News for May 2012
- Bill to Create ‘Framework for Damages’ Passes Calif. Senate
- N.J. Police Chief Convicted of Insurance Fraud Is Removed From Job
- USI Acquires Georgia’s Impact Benefit Management Services
- Hurry, Don’t Miss Out: Submit Today for Top 100 Independent Agency Recognition
- Google Names Former MMC Exec Wittman as CFO of Motorola Mobility Unit
- Michigan Upper Peninsula Wildfire Destroys 115 Structures
- Officials: Louisiana Pump Station Work Will Help Protect From Floods
- Orchid Launches Personal Lines Program with Icat
- Missouri County Passes Copper Theft Ordinance
- New Earthquake Faults Uncovered West Of Lake Tahoe
- Arkansas Teacher Sues District Over Anger Management Course
- Fireman’s Fund Appoints Shanks as Underwriting Executive in Chicago
- Ratings of Louisiana-based Amerisafe Inc. and Subsidiaries Affirmed
- Judge Reduces Prison Sentence of Chicago Insurance Mogul
- N.Y.-Based PIA Management Services Hires Government Affairs Counsel
- FM Global Names 3 Senior Vice Presidents in Rhode Island
- Southport Lane to Acquire Dallas National Insurance Co.
- Delaware Weighs Mortgage Assistance Plans for Struggling Homeowners
- NYC Publishes New Edition of ‘Ready New York’ Hurricane Guide
- Wells Fargo Looking to Buy Insurance Brokers: CEO
- Aon’s Anning Joins TigerRisk’s London Office
- Neace Lukens Acquires South Carolina Broker
- Kentucky Coal Mines in Arrears on Safety Fines: Report
- West Virginia Gears Up for Auto Insurance Verification Program
- State Auto Consolidates RED, Rockhill in North Carolina
- Appeals Court Upholds Mississippi Fraud Verdict Against Asbestos Lawyers
- Small Firms’ Health Insurance Tax Break Disappoints
- Flood Insurance Program Extended Until July 31
- Sun Life Forms Venture with PVI to Sell in Vietnam
- Prudential Buying U.S. Life Insurance Business from Swiss Re
- Bill Would Bar Insurance for Clawbacks
- Top Trade Credit Insurer Pulls Cover for Exports to Greece
- Bill Addressing Spinal Surgery Devices Passes California Senate
- Savage Named Oregon Insurance Commissioner
- Jones Approves New Pure Premium Rates
- House Expected to Agree to Senate’s 60-Day Extension of Flood Program Tonight
- Consultant Burand Launches Agency E&O Blog on InsuranceJournal.com
- Insurance Think Tank Splits from Heartland, Reorganizes as R Street Institute
- Massachusetts Regulators Urge Water Safety as Summer Season Begins
- Md. Officials Ask Homeowners: ‘Are You Ready for Hurricane Season?’
- New Oklahoma Law Caps Premium Tax on Captive Insurance Companies
- Delaware Regulators Recovered $1.3M for Policyholders in 2012 Q1
- Study Suggests Continued Population Drop in Kansas
- Nevada Lawyer Files Another Suit Over Motorcycle Helmets
- Crews Work to Protect Structures in Michigan Wildfire
- Cadwallader Joins IMA Inc.’s Employee Benefits Division
- Lobell, Tutt Join Louisiana-Based Specialty Risk Associates
- Burns & Wilcox’s Baltimore Office Appoints Assistant Branch Manager
- Minnesota Offering 3rd Round of Auto Theft Prevention Grants
- Mass.-Based First American Insurance Announces 2 Appointments
- Ex-Calif. Cop Gets $450K To Settle Reprisal Suit
- Wildfire Now New Mexico’s Largest Recorded
- EU Proposes Cross-Border Bank Rescues
- Many Gray Areas in Legal Arguments Over Botched Faceook IPO
- BofA Whistleblower to Receive $14.5M in Mortgage Case
- Italy to Hike Petrol Tax to Fund Quake Relief
- Zurich Names Nash to Lead Healthcare Practice Group
- North Carolina Maintains Inspections on Newer Cars
- Indian Company Opens South Carolina Insurance Services Center
- Willis Ireland Acquires Employee Benefits Firm, Attain Consulting
