National News for December 2011
- E&O Insights: Enhance Your Errors & Omissions Culture in 2012
- Ratings Roundup: Gramercy, Southern Trust
- Court Upholds Law Giving Telecom Firms Immunity for Surveillance
- Is It Time for Permanent Yearly Calendar, Single Time Zone?
- Despite Losses, Insurers Not Hiking Prices Broadly
- Fire Risk Lower in High-Rise Buildings: Report
- Breathe New Life into Your Old Performance Review Tactics
- How One Independent Agent Tried to Off the GEICO Gecko
- BancInsure Partners with KnightBrook for Financial Institutions
- Insurance Adjusters Brace for Cold Weather Claims
- Publishing Association Launches Insurance Product for Members
- Auto Insurance Claim Costs Rising Again
- Appeals Court Delays SEC-Citigroup Securities Fraud Case
- Court OKs AIG’s $450M Settlement Over Underreported Workers’ Comp Premiums
- FEMA to Give Partial Credit for Substandard Levees in Drawing Flood Zones
- MetLife to Sell Bank Unit to GE Capital
- Allstate Revises Agent Compensation Plan
- Catastrophes Erode P/C Insurers’ Results for 9 Months of 2011
- Obama Administration Decides Against Lowering Trucker Daily Hours
- Federal Flood Insurance Reauthorized Until May 2012
- Ex-NFL Players Sue League Over Brain Injuries
- U.S. Airlines and Lost Luggage Liability
- Esurance Debuts First Ad Campaign Since Being Bought by Allstate
- Sex, Dogs and Heads That Rolled Among Top Insurance Journal News Stories in 2011
- Ironshore Names Boren Head of U.S. Field Operations
- Mines Must Disclose Safety Violations to Investors Under New SEC Rules
- E-Trade, Insurers to Settle Mortgage Class Action Lawsuit for $79M
- Ratings Roundup: Heritage, Euler Hermes (US)
- Best Affirms Ratings of Beazley Insurance Company, Inc.
- New Madrid Quake Cost = $110 Billion Impact Today AIR Reports
- BofA’s Countrywide to Pay $335 Million to Settle Bias Case
- State Insurance Regulators Name 28 Consumer Representatives
- Report: Recent Advances in Casualty Catastrophe Models Help Insurers
- Fed Proposes Rules to Restrain Wall Street Risk-Taking
- Aon to Pay $16.2 Million to Settle Bribery Charges
- Study: Private Insurers Can Complement National Flood Insurance
- Hurricane Forecaster Delays 2012 Prediction Until Spring
- Get Ready to ‘Face’ the Next Wave in Marketing: Mavatars
- Best Comments on Allianz U.S. Operations Rating Actions
- Best Affirms FSR’s; Downgrades ICR’s of Allianz U.S. Units; Ratings on Review/Negative
- Best Puts Fireman’s Fund Companies on Review/Negative; Affirms Ratings
- Administration Grants States Leeway on Health Benefits Package
- Financial Services Oversight Rules Possible This Week
- Supreme Court Schedules Obama Healthcare Arguments
- OneBeacon Professional Insurance Expands Coverage for Lawyers
- Deficit Poses the Biggest Threat to U.S. Healthcare
- Moody’s Corp. Acquires Barrie & Hibbert
- Ratings Roundup: MAPFRE USA, AXA US,
- OPIC Offers New Political Risk Insurance
- Risk Managers Find Santa Exposed, Urge $1 Billion Coverage Plan
- Best Places Aviva’s U.S. Subsidiaries Ratings under Review/Negative
- Best Upgrades First Hawaii Ratings to ‘A’ on Tokio Marine Takeover
- Highway Safety Institute Lists a Record Number of Top Safety Picks
- Distracted Driving Stems From More Than Cell Phone Use, Insurers Say
- U.S. Healthcare Law Keeps More Young Adults Insured
- Chinese Drywall Settlement Could Reach $1B
- You’d Better Watch Out – Many Holiday Party Hosts Ignore Safety Issues
- RIMS Tells Treasury: Industry Needs More Uniform, National Regulations
- Fitch Says Insurers’ Capital Position Is Strong, Issues Stable Outlook
- Frank Crystal & Co. Establishes Art Finance Group
- Athletic Union Vows Changes to Child Safety Policy
- Scientists Urge New Approach to Offshore Drilling Safety
- National Transportation Board Recommends Ban on Driver Cell Phone Use
- Best Practices to Prevent Employee Fraud in a Recession
- Ironshore Names Tracey as VP, Specialty Casualty
- Gov’t Says Holiday Decorating Injuries on the Rise
- Judge Tosses JPMorgan Lawsuit Against Insurers
- Mutual Insurers Pleased with FDIC Rule Clarifying Dodd-Frank
