National News for March 2015
- NAIC Adopts Ridesharing White Paper for State Policymakers
- Reports Advise How to Make Flood Insurance Affordable
- Crystal, AIG Offer Conceptual Art Insurance for Private Clients
- Top 10, Bottom 10 Housing Markets in U.S.: Nationwide
- Liberty Mutual Centralizing Personal Lines Service at 6 Call Centers
- Exit Ramp Rollovers Kill Hundreds of Truckers a Year
- AIG CEO Hancock Aims to Sell Off More Assets
- AIG Chairman Miller to Exit in July: WSJ
- W.R. Berkley Combines U.S. Broker Reinsurance Units
- After Pao’s Loss, Silicon Valley Facing More Bias Suits
- LaRocco to Take Over as State Auto President, CEO in May
- Supreme Court Turns Down ‘Death Panel’ Challenge
- Ex-Pilot’s Suit Says JetBlue Should Have Known He Was Unfit to Fly
- Federal Reserve Mulling Insurers’ Proposal for Capital Standards
- Obama Gets Chemical Safety Board Chief to Resign
- ProSight, Affinity Partner on Golf, Country, Leisure Club Program
- Premiums, Claims Severity on Rise in Architects & Engineers Market: Survey
- Hochberg Named CEO of JLT Re in North America
- Vertafore Partners to Expand Cloud, Data, Mobile Offerings
- Supreme Court Omnicare Ruling Addresses Company Opinion Statements
- Humana to Exit Workers’ Compensation with Sale of Concentra
- Bankruptcy Judge May Lift Shield for GM Over Ignition Switch Claims
- Federal Judge Blocks Granting Family Leave to Same-Sex Couples in Texas
- New FEMA Guidelines Force the Climate Change Issue
- Vantage Agora Launches Loss Analysis Tool for Brokers/Wholesalers
- Uber Launches Safety Effort As Security Issues Mount
- Why Are Agency Employees Unhappy?
- NHL Loses Bid to Block Players’ Concussion Lawsuits
- House Committee Approves Bill to Repeal Estate Tax
- Progressive to Risk Raising Rates on Risky Snapshot Drivers
- Supreme Court Gives Pregnant UPS Driver’s Claim Another Chance
- JLT Specialty USA Creates Environmental Brokerage Team
- Philadelphia Insurance Promotes 3 in Marketing
- The Hartford Launches Customizable Coverage For Educational Institutions
- Insurers Say Drone Rules Needed for Risk Evaluation
- House Republicans Plan Vote on Estate Tax Repeal
- Cyber Information Sharing Bill Introduced in House
- FAA Eases Rules for Commercial Drones
- No Kidding: NetVU User Conference to Stream Live on IJ.com Thursday
- House Bill Targets Systemic Risk Panel Transparency
- CNA Launches Quote Advantage for Small Business Segment
- Closing Arguments in Greenberg’s Suit Against Bailout Set for April 22
- How Driverless Cars Might Affect Ownership, Miles Driven
- Securities Class Action Settlement Amounts Plummet
- As West Bakes and Northeast Shivers, Elsewhere Tornadoes Almost Disappear
- MetLife May Get More Time For Living Will Due to Systemic Risk Appeal
- Liberty Mutual Names Russell Federal Public Affairs Officer
- Fireman’s Fund to Pay $44M to Settle Crop Insurance Fraud Charges
- StartPoint Adds $25M in Capacity for U.S. D&O Market
- Top 30 U.S. Excess & Surplus Lines Writers in 2014: SNL
- Oil Industry Sues to Block U.S. Fracking Regulations
- Wall Street Journal: Collapse of Southport Lane’s Insurance Empire
- U.S. to Streamline Approval for Commercial Drone Use
- Obama Administration Releases Regulations on Fracking on Federal Lands
- Court OKs AIG $970M Pact with Investors Over Subprime Mortgages
- Supreme Court Asked to Decide Standard for Vaccine Injury Compensation
- Drunk Driver Ignition Locks Offer ‘Significant’ Benefits, Savings: Study
- Crestbrook to Offer Wildfire Mitigation for High Value Homeowners
- H.R. Haldeman’s Son Recalls Life Before, After Watergate; Own Entry Into Insurance
- Might Human Drivers Be Outlawed?
