National News for January 2006
- Live Today on IJ: Watch Professional Liability Underwriters Ring Closing NASDAQ Bell at 3:50 PM EST
- Opponents Claim USG Deal Exposes Fortune 500 ‘Windfall’ from Asbestos Bill
- AIG, Greenberg Battle Over Starr MGA Accounts
- Cincinnati Financial Corp. Ends 40-Year Relationship with Alltel Corp.
- Argonaut’s Great Central Partners with Minn. Restaurant Association
- Specialty Global Unveils Miscellaneous E&O Program with Everest
- Buoys to Detect Tsunamis to be Placed Off East Coast
- Chubb Sees Q4 Net Income of $614M; Up from 2004 Performance
- Is Seeding Hurricanes the Answer to Less Destruction?
- Arbitrator Impartiality – An Elusive Standard?
- USG Settles Asbestos Claims for $4 Billion; Could Now Exit Bankruptcy
- Lexington Enhances Online Risk Management Tools for Employers
- Survey Confirms 4th Quarter Spike in Property Insurance Rates Due to Hurricanes
- Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Offering Product for Fitness & Wellness Studios
- ‘Big I’ Calls for Implementation of Real-Time Multiple Company Rating
- MetLife Study: Almost One-Quarter of Workers Changed Jobs Last Year
- IICF Hosts Dinner for Insurance Studies on March 4
- Older Adults More Likely Victims of Fires Than Others
- NFIP Seeks $5.6B Loan; Sen. Shelby Vows Rating Overhaul
- ISO: Insurers to Pay $56.8B in 2005 Catastrophe Claims
- Allstate Releasing 700 Employees
- Fireman’s Fund Specialty Expands Freight Forwarders Program
- Hudson Adds Environmental Program to 50 States, D.C.
- AIG’s National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh Unveils AIG ePro
- The Hartford Sees Q4 2005 Net Income of $474 Million
- Feds Seek to Prevent Air Ambulance Crashes But Question is How
- Noy to Succeed Leamon as Chief of Liberty Mutual Safety Institute
- D&O Liability Premiums Fall for Second Straight Year, Tillinghast Survey Says
- RLI Sets Record Year; Exits Construction Market
- CAIF Dishonors 2005’s Worst Insurance Con Artists
- NAIC Praises Life Insurers Group in Backing More Consumer Protections
- Venture Insurance Programs Hits a Winner with ‘Errant Ball’ Commercial
- Agents Group to Support Terrorism Backstop Study
- Americans More Fearful of Car Crashes, Terrorist Hits than Avian Flu
- Driving Scents: A Dash of Cinnamon or Peppermint Keeps Drivers Alert
- CIAB Survey Shows Wind, Flood Coverage Issues for Coastal Property
- EPI Study Says Premium Jumps Mean Job Loss for Low-Skilled Employees
- Specialty Global Unveils Travel Agents E&O Program
- United America Indemnity Consolidates Subsidiaries; Morris New President
- AIG Appoints New Executives in Private Client Group, Domestic General Units
- N.Y. Officials Said to Approve Multi-Year Reinsurance Contracts
- Royal & SunAlliance USA Names Former Regulator Muhl as Director
- Beacon Hill Offers Environmental Product for Main Street Risks
- White House to Revisit Mine Equipment Safety; Head of Agency Quits
- $101M Puts Progressive’s Lewis on Top Among Princeton Donors
- St. Paul Travelers Weighing Apparent Setback in Asbestos Litigation
- Brown & Brown Lawyer Plan Now Accepting Competitors’ Apps
- Fitch Predicts Stable Outlook for Broker Industry in 2006
- AUGIE Launches Agency Survey
- 11 Defendants Indicted on Domestic Terrorism Charges; Blamed for Arsons
- Former FEMA Director Witt Advocates Need for National CAT Fund
- Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Offering Office Condominium Associations
- RLI Promotes Denzer, Berberich
- SEC Readies Disclosure Rules on Executives’ Perks and Pay
- Nickelodeon, Kellogg Targeted in Suit to Stop Junk Food Marketing to Kids
- ISO Providing New Service for Insurers to Access Natural CAT Information
- AIG Executive Kanak Resigns
- Estee Lauder’s Langhammer, Citigroup’s Willumstad Join AIG Board
- Treasury Clarifies Farm, Liability, Umbrella Issues Under Terrorism Reinsurance Program
- GE Insurance Solutions: Challenge Industry Norms, Upgrade Compliance
- Agents’ Game Plan Helped Save Contingent Commissions
- AAA Study: Teen Driver Crashes Top Threat to Passengers, Other Drivers
- FBI: 90% of Organizations Face Computer Attack; 64% Incur Financial Loss
- Best Affirms FSR for Clarendon Group
- Newly Formed Mercator Risk Services Names Executive Appointments
- Despite Hurricanes, Fewer Insurers Failed in 2005, Reports Weiss Ratings
- Severe Avian Flu Pandemic Could Generate $133 Billion in New Claims, I.I.I. Says
