to the total length of the highway, but just the lights that are closely couple (more) |
| Judge tosses lawsuit over Aspen ballot images |
| ASPEN A judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Aspen resident Marilyn Marks against City Clerk Kathryn Koch, which attempted to force Koch into releasing ballot images from last May's city election Judge James Boyd of the 9th Judicial D (more) |
| Vonn crashes, will still ski for overall title |
| GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany Lindsey Vonn crashed and bruised her right knee during the World Cup giant slalom Thursday, but is expected to compete Friday in the super G in an attempt to win her third straight overall title Vonn fell in fi (more) |
| Calif. Earthquake Authority CEO Testifies In Support of Cat Insurance Bill |
| California Earthquake Authority CEO Glenn Pomeroy testified before the U S House of Representatives Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and Subcommittee on Capital Markets, (more) |
| Four hot, sticky and sweet deals in New England this spring |
| Filed under: North America, United States, Hotels and AccommodationsNow that the freeze that grips New England is easing up, the region's becoming dirty, sticky and sweet 'Mud and maple season' is upon us says the New England Inn and Resorts Associa (more) |
| Obama Health Secretary Keeps Pressure on Health Insurers |
| Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ratcheted up the pressure on health insurance companies Wednesday, urging them to forgo short term profits to make coverage more affordable (more) |
| Zurich North America Commercial Names Rasor to Lead Construction Unit |
| Property and casualty insurance provider Zurich named Scott Rasor as head of Zurich North America Commercial's Construction group Rasor previously served as senior vice president for (more) |
| Virginia: Opting to Refuse Health Overhaul |
| The state legislature approved a measure that bucks any effort by President Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states (more) |
| Fitch Holds Conference on China's Life, Non-Life Insurance Sectors |
| Fitch Ratings hosted a teleconference today, March 11 on the performance of China's life and non life insurance sectors A replay of the conference is expected to be posted soon on the rating (more) |
| Music Cruises 2010: Dark and Scary Edition |
| Some types of people you can imagine on a cruise ship, and others you can't Pierced, pale, and black clad goth 20 somethings? Yep, they're on board, too (more) |
| Mitchell International: Mitchell Concludes Highly Successful 2010 Property |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Mitchell International, Inc , a leading provider of information, workflow and performance management solutions to the Property & Casualty claims and Collision Repair industries, today announced the conclusion of a very (more) |
| Aspen women receive Congressional Gold Medals |
| ASPEN Aspen icons Ruth Brown and Betty Pfister were among the women who received the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, D C , on Wednesday for their contributions to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II The women receive (more) |
| Powerful Tornadoes in Arkansas Damage Homes; Injuries Reported |
| Three powerful tornadoes touched down in Arkansas on March 10, damaging homes and injuring at least four people, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has reported
According to National Weather (more) |
| Ross Insurance Agency in Holyoke, MA Partners with Astonish Results to Enha |
| Third generation Holyoke, MA based Ross Insurance Agency is partnering with Astonish Results to upgrade their insurance website, search engine marketing and optimization, customer relationship management and sales training (more) |
| I-70 detour making Steamboat a busy town |
| STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo Over the road trucks rumbled through Steamboat Springs in greater numbers than usual Tuesday afternoon, but civic leaders were looking out a month to the scheduled repaving of Lincoln Avenue U S Highway 40 The major hig (more) |
| Worker's Compensation Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate |
| The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill aimed at worker's compensation system reform, SB 1973, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee
Provisions of SB 1973 include:
Decreases the (more) |
| Maine Plaintiffs Lose Ruling in Light Cigarette Lawsuit |
| Smokers suing Philip Morris and its parent company over light cigarettes will have to start from scratch with their lawsuit in Maine
