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April 18, 2007

Insurance: Allstate verdict a telling one

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/18/7 A federal jury’s $2.8 million judgment against Allstate Insurance Co. this week should be a wake-up call to the industry. Congress is reviewing dozens of complaints that insurance companies pressured engineers to attribute destruction to flooding, which 4th District U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor has called “a fraud against the U.S. taxpayers.”
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 18, 2007

Lott pushing for more freight movement by rail

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/17/7 ?With highways and airways becoming increasingly congested, pressure is on the railroads to accommodate the rising tide of freight,? Lott said in a news release. ?Tax relief in the bill would help freight railroads and railroad shippers expand their operations ? adding tracks, rail spurs and signals.? The bill would create a…