- NBIS Expands Wrap Product to Condominiums in All But New York
- Lexington Insurance Offering Recall Response for Product Recall Expenses, Liability
- NAIC: Standards for Sale of Life and Annuities Should Protect “All Ages”
- Zurich, Hellman & Friedman Call Off Universal Underwriters Sale
- Casey to Lead Duane Morris Insurance Practice Group
- Allstate Backs National Disaster Fund But Other Insurers Balk
- States Claim FDA Drug Labels Would Undermine State Product Liability Laws
- Study: 7% of American Workers Drink on the Job
- Actuaries Complete Liberty Mutual Asbestos Review
- XL Reinsurance America Names Welch President, COO
- Allstate Names Encompass President
- MarketScout Reports Availability of New Capital Softening Market
- AMC Now Offering Bundled Coverage for Farm Operations
- Insurance Skills Center Offers Classes on Katrina, Disaster Planning
- AIA: Paper on Insurance Claims Handling is Reckless
- HCC Expects Earnings Growth in 2006
- Allstate Announces New Reinsurance Program for Property, Auto
- Conning Wins Citigroup $8 Billion Insurance Asset Management Account
- DVUA Promotes Ocheltree
- State Farm Works with “Thieves” to Prevent Auto Thefts
- Lloyd’s Urges U.S. to End Foreign Insurers’ Trade Barriers
- Allstate Announces Rate Hikes Likely in Disaster Prone States
- St. Paul Travelers, ICBA Partner to Offer Identity Theft Insurance
- Why Terrorism Insurance Renewal Was So Difficult
- PGI Commercial Partnership to Serve Habitational Risks
- Marsh Names 3 Senior Execs
- RiskProNet Elects New Officers
- Personal Lines Doing Fine, Even Without Price Changes, Suggest P&C Analysts
- Forstenzer Named EVP, General Counsel at Crump Group
- Regulators Release 2005 Market Analysis Scorecard
- Stone Point Notes Formation of Mercator Risk Services
- National Advantage Offering Monoline Truck Physical Damage Coverage
- Broadspire Selling Risk and Safety Division to Bureau Veritas
- Calif. Firm to Pay $2 Million to Settle Insurance Probe
- Conning: Exit Imminent for Personal Lines Insurance ‘Also-Rans’
- NAMIC Warns Regulators All-Perils Policy Could Worsen CAT Problems
- C.A.R. Backs President’s Call in Speech for ‘Good Asbestos Reform’
- AIA Backing Safety Design Improvements of Seat, Head Restraints in SUV’s
- Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Names Controller
- Commercial Insurance Buyers Report Productivity Savings Across all Lines
- W. R. Berkley Forms Web-Based Underwriting Company
- Guy Carpenter Issues Report on U.S. Reinsurance Renewals
- Nevada Men to Face Katrina-Related Fraud Charges in La.
- FEMA Flood Insurance Program Launches Agent Web Site
- CRM Holdings Prices Initial Public Offering
- Heat Gun ‘Not Hair Dryer’ Label Wins Wacky Warning Contest
- Hearn Joins MarketStance
- Enhanced IJ Broadcasting Enlivens Insurance News with Videos, Interviews, Ads and More
- Feds Promise Full Probe of Mine Disaster; Democrats Seek Hearings
- Hybrid Car Owners Get Premium Break from Travelers
- Crutchley Named President of W.R. Berkley’s Facultative ReSources
- How Producers Build Up Construction Insurance Business
- Analysts Predict Faster P/C Premium Growth, Underwriting Profit in 2006
- Universal Life Resources Settles Commission Charges with N.Y.
- Hub International Reports Management Buyout of Talbot Financial
- RMS: New TRIA Structure Shifts Risk Burden to Insurance Industry
- Targets Markets Program Administrators Studying Program Business
- Seattle Firm Chosen to Evaluate Hanford Injured-Worker Claims
- Crawford & Co. Unveils Service Delivery Model to Manage Comp Claims
- Analysts Predict Surge in Insurance Company Mergers in 2006
- Treasury Issues Guidance on 2005 Terrorism Insurance
- W. R. Berkley Forms Accident and Health Company
- Markel Re Appoints Dunn, Beall
- WellPoint and WellChoice Complete Major Merger
- SUVs Not Safer Than Passenger Cars for Kids, Study Finds
- Sam’s Club To Sell Tailored Health Plans for Small Firm Members
- AAIS Says Policy Forms OK for Use Under Terrorism Extension
- W.R. Berkley Corp. Names Horvath to External Financial Communications Post
- NAMIC: Rate Modernization Initiatives Likely in 6 States in 2006
- W. Va. Coal Mine Had High Injury Rate, Multiple Safety Violations
- Boat Buyers Warned to Avoid Hurricane-Damaged Vessels
- Agents, Brokers, Carriers: Insurance Outlook Good for 2006
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