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9 Miss. Cities Eyeing Cameras at Intersections -- Tupelo, Southaven Plans Ahead of Rest

By Associated Press TUPELO - At least nine Mississippi cities are following Tupelo's lead to consider traffic cameras at intersections, raising the possibility that the camera-free state soon could go high tech from the hills to the coast. In the weeks since state Atty. Gen. Jim Hood OK'd Tupelo's request to implement the devices, other cities have followed suit from Biloxi to Oxford. All are in various stages of investigating a program similar to the one Tupelo leaders want. Some, like...

Driver Safety Class is Online in N.M. ; Completion May Trim Insurance

By ROSALIE RAYBURN Journal Staff Writer New Mexico is the first state to offer an online driver safety course that qualifies those who pass to get cheaper car insurance. AARP introduced a Web version of its driver safety program last fall. The program provides eight hours of instruction to sharpen road skills for drivers ages 55 and older. By state law, drivers who pass get a certificate that entitles them to a discount of up to 10 percent on their car insurance. The certificate is vali...

On the Record / February 6, 2007

>Hires/Promotions/Honors Lumsden and McCormick, a Buffalo certified public accounting firm, appointed John E. Oehler managing partner. Oehler, a CPA, has been with the firm for 35 years. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University. *** Ameriprise Financial senior financial adviser Mark C. Massaro was ranked as one of the top adivsers in his field based on an annual client satisfaction survey. *** The Eastern Hills Sunrise Rotary Club awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship to Melissa...

Teen Council Will Expand Seat-Belt Education

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise Feb. 5--The Nampa Mayor's Teen Council has received a $3,000 grant from State Farm Insurance for its seat-belt education program. The check will be presented to the teen council during the Nampa City Council meeting tonight at City Hall, 411 3rd St. S. The teen council is one of four Idaho high schools and organizations to win a "Shift Into Safety" grant from the state's largest auto insurer. The Nampa group will use this grant money to expand its seat-belt...

Your MONEY: P&O Takes Plunge into Insurance Market

FERRY operator P&O is to offer travel insurance and motor breakdown cover for its eight million passengers. Policies will be offered over the phone, online and at ports. The cover - arranged via specialist insurer Acumus - starts at pounds 4 for a single trip. Richard Mason of insuresupermarket.com said: "The rates are competitive and the cover offered is imaginative. "However, the litmus test is whether older travellers or those with existing medical conditions can also get cheap cover...

Young Viewers Appreciate Humor in TV Commercials

Feb. 6--Several of the commercials during Sunday's Super Bowl were peppered with off-the-wall humor, like the Snickers ad that showed two auto mechanics ripping hair from their chests to restore their manliness. Members of Angle, a Journal-World student advisory board, say they like to laugh while understanding a product's purpose in advertisements. "Usually humor will get you to remember it if it's actually funny," says Victoria Gilman, a West Junior High School eighth-grader.....We are unab...

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Rates to Drop

By Daily Record Staff The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund announced an average 11.3 percent rate decrease for its customers effective Feb. 15, for both liability and physical damage coverage. MAIF, which provides automobile insurance to approximately 77,000 Marylanders who cannot obtain coverage in the private market, said the decrease was the result of sound financial management over the past year and improved driver experience, resulting in fewer losses for the insurer. MAIF last decre...

Prince George's County Jury Awards $8M for Death

By Brendan Kearney A Prince George's County jury awarded $8 million in damages to a woman who brought suit against Allstate Insurance Co. for failing to honor her claim regarding her 23-year-old son's death in a car crash. However, Allstate will only be required to pay $80,000 in underinsured motorist benefits, according to plaintiffs' attorney Laura G. Zois of Miller & Zois in Glen Burnie. When the six-person civil jury determined damages, they were not told of the policy's limits, Zoi...

Your MONEY: P&O Takes Plunge into Insurance Market

FERRY operator P&O is to offer travel insurance and motor breakdown cover for its eight million passengers. Policies will be offered over the phone, online and at ports. The cover - arranged via specialist insurer Acumus - starts at pounds 4 for a single trip. Richard Mason of insuresupermarket.com said: "The rates are competitive and the cover offered is imaginative. "However, the litmus test is whether older travellers or those with existing medical conditions can also get cheap cover...

Drivers Anxious About Icy Blast

An icy winter is set to put the brakes on a third of the nation's motorists, according to research by car care company Comma. With the Met Office predicting an increase in the frequency of freezing cold snaps in the coming weeks, Comma's survey found that the forecast does not bode well for the confidence of the majority of UK motorists. Icy conditions came top of the uneasiness poll, registering 32% of votes and indicating that drivers feel most at risk when control of their vehicle is i...