A federal judge in Bangor has denied plaintiffs' request to (more) |
| Cost of Melbourne storms nears $300m |
| The damage bill from Melbourne's freak storm continues to rise, with $256 ($322) million in insurance claims lodged so far The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said today 36,000 claims had been lodged to date by owners of (more) |
| Clicquot in the Snow a boost for Challenge Aspen |
| ASPEN Steamboat lays claim to its trade marked champagne powder, but Aspen has Clicquot in the Snow So there After a day on the slopes, skiers and riders are invited to indulge in apres ski bubbly, today through Sunday, as Veuve Clicquot bri (more) |
| Universal Studios Singapore opening day tickets sell out |
| Filed under: SingaporeWhat does a girl have to do to get a ticket to ride a Battlestar Galactica dueling roller coaster?Universal Studios Singapore tickets went on sale Wednesday, and developer Resorts World Sentosa says the park's opening day, March (more) |
| Mandatory Microchips, Insurance Proposed for UK Dogs |
| A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims Now the British government is (more) |
| Howard Deane Nitschke |
| Howard D Nitschke, 61, passed away unexpectedly on March 3 at his home in Aspen, Colo , where he had lived since 1993 His times in Aspen were some of the happiest years of his life He was born Jan 26, 1949 in New Haven, Conn He was the son (more) |
| Along the Street |
| McCarthy & Trinka Inc in Oak Brook was authorized to offer the Hartford Financial Services Group AARP branded auto insurance program (more) |
| Judge dismisses Marks' lawsuit over Aspen election |
| ASPEN A judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Aspen resident Marilyn Marks against City Clerk Kathryn Koch, which attempted to force Koch into releasing ballot images from last May's city election Judge James Boyd of the Ninth Judicial (more) |
| Venezuelan church back from watery grave |
| Filed under: South America, Venezuela, News
Potosi, Venezuela hasn't been on anyone's travel radar much since 1985 That was the year when the town was deliberately flooded by the Venezuelan government to build a hydroelectric dam That left most of (more) |
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| The Gadling guide to finding power outlets at the airport |
| Filed under: Gear, Airports, Internet Tools
The airport is a terrible place for getting work done lack of seating, poor (often paid) Wi Fi and usually, being stuck at the airport means you are either waiting on a delayed flight, or waiting for a n (more) |
| Profit Plunges at West Virginia's Brickstreet Mutual |
| Competition and the expiration of federal tax exemption cut BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co 's profit by 66 percent in 2009
The workers' compensation insurer says it earned $38 9 million last (more) |
| Five arrested for alleged SoCal auto insurance scam |
| LOS ANGELES (AP) ' Los Angeles County prosecutors have arrested a lawyer and four chiropractors and paralegals who allegedly bilked insurance companies by submitting bills for phony auto accidents The district attorney's office says the suspects arr (more) |
| Ski until 6 p.m. Friday on Aspen Mountain |
| ASPEN Skiing and riding will be allowed on Aspen Mountain until 6 p m Friday in conjunction with the third Moonlight Dinner of the season at the Sundeck Foot passengers get free access on the Silver Queen Gondola from 5:30 to 9 p m to access t (more) |
| Lloyd's Chairman Visits Japan, So. Korea; Urges Closer Ties |
| Lloyd's Chairman, Lord Levene, visited Japan and South Korea last week where he opened the new Lloyd's Japan office and hosted an event with Korean Re, titled Lloyd's – A Working (more) |
| Cruise Deals for the Week of March 11, 2010 |
| Sail around the South Pacific with Paul Gauguin Cruises, nab two for one deals from Seabourn, and snap up more bargains from specialty cruise agencies (more) |
| China Tells United States to Do More on Climate Change |
| China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations
China's top climate change (more) |
| Aspen Winter Words: A short story about Tobias Wolff |
| ASPEN Tobias Wolff is no liar His father, yes, indeed, was a man prone to crafting fibs and falsehoods as a means of self promotion Wolff was guilty of similar untruths as a young man, forging letters of recommendation and fudging his academ (more) |
| 5 arrested for alleged SoCal auto insurance scam |
| Los Angeles County prosecutors have arrested a lawyer and four chiropractors and paralegals who allegedly bilked insurance companies by submitting bills for phony auto accidents (more) |