- Kentucky’s April Hail Storm Cost Insurers $175 Million
- Florida City Doubles in Size Since Hurricane Andrew
- Insuring Golden Gate’s Legacy Long Ago: Slideshow
- Google Wins Copyright Ruling in France
- GMI Launches Program for Non-franchised, Used Auto Dealerships
- Ex-Penn State President Sues, Eyes Sandusky E-Mails
- Personable Insurance Acquires Texas-Based Endeavor General Agency
- Indiana Finds Assurant Subsidiaries Overcharged Small Businesses
- Disaster Loan Deadline Nears for Nebraska Residents
- Cold Snap Bruises Bitterroot Apple Growers
- Court Rules Suit Over Student’s Death Can Proceed
- Farm Traced To Listeria Outbreak Files Bankruptcy
- Former Drumlummon Mine Foreman Files Lawsuit in Montana
- Olympus Whistleblower CEO Woodford Wins Unfair Dismissal Settlement
- Another Earthquake Strikes Northern Italy
- Tropical Depression Beryl Douses Florida, Georgia with Heavy Rains
- Researchers to Fill Gaps in Georgia Hurricane History
- Dewey & Leboeuf Files for Chapter 11 in Record U.S. Law Firm Collapse
- How Relevant Is Insurance? Asks XL CEO McGavick
- Fallout from Dewey Law Firm Collapse Hits Insurers, Other Clients
- Ex-General Re, AIG Execs May Settle Criminal Case
- Court Nixes Florida Award for Injury Before Policy Purchase
- 58% Wind Rate Boost by Louisiana’s Last Resort Insurer
- 3 Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Plead Guilty in Insurance Scam
- Indiana Insurance Agent Earns Associate Degree at 87
- A.M. Best Revises Outlook of First Chicago Insurance Co.
- Connealy Appointed Texas State Fire Marshal
- Dog Attacks Up; Pennsylvania Postal Workers Not Surprised
- Pennsylvania High Court Tosses ‘Any Dose’ Asbestos Theory
- Insuring Golden Gate’s Legacy
- Gulf Fishermen Reel From Seafood Troubles
- $18.5M Settlement for ‘Transformers 3’ Injury in Indiana
- Panel to Hear Illinois Trooper’s Workers’ Comp Appeal
- The Next New Thing: Coverage Issues from Fracking Claims
- Wyoming Pushes Workplace Safety With New Hire
- $650K Settlement Reached Over 2009 Minnesota Train Crash
- Former UCLA Player Nelson Sues SI For $10 Million
- Ohio Legislators Consider New Drilling Rules
- Arizona Towns At Risk As Wildfires Hit Southwest
- Willis Publishes D&O Dictionary
- ACE USA Enhances International Casualty Coverage
- Bexar County, Texas, Gets Special Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
- Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University
- New Fund Created to Help Displaced Vermont Mobile-Home Owners
- Virginia’s Sales-Tax Holiday on Hurricane-Prep Items Begins Today
- FEMA OKs Additional $5.5M for Buying Flood-Prone Properties in Penn.
- Dann Joins Miller Insurance Services
- 11 States Adopt Plan to Distribute Surplus Lines Premium Taxes
- Mediation Fails, West Virginia Slurry Pollution Case Going to Trial
- Court Upholds Mississippi Man’s 37-Month Sentence for Insurance Fraud
- South Carolina Weighs Sprinkler Mandate for New Homes
- 180 Countries Agree on New Climate Treaty Agenda
- Hurricane Bud Moving to Mexico’s Coast
- U.S. Insurers Have Capacity to Provide 2012 Hurricane Coverage: Fitch
- Senate Approves 60-Day Flood Program Extension; Will House Agree?
- Why ‘Project Bonds’ Are a Good Idea: Wynn
- CPCU Society Forms India Chapter
- Facebook Market Makers’ Claims Against Nasdaq Likely to Top $100 Million
- NOAA Forecasts ‘Near Normal’ 4 to 8 Atlantic Hurricanes in 2012
- Montana School Settles Claim By Family Of Suicide Victim
- Lawsuit Filed Over Skier Death At Colorado Resort
- OSHA Investigating Recent Spate of Construction Site Accidents in N.J.
