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		<title>Connecticut Seeks to Recapture Role as Insurance Capital</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/02/21/connecticut-seeks-to-recapture-role-as-insurance-capital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doughertyinsurance.greendaysgroup.com/?p=888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hartford is trying to recapture its status as the nation’s insurance capital.
Connecticut wants to bring new companies that specialize in captive insurance, which is a form of self-insurance. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is asking the legislature to set up a division in the state Insurance Department to regulate the companies.
Source article click here.
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The governor also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hire a Veteran&#8221; Program and Employment Practices</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/02/17/hire-a-veteran-program-and-employment-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doughertyinsurance.greendaysgroup.com/?p=883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a push recently to hire our veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.  We&#8217;re all for it.  However, being in the insurance business usually has us thinking &#8220;what could possibly go wrong&#8221; and protecting our customers from that outcome.
That leads us to the question:  If a business hires a veteran over a non-veteran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CT Insurance Dept. Recommends Yearly Review of Homeowners Policy</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/02/16/ct-insurance-dept-recommends-yearly-review-of-homeowners-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/02/16/ct-insurance-dept-recommends-yearly-review-of-homeowners-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An annual review of your Homeowners insurance is a recommendation from the Connecticut Insurance Department.  It&#8217;s also something we strongly recommend here at Dougherty Insurance.
Check out their press release at their website: http://www.ct.gov/cid/cwp/view.asp?Q=498874&#38;A=1269
Your insurer, whether it is through our agency or not, can&#8217;t possibly know every risk you face and anticipate every possible future event.  But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers Becoming the Target of More Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/02/07/lawyers-becoming-the-target-of-more-lawsuits/</link>
		<comments>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/02/07/lawyers-becoming-the-target-of-more-lawsuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[of Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attorneys]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[law firms]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[malpractice insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law firms are loading up on insurance against expensive liability claims as they increasingly find themselves on the wrong end of lawsuits.
Getting blamed for poor results is nothing new for law firms, but they say clients have become more willing to sue in recent years. Claims of employment discrimination and firm mismanagement also are popping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Drivers:  More Passengers = More Risk</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/31/teen-drivers-more-passengers-more-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/31/teen-drivers-more-passengers-more-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Auto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They found that higher sensation seeking, lower risk perception and less parental monitoring predicted teens’ risky driving, and having multiple peer passengers increased that risk.
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		<title>Homeowners Insurance Rising in Connecticut</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/30/homeowners-insurance-rising-in-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/30/homeowners-insurance-rising-in-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doughertyinsurance.greendaysgroup.com/?p=767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Homeowners insurance seems to be on the rise in Connecticut.
Recent information is indicating that insurers are looking at rate increases in 2012.  Many of the insurers in Connecticut have already filed higher rates with the state of Connecticut Insurance Department and received approvals for those increases.  Some of the insurers have received approvals that may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CT Ranks Last in Property Tax</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/26/ct-ranks-last-in-property-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/26/ct-ranks-last-in-property-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[50 states]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doughertyinsurance.greendaysgroup.com/?p=742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CT now ranks dead last in property taxes.  In 5 other measured areas CT ranks in the lower half in all but one are when compared to other states, and in the one area it isn&#8217;t in the lower half it&#8217;s ranked 25th.  It has not improved its ranking in any area of taxation when compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Insurance Scams of 2011</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/25/top-insurance-scams-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/25/top-insurance-scams-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doughertyinsurance.greendaysgroup.com/?p=732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fake Hasidic Jews, Cow in a Coffin, More in Top Insurance Scams of 2011
A cash-strapped businessman torches his home, then massacres five people to keep witnesses from testifying. A cop shoots himself to steal workers&#8217; comp money. Two scammers stuff a coffin with a mannequin and cow parts to invent a dead person for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise Ship Sinking and Insurance</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/18/cruise-ship-sinking-and-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doughertyinsurance.greendaysgroup.com/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cruise Ship Sinking and Insurance.  Liability, Property, and Pollution.
There&#8217;s a lot of news about the recent cruise ship sinking.  In the insurance industry, we get some news from a perspective of property damage, liability for injury and death, liability for damage to property of others, risk of pollution, etc
Here are some we thought might interest you, with links, and why: 
&#8220;Sunken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online, Amazon-Owned Business Hacked.  Get Cyber Liablility Insurance for Your Business!</title>
		<link>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/17/online-amazon-owned-business-hacked-get-cyber-liablility-insurance-for-your-business/</link>
		<comments>http://doughertyinsurance.com/2012/01/17/online-amazon-owned-business-hacked-get-cyber-liablility-insurance-for-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News - National]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hackers Hit Online Shoe Seller Zappos
Online shoe seller Zappos.com says a hacker may have accessed the personal information of up to 24 million customers.
The company, which is owned by Amazon.com Inc., says customers&#8217; credit card and payment information was not stolen. But names, phone numbers, email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, the last four digits [...]]]></description>
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