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64% The percent of consumers who said they were “very or extremely likely” to keep their current vehicle longer than they normally would due to economic conditions, in a poll from R.L. Polk & Co. Additionally, Polk reported that the …

$52.5 Million Amount of settlement reached between Babcock & Wilcox Co. and a group of residents who live near a former nuclear fuel plant in western Pennsylvania. The settlement ends the final claim brought by 365 people who live in …

$10,000 The highest per claim deductible being offered under a new Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation deductible program. The program will initially offer five deductible levels: from $500 per claim to up to $10,000 per claim. Private employers have until …

$60 Million The estimated insured loses caused by violent weather that struck Georgia on April 10, according to Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine. The storms caused damage in the metro Atlanta area, Burke, Chattooga, Crisp, Floyd, Franklin, …

5,500 The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported that the Social Security numbers of more than 5,500 people are on a flash memory drive that was lost by an employee who put the information on it after his laptop was infected …

4 to 5 Risk Management Solutions of Newark, Calif., predicts a storm season similar to 2008 could occur every four to five years on average. Last year’s season, which included nearly 1,700 tornadoes, was the costliest in the past decade, …

$6.4 Million Amount awarded to Stephanie Baril, of Haverhill, Mass., who was severely injured when a drunken driver struck her vehicle, although her lawyer says she is unlikely to see much of the money. Attorney Daniel Chabot said the man …

480 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., based in Columbus, Ohio, on April 3, 2009, laid off 480 employees and contractors across the country, the latest round of job cuts from the insurance giant, a spokesman said. Nationwide has eliminated about 3,000 …

27 The number of fires within a mile of each other in an Orangeburg County, South Carolina neighborhood that firefighters have battled in the past six months. All of the fires have been in vacant homes without power and almost …

1,000 Emergency management officials in Polk County, Ark., said about 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed during the tornadoes that ripped through the county on April 9. James Reeves, Polk County emergency management coordinator, said 200 homes were destroyed by …