National News for May 2014
- Wedding Insurance Helps Couples Through Sickness, Bad Weather and Lost Venues
- Individual or Corporate? Two Visions of the Sharing Economy
- Various Factors Contributing to Stability in Property/Casualty Insurance Market
- TurboRater Feature Lets Agents Control Carrier Ranking in Comparative Rating
- Argo Pro Adds Commercial Crime Insurance to Management Liability Portfolio
- XL Adds 4 to East Coast Excess Casualty Teams
- Moving Jobs to Low Cost Cities Making AIG ‘Best’ in Efficiency: P/C CEO Hancock
- Crash-Avoiding Automatic Brakes Becoming Standard Equipment: IIHS
- Obama, NFL, NCAA Get Behind Research into Concussions in Youth Sports
- Judge Rejects Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg’s Bid to Avoid Trial
- Keystone Insurers Group Names Sinosky Director of Business Development
- Vertafore Unveils New Cloud-Based Technology for Insurance Agencies
- MasterCard Offers Zero Liability on ATM Transactions
- Willis Names White to Managed Care Practice
- ‘Look, Ma, No Steering Wheel’ in Google’s Autonomous Car
- FTC Calls for Consumer Disclosure by Data Brokers
- Ratings Recap: Frankenmuth, Sooner, Tokio Marine America, Kingstone, Canopius U.S., HDI-Gerling America
- BP Can’t Hold Spill Payments Until Supreme Court Hears Settlement Appeal
- Keegan Joins Beecher Carlson to Head Cyber Liability Practice
- Worldwide Facilities Partners with Beazley, Canopius to Offer Energy Insurance
- Viewpoint: U.S. Can Learn from Florida Climate Change Response
- Best Upgrades Travelers and Most Subs Ratings; Outlooks Stable
- GM Now Links 47 Crashes to Ignition Failure
- Billionaire’s PAC Targets 7 Republicans Who Doubt Climate Change
- ACE Expands Travel Coverage for Religious, Educational Institutions
- Tower Hires Debt Adviser In Response to Mass. Regulator’s Demand for Plan
- Best Affirms Ratings of National Indemnity, Other Berkshire Hathaway Units
- New Tech Millionaires Trust Technology Over Traditional Financial Advisers
- ‘Old GM’ Customer Loses Appeal Over Bankruptcy
- Report Faults U.S. Oversight of Chemical Plants
- Lloyd’s U.S. Chief on Board with Climate Change
- NOAA Forecasts Near-or-Below Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
- Brown & Brown Completes Acquisition of Wright Insurance Group
- Dodd-Frank, Flood Insurance Foe Hensarling Faces Test on TRIA Renewal
- House Chairman Vows to Have Bipartisan TRIA Renewal Bill Ready Next Month
- BP to Appeal Oil Spill Claims Settlement to Supreme Court
- Patent Reform Deal Uncertain, Bill Pulled from Senate Agenda
- ProSight Specialty Expands Energy Market Coverage with Three New Programs
- America’s Businesses Vexed by Medical, Legal, Tech Risks: Survey
- Chinese Hacking Raises Cyber Attack Disclosure Issue for Companies
- Insurers Balk at High Cost of Specialty Drug
- Ex-Players’ Injury Suit Alleges NFL ‘Culture of Drug Abuse’
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Travel Insurance Business
- Forecaster: 2 Major Hurricanes Possible in Upcoming Season
- P/C Insurance Industry Loss Reserves Stable: Conning
- Court Rejects BP Bid to Limit Oil Spill Claims
- Safety Agency to Probe Fracking Risks After Deaths of 4 Workers
- Bill Lets Military Members Keep Car Insurance When Moving to New State
- Swiss Re Names Summerville Managing Director for Financial, Professional Services
- Why Marsh Is Rated Higher Than Aon: Moody’s
- Liberty Mutual Adds Cyber Coverages to Small Business BOP Policies
- Bank of America Off Hook for Allegedly Hiding AIG Lawsuit: Court
- Making the Economics of Telematics Work for Insurers
- NCAA Athletes Drop Image-Use Damages Claim, Pursue Future Earnings
- Experts Fear Major Attack Only Way to Stir Corporate Action on Cyber Security
- Insurer’s Climate Change Class Actions: More to Come?
