National News for October 2006
- Study Reveals Leading Indicators for Hospital Professional Liability Claims
- Employee Crime: Big Threat to Small Companies
- Rapper Sues Insurer for Failing to Cover Students’ Deaths
- Court Affirms Limit on Replacement Cost for World Trade Center
- The Hartford’s Net Income Jumps 41% for Third Quarter
- J.D. Power: Homeowners Want Carriers to Offer Identity Theft
- HUD Charges Erie, Agents with Unfair Bias; Erie Calls Charges ‘Misguided’
- Bieler Named Treasurer at Marsh
- Profits Surge at Chubb; Professional Liability Continues Improvement
- Risk of Pedestrian Fatality Four Times Higher on Halloween
- Consumer Group Says P/C Rates Drop ‘Irrespective’ of Tort Reform Enactment
- After School Hours Dangerous for Teens Who Drive, Says AAA
- Insurance Contributors Favor Republicans; Santorum, Clinton, McGavick Top Recipients
- Aon Moves On Exit Plan, Announces Sale of Construction Program
- New Risk Assessment Techniques a Must If Credit Scoring Bans Enacted
- DiFrancesco Named President of OneBeacon’s AutoOne Subsidiary
- Navy, Marines Battling Fatal Off-Base Car Crashes
- Darwin, PCM Partner on Standard Market Lawyers’ Liability Program
- Barry to Head Media Relations for Insurance Information Institute
- USI Holdings Reports Buyout Inquiry
- Big ‘I’ Refutes State Attorneys General on Zurich Settlement
- Marsh Adopts New Governance Rules for Directors
- PGI Expands Habitational Program into 11 Additional States
- Bush Extends Workplace Safety Program for Federal Government
- Best Sees No Change in National Indemnity Ratings from Equitas Deal
- Venture Launches All-Lines Marine Insurance Program
- Hanover Adds Employment Practices Liability to Business Owners Policy
- Democrats Recommend All-Perils Disaster Plan, Antitrust Repeal
- Arbitrators: Former MassMutual CEO Wrongly Fired
- With 1,100 Katrina Lawsuits, Court Schedule Stretches into 2008
- Liberty Mutual Appoints LeRoy to Lead Large Commercial Division
- NBIS Appoints Foley as Vice President
- Berkshire Hathaway Says General Re Not Target of Investigation
- Court Upholds Juries’ Rulings in World Trade Center Claims
- Truckers Seek to Slow Big-Rigs
- Allstate Swings to $1.16 Billion Gain in 3rd Quarter with Fewer Hurricanes
- Survey: Commercial Market Softens, Insurer Appetite Increases
- Regulators Tell Anti-Trust Commission McCarran Exemption Fosters Competition
- Fed Survey Finds Easing of Credit Underwriting Standards
- Hurricane Center Identifies 10 Most Hurricane Vulnerable Areas
- BISYS Reaches Settlement Over Securities Class Action
- Portable Seat Belt Promises Safety While Traveling Abroad
- Insurance Carriers Moving to Service-Oriented Architecture
- New Website Launched For Business Insurance Agents
- Motor Parts Maker Tower to Cover Directors’ Defense Costs
- Swett & Crawford to Appear on World Business Review
- Maritime Terrorism Risk Extends to Cruise Ships, Ferry Boats, Study Says
- Fireman’s Fund Introduces Green Building Coverage
- 860 Fire Departments Share $92M in Homeland Security Grants
- Small Business Hopes Elections Address Health, Taxes, Regulation
- Agents Seek Delay in Approval of Zurich Compensation Settlement
- Aetna to Cut 650 Jobs
- What Does the Future Hold for Insurance Agents’ E&O?
- Arrowhead General Offers Online Quotes for Private Company D&O
- Distinguished Programs Launches New Small Condo/Apartment Program
- Supreme Court Rejects W.R. Grace Asbestos Clean-Up Appeal
- Surety Bond Groups Hail SBA’s Small Contractor Rule Changes
- Report: U.S. Economy Headed for Slow Growth But Not Recession
- Hurricane Risk Reduces Prospective Profit of Homeowners Insurance
- Litigation Trends Continue to Mount Worldwide; Insurers Face Five Times the Average Number of Lawsuits
- Aon’s Rodell Named CIAB Chairman
- Callahan Appointed CEO of Affirmative Insurance Holdings
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Tobacco Case
- Banks’ Insurance Revenues, Insurance Brokerage Fees Up
- The Hartford Introduces Professional Liability Policy for Business Services
- Insurance Charity Foundation Opens in N.Y.; Plans National Expansion
- Great Central, Irving Weber Assoc. to Provide Cover for Fabricare Group
- Study: Side Air Bags Save Lives
- Willis Promotes Ealy, Gunn and Joost on North American Team
- Barran Named President of Marketing Association
- Former HRH Exec Building Brokerage Firm; Starts with N.Y.’s Genatt
- Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Indicates Below-Average Activity
- Travelers Launches Product for Millwright Contractors
- Mercator Hires Magyar as Professional Liability VP
- Darwin Offers Mental Health Liability Program Through N.Y. Agency
- CEOs Rewarded for Layoff Decisions
- American Bar Donates $7.3M from Insurance Funds to Legal Research
- Banking and Insurance Execs to Spend More for Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing Compliance
- MSB Promotes Linnell to Assistant Vice President
- Supreme Court to Hear Several Cases Affecting Business Community
- Financial Reporting Changes Create New Challenges for Actuaries
- Tort Versus No-Fault Reform Paradigm Is False Choice, Paper Says
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Insurance Credit Score Cases
- Parker Named Personal Lines V.P. at Main Street America Group
- Treasury Report on Terrorism Insurance Says Backstop Negatively Affects Private Capacity
- General Star Offers Alternative and Integrative Professional Liability Program
- OneBeacon Completes Transfer of Agricultural Unit to QBE
- Praetorian Completes Acquisition of Specialty Insurer Alea
- AMS Users Gain Access to ChoicePoint; AMS Also Buys Priority Data Systems
- P/C Insurers’ Profitability Drops in First-Half of 2006
- National Science Board Urges More Coordinated Hurricane Research
- Hurricane Research Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate
- U.S. Risk Launches New Physician Med-Mal Product
- Brown & Brown Grows Wholesale: Hull Buys DVUA; PRU Acquires Apex
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