- Solar Storm Jolts Earth; No Damage Reported
- Target Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Settle Consumers’ Data Breach Claims
- Firm Owned by Guardrail Whistleblower Files for Bankruptcy
- ACE Enhances Pollution Liability Portfolio Coverages
- Exclusive Sneak Peak: Hank Haldeman on Carrying Family Name in Insurance
- EEOC Invites Public Comment on Employment Regulations
- CoreLogic Releases Property Risk Assessment Platform
- K&K Lowers Rates for Private School Student Accident Coverage
- Boston Bombing Lesson: Risk Managers Urge Better ‘Terror Act’ Certification
- Hedge Funds Find Gambling on Lawsuits Lucrative
- Boies to Be a Lead Lawyer for Claims Against Takata Over Air Bags
- Top 10 Most, Least Expensive Cars to Insure
- AAIS, ACORD Partner on Standards for Insurers
- Insurance ‘Geek’ Boggs Pursues ‘Light Bulb’ Effect as Academy Expands
- P/C Insurance M&As: Deal Value Up, More to Come
- El Nino Could Signal Tornado Activity in South: Researchers
- Exclusive: Haldeman, Son of Watergate, Remembers His Father and President Nixon
- McDonald’s Workers in 19 Cities File OSHA Complaints
- CFC Launches Two New Contingency Insurance Products
- Data Breach Lawsuit Latest Legal Challenge for Uber
- AIG Buys Controlling Interest in Program Manager NSM Group
- Driverless Car to Make First Coast-to-Coast Highway Trip
- Lloyd’s Suit, Upcoming NFL Draft Shine Light on Sports Insurance
- HCC Specialty Partners with Weather Analytics
- GM Settles Original Ignition Switch Death Claim
- Happy Pi Day! Here Are 10 Irrational Insurance Numbers
- Senate Committee Passes Cyber Threat Sharing Bill
- Insurers, Drugmakers Tussle Over Drug Copay Caps
- U.S. Dominates Climate Change Litigation
- InsuraMatch Online ‘Super Agency’ Offers ‘Personality-Driven’ Options
- Independent Insurance Agents Defying Doomsayers
- TUMI Now a Lloyd’s Coverholder, Launches Auto Liability & Transportation Programs
- Juries to Decide If Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Independent Contractors
- U.S. Safety Agency Says Trinity Did Not Hide Guardrail Defects
- ‘Big Taxi’ Wages War Against Uber to Be More Like Uber
- Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance
- Investors Press Liability Case Against GM Directors Over Faulty Ignitions
- Bipartisan Think Tank to Tackle Insurance Regulation
- Study Links Flooding, Drought to Urban Expansion
- Capital Ownership, Cost a Challenge for Insurance Industry: Berkley CEO
- Compare.com Confirms Partnership with Google Insurance Comparison Site
- Norman-Spencer Marine Launches TradeWinds Yacht Insurance Program
- U.S. Consumer Bureau Moves to Restrict Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
- More States Eye Use of Drug Formularies in Workers’ Compensation
- Affordable Care Act Cost Estimate Drops Due to Lower Subsidies, Enrollment
- Consumer Credit Agencies Agree to Address Errors, Medical Debt
- Allstate, Hartford, Gallagher Cited Among Most Ethical Companies
- Supreme Court Reopens Notre Dame Bid to Bypass Birth Control Coverage
- P/C Insurers Face $1 Billion Tab for February Storms in U.S.
- Public Radio Report Puts Spotlight on Workers’ Compensation’s ‘Grand Bargain’
- BP Drops Opposition to Gulf Oil Spill Claims Chief It Criticized
- Insurance Market Evolves for Drone Pilots Unwilling to Wait on Federal Regulations
- Executives Examine D&O Claim Trends, Cyber Exposure
- Holding Multiple Jobs Increases Risk of Injury: Liberty Mutual
- Liberty Mutual Reports Q4 Gains Despite Jump in Catastrophes
- Carfax Launches Online Crash Report Service
- How Group Health Claims-Shifting Affects Workers’ Compensation: WCRI
- XL Launches Primary Auto Product Line, Taps Miller to Lead
- Google Compare for Car Insurance Has Arrived
- Supreme Court Transcript in King v. Burwell on Obamacare Subsidies
- Might ‘Constitutional Avoidance’ Rescue Obamacare?
- A Closer Look at Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Operations
- Trucking Safety Chief Defends Driver Rest Regulations
- State Farm Reports 2014 Underwriting Loss, Operating Profit
- UCPM Environmental Launches Program for Indoor Air Quality, Mold Liability
- Specialty Insurance Group Increases Casualty Capacity to $25M
- The Hartford Names Sprague to Lead Personal Lines
- New ISO Cyber Endorsements for Small, Medium Businesses Now Available
- High Stakes in Today’s Supreme Court Case on Obamacare Subsidies
- Crop Insurance Guarantees to Drop: Analysts
- Who Is Tough Enough for a Conference in Wintry Boston?
- Internal Corporate Whistleblowers Swayed by Protections, Not Pay: Study
- Schinnerer Names Telez, Collins to Senior Posts in Professional Liability
- Insurance Journal, Channel Harvest Launch Survey on Agent-Carrier Relationships
- USDA Seeks Crop Insurance Products for Specialty Crop, Fruit, Vegetable Growers
- Terrorists Have Shifted from Attacking Airlines to Mass Transit: Study
- ACE Launches Pollution Liability Coverage for Agriculture Risks
- Uber: Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 50,000 Drivers
- Senate Committee Backs Monetary Incentives for Auto Defect Whistleblowers
- 3 GOP Senators’ OpEd: Keep Obamacare Subsidies Temporarily
- Jain or Abel? Buffett Successor Speculation Continues
- Paying Tribute to AIG, MetLife Chief Benmosche
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