- N.Y. Rail Workers in Disability Scam May Be Eligible for Amnesty
- R.I. Enacts New Law to Assist Homeowners With Hurricane-Related Claims
- City Inspectors Faulted in Indianapolis Flooding
- Festa Named CIGA Board Chair
- Oklahoma House OKs Allowing Armed State Attorneys
- Insurer to Cover Half of R.I. City’s $389K Loss Caused by Embezzlement
- San Francisco Jury Awards $11.4M For Garbage Truck Injury
- Reno Air Races Plans To Change Course This Fall
- Liberty Mutual Appoints Chief Actuary for Group Benefits Operation
- Atlas Names Muranaka Senior Claims Consultant
- Texas Mutual to Distribute $150M Policyholder Dividend
- Fraud Charges Against Former Louisiana Sheriff Candidate Dropped
- Ohio Restaurant Owner Convicted of Insurance Fraud
- Luttrell Elected President of Combined Agents of America
- Senate to Vote on 60-Day Extension of Flood Insurance Program
- Florida Readies Storm Plan for Republican Convention
- Risk of Major Spring Flooding Lowest in Years
- West Virginian Gets 18 Month Jail Term for Faking Insurance Claims
- Mississippi Curbs AG’s Control Over State’s Legal Business
- NFL Owners’ Latest Safety Move Irks Players
- West Virginia Coal Miner Claims Alpha Fired Him Over Safety
- How States Rank in Injury Prevention
- Jury Finds Google Did Not Infringe Oracle’s Patents
- More Top Executives Say Bribes for Business Acceptable
- MetLife to Shift U.S. Business, Target Global Growth
- Anderson, Herman Named Officers at Utica Mutual
- Oregon CPCU Chapter Elects 2012 Officers
- Poms Names Pesavento VP Of Business Development In Colorado
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Professional Claims Managers
- Study: Drug Testing Driving Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs
- Maryland’s State-Run WC Insurer IWIF to Become Private Nonprofit Co.
- Frank Crystal & Co. Launches Marine Insurance Practice
- Vermont Companies Get Workplace Safety Awards
- Ratings of Dallas National Insurance Downgraded, Under Review
- FDIC Sues Big Banks Over Mortgage Securities
- General Ledger Accounting for P/C Agencies
- Wisconsin’s United Heartland Honored as a Top 100 Workplace
- Jury Awards Brothers $700K in Wisconsin Diocese Molestation Case
- Assurant Specialty to Hire Up to 100 Workers in Gwinnett County, Ga.
- Ex-Workers Accused in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Restaurant Fire
- Celebration Believed to Have Led to Louisiana Tech Frat House Blaze
- Texas Judge Rules State Parole Officials Can Be Held Liable
- Officials: 3 Dead in Explosion at Old Arkansas Oil Well
- SIAA Adds Another Master Agency in Michigan Marketplace
- University of Pennsylvania Launches New Risk and Insurance Program
- Ratings Affirmed for Atain Specialty Insurance and Subsidiary
- Illiniois Agency Owner to Lead National Surety Bond Producer Group
- Colorado Immigrant Advocates Plan Driver’s License Push
- More Than Dozen Animals Killed In NM Hospital Fire
- Kauai, Maui to Get $400K For Storm Cleanup Efforts
- Penn. Pain Management Doc Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurers
- Mississippi Catholic Groups Sue Over Birth Control Rule
- Burgers Joins United Valley Insurance Services
- Thoits Expands Employee Benefits With Culligan
- Insurers Paid $200M to Victims of June 1, 2011 Massachusetts Tornadoes
- AIA Calls for More International Market Access for U.S. Insurers
- Xchanging Expands to U.S. Market
- FBI: 10 More Charged in N.Y. Long Island Rail Road Pensions Case
- Facebook, Banks Sued Over Pre-IPO Analyst Calls
- U.S. SEC Dealt Blow in Financial Crisis Case
- Willis Launches Insurance Program for Equipment Rental Industry
- SpaceX Insured For ‘Maximum Probable Loss’
- ‘Key Figure’ in Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Nabbed
- Country Singer Alan Jackson Raises $150K for Quake-Damaged Va. County
- FCCI Insurance Expands to Maryland, Hires New Marketing Underwriter
- Saints’ Vilma Sues NFL Commissioner Goodell for Defamation
- Allied World Assurance Company Opens Philadelphia Office
- XL Group, ABA Insurance Enhance EPLI Coverage for Commercial Businesses
- Utah Insurance Agent Barred from Business in North Dakota
- Southern California Industrial Fire Causes $2.5 Million Damage
- Denver May Settle Lawsuit Over Police Shooting