- Willis Launches Global Insurance Placement Tool
- Torus Enters U.S. Surety Market
- Best Places Ratings of First Sealord Surety Under Review/Negative
- Chubb Creates Online System for Private Companies and Nonprofits
- All Risks Ltd. Set to Offer New Market for Charter Buses
- SEC Sues Brokerage Insurance Fund Over Stanford Victims’ Claims
- Bulk of U.S. Data Theft Linked to Few Chinese Hacker Teams
- Report Says M&A Deal Flow Will Pick Up, Lists Potential Candidates
- Citigroup to Sell Remaining Stake in Primerica
- The Next Big Thing in Insurance Coverage Is Here
- Hanover Insurance Executive Elected Co-Chair of Anti-Fraud Coalition
- How to Attract Carrier Attention on Program Business
- Perpetuation: It Isn’t Just a Money Thing
- Online Portal Aims to Connect Independent Agents with Consumers
- Supreme Court Schedules Healthcare Law Briefs
- Federal Judge Rules Blogger Not Journalist in Defamation Case
- Government Study: Texting by Drivers Up by Half in 2010
- Green Retrofitting Surpasses New Green Construction for First Time
- NHL Says Brain Ailment Evidence Is Lacking
- Do Actuarial Models Influence P/C Underwriting Cycle?
- Wishes & Predictions Survey 2012: Participate Now
- Fireman’s Fund Bushnell Named to U.S. Green Building Council Board
- Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Launches Yoga Product
- Despite Consensus, Politics Stymies Federal Flood Reform
- American Safety Enhances Contractors Pollution Liability Package
- Washington Gridlock Continues Over Consumer Financial Protection Agency
- 70 Million Drivers Missing Out on Car Insurance Savings: Insurer
- Zurich Names Dailey to Executive Committee; Farmers Group CEO
- Lloyd’s Study Finds U.S. Businesses Concerned with Talent, Skills Shortage
- Terrorism Risk Still a Concern in Insurer Ratings: S&P
- FEMA Supports Allowing Disaster Aid Requests by Tribal Governments
- Senate Approves Flood Insurance Extension to May 2012
- Want to Reduce Cyber Risk? Avoid These 25 Worst Passwords of 2011
- Crump Adds Personal Guarantee Insurance
- P/C Insurers Lost 900 Jobs in October, Labor Department Data Shows
- Ryan Specialty Announces New Transactional Liability Facility
- Conning Names Bradford CEO
- Markel to Acquire Program Administrator Thomco
- Graduated Driver Licensing Could Save 2,000 Lives, $13.6 Billion: Study
- Greenberg Honored for China-U.S. Relations
- Supreme Court to Hear Personal Medicine Patent Dispute
- Best Downgrades Wisconsin Re’s Ratings; Revises Outlook to Negative
- GM Close to Possible Volt Battery Fires Fix
- 5Star Specialty Programs Expands Auto Dealer Product
- Western Heritage Creates Garage Division
- Healthcare Execs Facing ‘Responsible Corporate Officer’ Strict Liability
- BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence
- U.S. Power Grid Needs Cybersecurity Protection: MIT Report
- Chubb Adds New Coverages to Private Company Program
- ProHost Launches Employment Practices Coverage for Restaurants
- U.S. P/C Insurers’ Catastrophe Losses Top $38 Billion
- Senate Asked to Renew Flood Program Until Sept. 2012
- Lawmakers Block Safety Rules for Lithium Battery Shipments
- 2011 Hurricane Season Spared Usual Targets While Flooding Northeast
- Aon to Close Agency Specialty Product Network (ASPN) by Year’s End
- In Slow Economy, Injured Workers May Find It Harder to Return to Work
- Are You Prepared for the Changing Insurance Market?
- Turning Construction Red Flags into Opportunities
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Non-U.S. Claims Against Toyota
- Property Insurance Rates on the Rise: Marsh
- Aspen Enters Recreational Marine Market
- Aon Introduces Tenant Rent Default Coverage
- Can Claims Handling Cause an Errors & Omissions Claim?
- How to Produce and Keep Happy Claimants
- Sweeney Retires; McKay Named CEO of U.S. Aviation Underwriters
- Geithner Hits Attempts to Weaken Wall Street Reforms
- Genstar Completes Acquisition of Insurity from LexisNexis
- Most Health Insurers Meet Controversial Medical Loss Ratio
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