National News for August 2006
- Most Americans Favor Mitigation Policies While Opposing Subsidies for High Risks
- Drive Insurance Survey Asks Young Agents Their View on Industry Challenges, Opportunities
- SyMplify Launches OneApp for Agents
- Judge Orders New Trial on $50 Million Award in Vioxx Case
- DeChard Promoted at SIAA
- PIA National Offers Agents’ E&O Coverage Through Lloyd’s
- Major Association Group Selling Program to Members Via D.C. Captive
- Sorry, Catbert! Study Shows Cutting Employee Incentives Hurts
- The Hanover Partners With LoJack to Curb Construction Equipment Losses
- Wellington Launches U.S. Marine Reinsurance Business
- PC Makers Follow Recalls with Meeting to Address Battery Safety
- U.S. Develops Safety Rules for Unmanned Rocket Launches
- More Laws Seek to Punish Parents to Deter Underage Drinking
- One Year Later: Reflections on White House Handling of Katrina
- Customer Satisfaction Impacts Bottom Line, J.D. Powers Reports
- Toyota Says System Detects Rear Collisions Before They Happen
- Network E&S Launches Builder’s Risk Program
- Swett & Crawford Hires Gibbs, Onstead
- Another Federal Laptop Stolen: Motor Carrier Licenses May Be At Risk
- National Hurricane Center Chief Mayfield to Retire
- St. Paul Travelers Realigns Business Units into New Segments
- Insurers Failing To Hit ROI for IT Projects, Survey Says
- Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Coal Mine Safety
- Warning: Employers Face Liability for Workers’ High-Tech Addiction
- Abacus Offers Online Contractors Equipment Floater Program
- 6 in 10 Business Now Buying Terror Coverage, Marsh Reports
- Study Hits States Without Helmet Laws
- U.S. Traffic Deaths on Rise
- BB&T to Acquire Two Mellon-Owned Premium Finance Cos.
- Automakers Must Disclose If Vehicles Have Black Boxes
- Floor Maker Congoleum in Bankruptcy Battle with Insurers
- Businesses File First in Series of Lawsuits Against Competitors Hiring Undocumented Immigrants
- Lopes Joins Praetorian
- Main Street America Expands Businessowners Policy
- Darwin Web Site Educates Brokers on Technology Liabilities
- Coalition Says Insurer Group’s Disaster Plan is Insufficient
- Study Urges Better Efforts to Prevent Teen Worker Injuries
- Crawford Acquires TPA Broadspire Services for $150M
- Trial Attorneys Claim Insurers Putting Profits Over People in Katrina’s Wake
- A Year Later, Insurers Report 95% of Katrina Claims in La. and Miss. Settled
- Insurers: Trial Bar Short on Facts in Katrina Charges
- The Hartford Renews Golf Pro J.J. Henry Sponsorship
- The Hartford Offering 12-Month Policies to Dimensions Insureds
- Willis to Move N.Y. City Office to One World Financial Center
- Progressive’s Drive Insurance Agents to Sell Homesite Policies
- Miss. Katrina Case Just First of Hundreds In Waiting
- National Campaign Against Drunk Driving Underway
- Big ‘I’ Group Adds Fireman’s Fund Agents’ E&O to Benefits Roster
- BOP-ping Along: U.S. Business Owners Package Market Pegged at $17 Billion
- Judge Who Decided First Katrina Case Now Faces Hundreds
- Markel’s ‘Contagion Cover’ a Success
- Best Removes Folksamerica from Review; Affirms ‘A-‘ Rating
- EPI Study Finds Coastal Population Drain Following Hurricanes
- Report Identifies More Than 180 Products to Handle Climate Change
- Merck Weighing Options After Legal Setbacks in Vioxx Cases
- Ferrell Joins Hartford’s Compliance Office as VP, Asst. Counsel
- ACE USA Names Lambert Senior VP – Global Solutions
- Best Affirms Gen Re’s ‘A++’ Ratings
- OneBeacon Selling Agri Renewal Rights to QBE-U.S.
- Best Affirms QBE Re-U.S. ‘A’ Ratings
- Tower Report Urges Industry, Gov’t., Public to Rethink Cat Management
- P/C Industry to Earn Profit in 2006, but Performance Will Decline Through 2008
- Commission Unveils Interstate Compact Web Site
- Big I Virtual University Adds Podoshen to Staff
- American Insurance Association Lays Out National Agenda to Strengthen Communities
- Average Insurance Premiums Remain Flat in Q2 Except in Hurricane Regions
- Researchers Find Many Commercial Drivers Impaired by Lack of Sleep
- Developer Alleges Conseco Rigged Sale of N.Y. Building
- HCC Holdings Delays Q2 Report
- Judge Rules in Favor of Insurer in Miss. Wind vs. Water Case
- ISO Acquires Xactware
- GlaxoSmithKline Settles Claim of Inflating Prices on Cancer Drugs
- Odyssey Re Delays 2Q Filing
- Airlines Tighten Security, Cancel Flights Following Terror Plot
- Doctors Say Remote Videos Could Speed Care for Crash Victims
- Willis Forms Global Energy Unit
- CyberTech from Travelers Offers Tech Firms Choice of 3 Coverage Modules
- U.S. Surplus Lines Brokers Detailed on Lloyd’s Website
- Federal Agency Questions Safety of Buses for Special Needs Patients
- Shareholders Lose Out in Class Action Securities Settlements, Says University Study
- Zurich N.A. Names Foley COO of Commercial Operations
- Safer Cars, Not Better Drivers, Behind Fewer Roadway Deaths
- AIG Reports 29% Decline in 2d Quarter Net Income
- ProAssurance Closes on PIC Wisconsin; Premiums Grow 4% in 2Q
- NYMAGIC: Premiums Up 36%, Led By Excess Workers’ Comp
- Study: Corporate Investment in Ethics Linked to Financial Performance
- Markel Launches Contagion Outbreak Expense Coverage
- Scientists See Cooling Pumps as Way to Tame Hurricanes
- Forecasters Now Think Hurricane Season May be Less Active
- Darwin Introduces Professional Liability Product for ART Facilities
- In Suit, Greenberg’s Agency Charges AIG Employees Out to Destroy Business
- Camry, RAV4 Earn Top Marks in Insurance Industry Crash Test
- Marsh & McLennan 2Q Profits Below Estimates
- RiskMeter Fire Station Mapping Now National
- OneBeacon Files for Initial Public Offering
- Disclosure of Medical Errors Desirable but Difficult, Researchers Find
- American Re to Become Munich Re America Starting in Sept.
- London American Introduces Agents’ E&O Program
- Fireman’s Fund Launches High-Value Yacht Policy
- AMS Upgrades Sagitta System
- HRH Completes Thilman & Filippini Acquisition
- Hawkins Named National Outstanding CSR of the Year
- Best Reports P/C Underwriting Income Up 21% in 1st Quarter
- Risk Retention Groups Sustaining Profitability
- Arrowhead General Offers Wrapups and Conversions for General Contractors
- Markel to Discuss 2d Quarter Results in Aug. 2 Call
- Conseco Reaches Tentative Settlement on Tax Matter
- St. Paul Settles with Conn,. Ill., N.Y. Attorneys General Over Broker Compensation
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