Dog bites accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claim dollars paid out in 2012, costing more than $489 million, according to the industrys Insurance Information Institute (III) and insurer State Farm. While the number of claims fell by 1.4 percent in 2012the first decline since 2010the costs of settling dog bite claims continued to rise, by 1.2 percent, last year, according to an analysis of homeowners insurance data by the III.
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