National News for January 2011 Safety Checklist Eliminated Infections, Reduced Hospital Deaths Federal Judge in Florida Rules Healthcare Law Must Be Voided Poll: Public Opposes Crash Taxes Donovan Named CEO at Beecher Carlson Marsh Sees Soft Commercial Insurance Market Continuing Chartis Umbrella Covers Salary Reimbursement Aon Merges M&A Advisory Teams ASI Environmental Enhances EnviroStar Policy Form Texas Jury Orders J&J to Pay $482M in Patent Lawsuit CNA Adds Enhancement to Printing, Graphic Imaging Program Chubb Reports Q4, 2010 Results; Expects Australia Flood Losses What Did One Car Say to the Other Car? Report Adds Details on AIG Payments to Goldman Courts Allowing Private Facebook Posts As Evidence in Lawsuits What the Financial Crisis Commission Concluded About AIG’s Failure P/C Insurers Like Some of Obama’s State of Union Promises Divided Financial Crisis Panel Spreads the Blame Democrats Vow to Pursue Oil Spill Liability Bill National Underwriter, Summit Media File for Bankruptcy Boehner to Address Agents Before D.C. Lobbying Day Hiscox USA Expands Direct, Online Coverage for Small Businesses to NY, Fla. Lexington Introduces LexAir Transport Rx for Hospital Aviation Risks Investors Accuse Bank of America’s Countrywide of Massive Fraud Poll Finds Americans Oppose Defunding Healthcare Law Travelers Sees Insurance Business Improving Asterisk Financial, Burns & Wilcox Introduce Personal Guarantee Insurance Howden Specialty Underwriters Forms Management Liability Program with LIU Measuring the Full Impact of Teen Driver Crashes Supreme Court: Worker’s Protection from Retaliation Extends to Fiancee S&P Could Downgrade Bond Insurers AIG’s Benmosche, Responding Well to Cancer Treatment, to Stay as CEO Ratings Recap: Berkley National, Allstate (NJ), Preferred Physicians Allied World U.S. Enhances Standard Lawyers Platform Marsh Launches Package Policy for Midsize Chemical Companies Think Soft Market Is Over? Think Again States Grapple with Healthcare Overhaul Investor Suit Against Bear Stearns, Auditor to Proceed Auditors Successful in Defending Against Investor Lawsuits November Elections Brought Insurance Power Shift Securities Lawsuits Set New Record Despite Slowdown in Credit Crisis Cyber Guerillas Present Security Risk with Unpredictable Attacks Republican Strategy: Prune Obamacare ‘Branch by Branch’ MarketScout Names Blaser Managing VP of Affluent Personal Lines House Passes Repeal of Healthcare Law Geithner Argues Healthcare Repeal Bad for Business Agent Group Sounds Alarm Over Federal Insurance Study IronPro Introduces Tech E&O Coverage AIG Chooses Four Banks to Manage Share Sale U.S. Lays Out Factors to Designate Risky Firms Firms Vulnerable In Corrupt Practices Crackdown Obama Administration Appeals Virginia Healthcare Mandate Ruling Chartis Launches Hospitality Industry Coverage Enhancements Senator Targets Workers’ Compensation Pay to Elderly Federal Employees President Obama Vows Review of Business Regulations U.S. Opens Product Safety Office in China Catlin U.S. Completes Purchase of Blue Ridge Insurance Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in BP Litigation Fighting Over Claims Fund New Systemic Risk Council Faces Key Test New Regulation Aims to Reduce Deaths in Rollover Crashes What to Know About Snow AIG Recapitalization Deal Closes AAIS Develops New Form For Insuring Renewable Energy Generating Equipment Job Bias Complaints Set Record in 2010 House to Vote on Healthcare Repeal Next Week Underwriting, Expense Discipline Needed in 2011, Say P/C CEOs Caution: Distressed Commercial Properties JLT Expands New York Lawyers PL Policy to Additional States Ratings Roundup: State Auto/Hallmark, Claremont Liability JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley Pitch for AIG Share Sale K&K, RLI Partner to Offer Product Liability for Sports, Entertainment Risks Small Businesses in Hiring Mood? It’s Hard to Figure P/C Executives See Better Profitability in 2011 The 2010 Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame Companies Concerned About U.S. Consumer Complaint Sites AIG Recapitalization to Close Friday; Offering Expected in May The 2010 Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame Study: U.S. Tort Costs Decline in 2009 Keenan to Offer Savings Program for Hospitals, Health Centers Verheyen Named Risk Chief at CNA Ohio Mutual Completes Acquisition of Casco Indemnity Lexington Expands Product Liability with Product Recall Endorsement Large AIG Share Sales on Track This Year: Source White House Panel Calls For Tough Regulation After BP Spill Chinese Drywall Makers Refusing to Compensate U.S. Homeowners As Small Business Shrinks, Small P/C Insurers Lose The Economic Cost of Obesity 2011 to Be Key Year in Employment Liability Liberty Mutual Continues Fight with AIG As Other Insurers Settle Jan. Reinsurance Renewals Saw ‘Orderly Rate Softening,’ Says Towers Watson Starr Indemnity Launches Primary Commercial Auto Facility Best Upgrades Am. Country, Am. Service after Kingsway Public Offering Bond Insurer Sues Goldman Sachs Over Abacus Deal Lydecker, Downs Named Brown & Brown Regional Presidents AIG Recapitalization Could Happen Next Week Ratings Recap: Computer, FirstComp Brooks Named Eastern Zone Vice President for Farmer’s XL Insurance, Jorgensen & Co. Partner to Provide Accountants E&O Insurance Consensus: Consumer Education Needed to Reduce Disaster Losses Whistleblower Claims Against Toyota By Former Employee Dismissed Big Drop in Road Deaths Tied to Recession, Seat Belts NAS Insurance Expands Home Health, Nurse Registry Coverage Bernas Promoted to AVP, Ocean Cargo at CNA Cunningham Lindsey Acquires Loss Adjusting Unit of GAB Robins NA Hitzig Named President of Target Markets AmerInst Professional Launches E&O Coverage for Small Law Firms Year-End Storms Cloud P/C Insurers’ Profit Picture White House Oil Spill Report: Firms’ Decisions Saved Money, Raised Risk Former AIG Employee Sues Accounting Firm, Board Over Audits Big Drop in Road Deaths Tied to Recession, Seat Belts Aon Adds Executives to Environmental Team, Appoints Szot COO Top Workers’ Compensation News in 2010 House Republicans Aim to Repeal Healthcare Law Fortegra Financial Acquires California Motor Club 2010 Was U.S. Coal Industry’s Deadliest Since 1992 P/C Insurers Improve Personal Lines, Investment Results in Q3 OneBeacon Rebrands Entertainment Division as OneBeacon Entertainment Toyota Says Subrogation By 7 Insurers for Acceleration Claims Is Meritless National News Archives
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