National News for July 2006 Investors Win Rare Victory Against Analyst Over Tyco Stock Pick House Bill Would Establish National Disaster Commission Wal-Mart Type Banks Put on Hold The Hartford Reports 21% Drop in Profits for 2d Quarter Is U.S. Prepared for a Cyber Catastrophe? Businesses Say, ‘No’ St. Paul Travelers’ 2Q Profits Dip 9%; Raises Guidance NAMIC Announces Reorganization of Government Affairs Operation HRH Posts 10% Increase in Revenues for 2nd Quarter Missing Computer Holding Personal Data of 540,000 People Found House Committee Advances Surplus Lines Regulatory Reform Insurance Journal Presents Video Interviews with 15 State Insurance Commissioners Hub International Earnings Rise Sharply for 2nd Quarter Employers Insurance Group Expanding in Arizona, Texas ASI to Offer Non-Construction Liability, Expand Excess Products W.R. Berkley Delivers 25% Return in 2d Quarter; Webcast Today OneBeacon’s @vantage for Inland Marine Contains ‘Bucket’ Limit Chubb Chugs Along in 2d Quarter; Raises Outlook for 2006 Employers’ Costs for Workers’ Comp Rose Faster than Benefit Payments, Study Reveals United America Indemnity President, Joseph Morris, to Resign Congressional Hearing Meets on ‘Terrorism and the Insurance Market’ FleetRisk Advisors Names Wagner President, COO Optional Federal Charter ‘Legislation of the Worst Kind,’ Says PIA Exec Agents Again Urge Passage of Surplus Lines Reform Legislation Chubb to Discuss 2d Quarter Results in Web Conference Safety Experts Question Effectiveness of Popular Smoke Alarms Epstein Named CEO at ResourcePro OneBeacon Onboard ABC Aviation Property Program California, Florida, Texas Lead Nation in Motorcycle Thefts Valverde Named VP of I.I.I. C.V. Starr Marine Agency Grows with National Liability & Fire Allstate Beats Wall Street Projections, Ups 2d Quarter Profit 5% Tort Reformers Scoff at Trial Lawyer Group’s Name Change Travelers ‘CD’ Targets Risk Control for Tech Firms Brokers Offer Full Support for Surplus Lines Reform Bill State Legislators Eye Market Conduct, Building Codes, Federal Charter House Panel Advances Federal Surplus Lines Reform Act Best Places Ratings of Omni Insurance Group Under Review Judge Overturns Wal-Mart Health Care Spending Law The Hanover Expands Business Owner’s Policy ACE USA Realigns Construction Industry Practice Nearly 29% of Employees Considered Unproductive, Survey Found XM Satellite Seeks to Block Copyright Suit by Record Labels Lloyd’s: Stakes ‘Huge’ But Manageable If Major Hurricane Hits New York State Arrowhead General Offers Crane-Construction Contractors Program The Hartford Sells Substandard Auto Subsidiary Omni Argonaut’s Great Central Appoints Keystone Insurers Group ChoicePoint Acquires Insuratec Cooper Gay & Cashman Becomes Cooper Gay Intermediaries The Hartford Expands Professional Liability Product for Tech Firms Fed Official Raises Concerns Over Wal-Mart Entry into Banking London-based Aviva PLC Aquires Iowa’s AmerUs for $2.9 Billion Zurich Expands Subclasses of Small Business Division Breitstone & Co. Environmental Risk Team Join Aon Merck Wins New Jersey Vioxx Case Jurors Hear Closing Pleas in Vioxx Trial Commercial Brokers Urge Action on Surplus Lines Regulatory Reform Fireman’s Fund CEO Tells Congress Optional Federal Charter Needed Insurance, Banking Enter Next Phase of Integration, Conning Reports RiskMeter Adds Flood Elevation Report to Service Staranczak Joins Insurers Group as Chief Economist Rockwood Introduces E&O Coverage for New P/C Agents III”s Stewart to Retire; Hartwig to Succeed Sen. Sununu Opens Hearings on Federal Regulation of Insurance Insurer Group Supports State Regulation at Senate Hearing Big “I” Testifies for Targeted Federal Tools, State Regulatory Reform Companies Planning for an Avian Flu Pandemic, but Outcomes Uncertain Argonaut Group Launches Retail Shopping Center Program Big ‘I’ Hires Koonce as New Federal Lobbyist Natural Deposits of Asbestos Found in at Least 20 States Western States Face Mold Danger Despite Dry Climate Liberty International Offers Travel Professionals’ E&O Program Nas Offers New Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice Program Top Insurance Home Pages Still Miss the Mark Study Questions Effectiveness of Efforts to Deter Terrorism Navigators Pro Offers Online Training for Employment Practices Nationwide, The Hartford Honored by Insurance Marketing Group Effort to Block Wal-Mart, Berkshire Hathaway Banks Gaining Support HRH to Acquire Chicago Agency CPCU Society 2006 Annual Meeting on Track for Nashville Sept. 9–12 Stock Option Timing Scandal to be Felt in D&O Insurance AIG to Split from C.V. Starr to Create Own Marine Division Berkshire Hathaway, Wal-Mart Among 14 Firms Lining Up to Start Banks Tudor Enhances Non-Profit Policy Motorcycle Safety Is Second-Class; 29 States Now Say No to Helmet Laws National News Archives
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