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250

The number of federal emergency management officials in Rhode Island helping to stage a mock response to the fictional “Hurricane Yvette” from a “storm center” at the Cranston Street Armory in Providence. A response team gathered only knowing that the Category-3 hurricane had ravaged Long Island and was gaining steam as it headed toward Narragansett Bay. Officials were charged with preparing the evacuation of 130,000 Rhode Islanders.

540,000

The number of New York workers’ compensation clients whose personal information was reported lost by a Chicago insurance broker, CS Stars. The broker didn’t tell the state about it for five weeks but has now agreed to promptly notify people if security is breached again, put new precautions in place, and pay the state $60,000 in costs for its investigation, according to N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. CS Stars admitted no violation of any laws.

$100 million

The dollar figure placed on an alleged nationwide workers’ compensation scam for which five men have been indicted. The investigation began in 2002 after the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation issued a stop work order for failure to secure workers’ compensation against Jacksonville-based MiraLink Group Inc., an employee leasing company. Officials said another leasing firm, TTC Illinois, was also part in the scheme.

0.6%

The average decrease in workers compensation loss costs approved this year in Vermont as of effective April 1, according to Commissioner Paulette Thabault. In addition, workers’ compensation rates will decrease by an average of 7.9 percent for risks in the state-administered assigned risk pool.

$30 million

Early estimate of the damage to public property in Maine caused by a deadly nor’easter that whipped the coast with winds gusting to 81 mph. Thousands of trees were knocked over, causing power outages. Several homes were swept from their foundations and roads were washed out.

$36 million

The amount of damage New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said flooding and high tides caused last month. He asked the federal government to declare the entire state a disaster area so it will qualify for federal aid.

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