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From Jan. 1, 2008 through Dec. 29, 2008, the U.S. National Weather Service received more than 13,700 reports of hail sightings and 15,166 reports of high or excessive winds.

In late 2008, the trade group formerly known as American Trial Lawyers Association -- now the American Association for Justice (AAJ) -- released its list of the 10 worst insurance companies.

Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. filed a lawsuit against the Peanut Corp of America to determine whether it must pay claims for victims affected by a nationwide salmonella outbreak.The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District

No criminal masterminds here: the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud's annual Hall of Shame spotlights 2008's largest and sometimes dumbest insurance fraud schemes. What did they have in common? They all got caught. Appellate Judge

Chicago-based job placement consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. report that 9 out of 10 companies have put cost-cutting strategies in place, including hiring freezes and furloughs, in order to ride out the recession.Meanwhile, companies say

US Airways Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger and his co-pilot, Jeff Skiles, may have protected the airline from lawsuits that usually follow plane crashes.Legal experts say that because of its happy outcome, Flight 1549 has the

President Barack Obama has stated he intends to present a proposal to Congress for a major overhaul of the regulatory apparatus governing financial services by April. The president has not taken a public position on

Town & Country Insurance's Scott Oswald, farm and crop insurance department manager (far right), poses with an agency turkey farmer: The John and Andria Volkmann family of rural Jewell, Iowa.