It Figures

2

The number of fires in consecutive days in a University of Tennessee dorm that prompted the state fire Marshal to begin a 24-hour fire alert and watch. The Knoxville Fire Department responded to calls after fires in a fifth floor lounge area and the third floor of the west wing. The dorm houses 518 women.

$64,000

The amount a jury ordered San Antonio-based USAA Casualty Insurance Co. to pay Mississippi policyholders David and Marilyn Aiken for wind damage to their Pass Christian home and its contents during Hurricane Katrina at the end of a 10-day trial – a fraction of the maximum $427,087 that jurors could have awarded to the Aikens for wind coverage under their USAA homeowner policy.

75

The number of firefighters who battled a three-alarm blaze in a Louisville, Ky., art warehouse that served as an art studio for half a dozen artists and contained several hundred thousand dollars worth of art and art equipment.

$70,000

The amount raised by the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s Young Agents Committee to Fund a Habitat for Humanity House. The agents will also donate their time to help local contractors build the house. The agents are partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Wake County.

$4.8 Million

The amount a judge has ordered a group of Tennessee restaurant owners to pay into a workers’ compensation fund that was mismanaged.

23

The number of Mississippi counties that were left in a state of emergency when ambulance company, Emergystat, shut down on Jan. 23. The company said it lost its liability insurance and could no longer transport patients.

37%

The percentage drop in fourth quarter 2007 profit reported Northbrook, Ill.-based insurer Allstate Corp. The fourth quarter net income of $760 million was down $453 million from the year earlier period. In addition to catastrophe losses including the California wildfires. The insurer cited higher underlying property/liability combined ratio and unfavorable prior year reserve re-estimates for the drop.