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Global, National Disasters Affect Local Insurance Rates

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Damage from an EF4 tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A series of tornadoes struck the South during a three-day period in April. The Tuscaloosa tornado hit April 27, 2011.
5:00AM
September
13, 2011

“The idea that the [insurance] industry is going to reduce rates to consumers is wishful thinking given that the amount of losses has been at record levels.” Greg Locraft, Morgan Stanley Insurance Analyst

StateImpact Ohio: Teachers Leaving Classrooms

1:58PM
July
6, 2011

Efforts to reform education in Ohio are not sitting well with a lot of the teachers whose performance lawmakers say they’re trying to improve. And though some of those changes are months – or even years – away, they’re having an effect now, including an exodus of older teachers from the classroom.