| Obama's Student Loan Overhaul Endangered |
| House Democrats were desperately trying to prevent an ambitious overhaul of student loan programs from becoming a casualty of the health care battle (more) |
| (AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 14:10 Russia's parliament to tighten insurance ru |
| MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) Russia's parliament has proposed tightening licensing and merger regulations for the country's insurance industry, which comprises more than 700 companies The industry was hard hit last year when car sales slumped more t (more) |
| Hiscox Underwriting Chief on 2010 Outlook |
| London based specialty insurer Hiscox, which launched a significantly expanded U S presence in 2006, saw gross profits reach record levels ($481 million) in 2009 In this exclusive interview with (more) |
| CDOT: Part of I-70 could reopen to traffic Thursday |
| GLENWOOD SPRINGS Highway crews will make every effort to reopen some portion of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon on Thursday, the Colorado Department of Transportation announced Wednesday evening Crews blasted a large rock that was threa (more) |
| Everest Re Estimates Chile Quake Loss at $225 Million; Xynthia $25 Million |
| The Bermuda based Everest Re Group announced that its preliminary loss estimate for exposures relating to the earthquake in Chile is $225 million
It also estimated its loss for expected claims (more) |
| National Interstate Adds 144 Companies to Group Programs in 2009 |
| Richfield, Ohio based National Interstate Insurance Company reports it experienced significant expansion in its Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) component in 2009 The company added 114 companies (more) |
| Senate Passes Bill That Would Extend Unemployment Benefits |
| The Senate on Wednesday approved a $138 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits and provide additional aid to states (more) |
| Alison Berkley: The Princess's Palate |
| I'm pinned between my parents in the back seat of our very small and very expensive rental car on a dusty dirt road deep in the middle of nowhere, Costa Rica My brother Dan is at the wheel, flying over bumps and jerking the car from side to si (more) |
| White Collar Travel: The upgrade rotation |
| Filed under: North America, United States, AirlinesRoutine often breeds insight, and the form of business travel that once ruled my life was one of the variety that Ralph Waldo Emerson would have called 'the hobgoblin of little minds ' During one pro (more) |
| Pitkin County backs off on public access piece of proposed land swap |
| ASPEN Pitkin County commissioners announced Wednesday they would modify the county's counter proposal for a land swap involving two Carbondale area properties by eliminating public access in an area identified as sensitive from a wildlife perspe (more) |
| The movie listings: Aspen to Glenwood |
| THURSDAY, MARCH 11ISIS THEATER Alice in Wonderland at 4:45, 7:30 p m Cop Out at 5:20, 7:50 p m Shutter Island at 5:00, 8:00 p m The Last Station at 5:10, 7:40 p m 406 E Hopkins Ave , Aspen 925 7584 MOVIELAND Alice in Wonderland at 11:30 a m (more) |
| Photo of the day (3.11.10) |
| Filed under: Costa Rica, Photo of the Day, Central America
The wildlife photography of Max Waugh, a k a Fiznatty on Flickr has been featured on Gadling probably more than any other user And I just couldn't pass up this one
Max describes a Costa (more) |
| Gadlinks for Wednesday, 3.10.2010 |
| It's time once again to take a look at what piqued our interest in the travel world today
Who's really winning the battle for gay rights in Uganda?
World Hum's latest essay, written by Jill Robinson, tells of how the Chilean earthquake i (more) |
| Markel, Towing Contractors Renew Insurance Partnership |
| Markel has renewed its partnership with the Independent Garage & Towing Contractors, Inc (IGTC) to administer a tailored insurance program for tow truck companies and to work with local (more) |
| Colorado governor back at Capitol after bike accident |
| DENVER Colorado Gov Bill Ritter held his first news conference after his bike accident last week and said he's in pain, but recovering He said it will be next week before he can resume his full schedule The governor signed 28 bills on Wednesda (more) |
| CatCoverage.com Offers Alternative to Federal Flood Insurance |
| The Natural Catastrophe Insurance Program (NCIP), available at www CatCoverage com, says it is providing an online alternative to the National Flood Insurance Program for agents, brokers and (more) |
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