- Ratings Recap: Penn National, MGA, MAPFRE USA
- Judge Grants Dow Jones Injunction Against ‘Hot News’ User of Its Content
- Lower Cat Losses Helped Home Insurers to First Profit Since 2007: SNL
- Actuaries Grapple with Insurance Questions on Self-Driving Cars
- Carmakers, Regulators Looking Into Flaws in Air Bag Technology
- Sansone Named President of XL Group’s North America Property Business
- Troubled Tower Cuts Ties with PwC; Fitch Withdraws Ratings
- How Technology Is Revolutionizing Insurance Distribution: Swiss Re
- Dogs Take Big Bite Out of Liability Insurance
- Wal-Mart Settles Claims Over Listeria Deaths Linked to Cantaloupes
- Insurers Pull Back on Trade Credit Coverage for Sears Suppliers
- AIG Completes $7.6 Billion ILFC Sale to AerCap
- ACE Expands Digital Technology Offering to Address Product Recall Risks
- Scottsdale, Virtue Risk Partners to Offer Commercial Package Product
- ‘Degassing’ North Dakota Crude Oil Before Shipping Among Safety Ideas
- AIG Could Gain Extra $2 Billion in Sale of Plane Leasing Unit
- Ex-Executive’s Lawsuit Alleges AIG Defrauded U.S. in Bailout
- Adjuster Hunkers Down for Lengthy Battle with Nationwide Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan
- Has Online Shopping for Auto Insurance Peaked?
- How IBM Handles Age Disclosure, Employee Privacy, Job Bias Claims
- Wildfire Season Starts Early Amid Drought; Costs to Top $1 Billion
- Hancock, Wintrob Top Candidates to Be Next AIG CEO: WSJ
- Schinnerer Introduces Residential Builders’ Risk Program
- Nationwide Reports P/C Premium Up 6% in Q1; Weather Lowers P/C Profit
- Bill Would Give Tax Relief to Small, Rural P/C Insurers
- Identity of Secret ‘Company Doe’ in Product Liability Case Revealed
- Mitchell Joins Casualty Team at Aspen US
- Delaware Court Backs Fee-Shifting in Shareholder Class Actions
- Foreign Insurers’ Role in U.S. Tax Evasion Under Scrutiny
- Republicans Fear U.S. ‘Surrender’ to International Group on Systemic Risk Designations
- Lohmann Joins Energi as VP of Alternative Energy Solutions
- Crum & Forster Adds 3 to CoverXSpecialty Team
- EPA Seeks Input on Requiring Fuller Disclosure on Fluids Used in Fracking
- Trusted Choice Consumer Portal Funding Now Tops $50M
- AIG Fined for Violating Cuba Sanctions
- Ironshore Personal Lines Launches Boat, Watercraft Coverage for High-Net Worth Clients
- ANE, Hyundai Marine & Fire Launch New Homeowners Insurance Program
- Critics Say Financial Stability Council’s Transparency Falls Short
- Good News for Workers’ Compensation Industry: NCCI
- Integro Forms Executive Committee Following CEO Garvey’s Exit
- U.S. Rejects Call to Remove Recalled GM Cars from Road
- Railroads Now Required to Alert States When Shipping Oil
- April’s Storms in U.S. Take Toll on Economy, Insurance
- Liberty Mutual Launches Assumed Reinsurance for Equipment Breakdown
- Company Data Breach Now Costs $3.5M on Average: Ponemon Study
- Court Exempts Airlines from Developer’s Sept. 11 Environmental Claim
- Allstate Q1 Profit Drops on Weather Losses
- U.S. Report: Climate Change Here, Deal With It
- PartnerOne Environmental, ACE Westchester Launch New Energy Product
- Windsor Joins Aspen US Energy and Construction Team
- AIG Profit Falls 27% in Q1; Hurt by Catastrophes, Severe Losses
- Commercial Auto Insurers Still Struggle to Profit: Fitch
- Jury Affirms Samsung Must Pay Apple $119M in Damages for Patent Infringement
- Security Expert Practices ‘Cyber-Hygiene’ to Guard Against ID Theft
- Wells Fargo Completes Sale of 40 Regional Insurance Offices to USI
- Berkshire Hathaway 1Q P/C Re/Insurance Results Down from Last Year
- Liberty Mutual’s 1Q Profit Declines 14.5% to $272M
- GEICO Making Gains Across the Country: SNL Financial
- Agents’ Dream Come True? Single Password for Multiple Carriers Launched
- GM Negotiating with Claimants in Ignition Switch Lawsuits
- Marsh Revenue Up 5% in 1Q
- AIG, Prudential Financial on Federal Reserve’s List of 15 Firms for Extra Supervision
- 1966 Red Mustang Returned to Owner 20 Years After Being Stolen
- Coal Companies Challenge Black Lung Mining Regulation
- Accounting Class Action Settlements Stable But Associated Market Losses Double
- Insurance Agents Urged to Follow Overstock.com, Insuritas Online Sales Model
- U.S. Investigating How 55 Colleges Handle Sexual Assault Charges
- Mighty Mississippi River’s Flood Control System Met Its Match in 2011
- ABRY Partners Exploring Sale of York Risk Services
- ACE Expands Global D&O Coverage Through Lloyd’s Syndicate
- How Policies Respond When Buying or Selling an Agency
- Why Some Young Agents Chose Insurance as a Career
- Best Affirms State Automobile Mutual and Operating Subs Ratings
- Speculation on Buffett’s Successor Heats Up Before Berkshire Annual Meeting
National News Archives