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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:24:23 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Life and Health News</title><subtitle>Life and Health News</subtitle><id>http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-06-11T22:25:50Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Policyholders need to be educated on importance of flood insurance</title><id>http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/6/11/policyholders-need-to-be-educated-on-importance-of-flood-ins.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/6/11/policyholders-need-to-be-educated-on-importance-of-flood-ins.html"/><author><name>Libke Insurance</name></author><published>2008-06-11T22:19:54Z</published><updated>2008-06-11T22:19:54Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In the United States, floods are the most common natural disaster, yet 
shockingly enough, only a tiny fraction of homes are covered by flood insurance.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Washington proposes hot weather worker rule</title><id>http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/6/11/washington-proposes-hot-weather-worker-rule.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/6/11/washington-proposes-hot-weather-worker-rule.html"/><author><name>Libke Insurance</name></author><published>2008-06-11T22:14:02Z</published><updated>2008-06-11T22:14:02Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Washington's Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has proposed a new workplace rule to protect 
workers from heat-related illness when working outdoors in hot weather.  This proposal is significantly 
different from the temporary rules L&I used the past two summers and now would require employers with 
employees who work outdoors to:]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Physicians Insurance to reduce rates for medical malpractice in Washington</title><id>http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/6/11/physicians-insurance-to-reduce-rates-for-medical-malpractice.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/6/11/physicians-insurance-to-reduce-rates-for-medical-malpractice.html"/><author><name>Libke Insurance</name></author><published>2008-06-11T19:09:05Z</published><updated>2008-06-11T19:09:05Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Washington's largest writer of medical malpractice coverage for physicians and surgeons
has reduced premiums for 2008 by 12.5 percent , following what appears to be a record-setting
year of profits for the company in 2007, according to the Washington Office of the Insurance
Commissioner.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Fight over Fairness</title><id>http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/5/13/fight-over-fairness.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.libke.com/life-and-health-news/2008/5/13/fight-over-fairness.html"/><author><name>Libke Insurance</name></author><published>2008-05-13T23:16:36Z</published><updated>2008-05-13T23:16:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Washington faced one of its most contentious and expensive insurance battles in history, in the fight over the Insurance Fair Conduct Act, or Referendum 67. In 2007, the state legislature enacted a law allowing insured's to collect triple damages if their insurer unreasonably denies a claim or violates unfair practice rules.]]></summary></entry></feed>