- Contractor Sues Retailer Over Remodeling Project
- False Damage Claims Lead to Jail Time for Texas Couple
- W. R. Berkley Corp. Forms Marine Division of Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers
- Zurich, SWBC to Offer Excess Flood Insurance
- Vt. Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints, Identify Impaired Drivers
- Weather, Safety Concerns Pull Plug on Bloomington, Indiana July 4 Show
- Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Judge Vacates Order After Ethics Rule Cited
- After Joplin Tornado, Town Looked Like a War Zone, Adjusters Say
- Safety Report Cites Lack of Progress in Reducing Motorcyclist Deaths
- Mississippi Pathologist Settles with Innocence Project Over Defamation Claim
- Gucci Wins Fraction of Damages Sought in Trademark Claim Against Guess
- Coal Firm Alpha Cites Safety Steps on Coal-Dust
- Senate Passes Tougher Iran Sanctions
- Ratings Recap: Sublimity, USPlate Glass, Cameron Mutual
- Tropical Depression Alberto is Atlantic’s First Named Storm
- Ratings Roundup: Top Layer Re, Ardellis, BEST RE
- EU Trade Credit Insurers Considering Restrictions on Greek Coverage
- McGill to Assume New Role as Aon Group President
- Best Upgrades DaVinci Re Credit Rating; Affirms RenRe’s ‘A+’ Ratings
- RSA Reorganizes Global Specialty Businesses into ‘3 Key Divisions’
- OECD Sees Euro Zone Crisis Threatening Global Economic Recovery
- No Changes Made for Missouri Injured Worker Fund
- Vermont Motorist Texts While Driving, Crashes Into Police Cruiser
- Louisiana Parish Wants to Dispose of State-Owned Katrina Properties
- ACE Private Risk Adds Identity Protection Services to High-Net Worth Program
- Mass. AG Coakley Seeks to Close Loophole in State’s Drunk-Driving Law
- NAS Insurance Introduces Contingency, Liability Coverage for Special Events
- Arizona Man Files Lawsuit Against LA Fitness
- Janitor Awarded $812K For Sexual Harassment
- Reno Air Race Organizers Get OK To Continue Event
- A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Gramercy Insurance Co.
- California Woman Gets Life For Murder Of Millionaire Lover
- Colorado Wildfire 87 Percent Contained
- Safety Regulators Investigating Electric Car Fire
- Kentucky Program Aims to Catch Uninsured Drivers
- N.Y. to Boot Crooked, ‘Dirty Doctors’ From No-Fault Insurance
- Tennessee Cracks Down on Roofing Contractor Fraud
- Senate Expected to Decide Fate of Flood Insurance Program This Week
- Season’s First Tropical Storm Forms Off Carolina Coast
- Best Affirms Flagstone Reassurance Suisse ‘A-‘ Ratings; Outlook Negative
- Best Affirms BP Captive Jupiter Insurance ‘A’ Ratings
- Swiss Re Plays Leading Role in Private Sector Plan for African ‘Food Security’
- Best Opens Office in Dubai International Financial Center
- Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Italy’s Emilia Romagna Region: AIR Analysis
- Insurance Australia Group to Review UK Business
- UK’s ABI Warns Metal Theft Crime Wave Costs Insurers over $1.6 Million a Week
- Weather Channel’s Knabb Named Chief of National Hurricane Center
- Thousands in St. Louis, Missouri, Area Claim Hail Damage
- Records: Joplin Twister Was Costliest Since 1950
- Ohio’s New ‘Vicious Dog’ Liability Law Becomes Effective May 22
- More Texas Land Out of Worst Drought Stage
- Worker Death Leads to $473K Fine for Illinois Manufacturer
- Texas Company Fined $212K Over Safety Hazards
- New York Hearings on ‘Forced’ Insurance in Foreclosure
- N.Y. Compensation Insurance Rating Board Seeks 11.5% Rate Hike
- Court: Louisiana Cab Company President not Liable in Death Case
- Dean, Hanner, Richardson Named Corporate VPs at Arthur J. Gallagher
- A Year after Joplin Tornadoes, $2.16B in Insurance Claims Paid
- Despite Grant, South Dakota Will Wait on Health Insurance Exchange
- Family Sues California Mortuary Over Switched Bodies
- North Dakota Agent Accused of Creating Fake Policy Applications
- Crop Damage in Central California From Storm Tops $79M
- Louisiana Citizens Approved for $75M Line of Credit
- SullivanCurtisMonroe Adds Kraatz as EVP in Southern California
- Houston’s Dean & Draper Recognized for Technology Best Practices
- Health Insurance Exchange Rejected by Louisiana Senators
- Insurance Trades Join Suit Against Oregon’s MVR Fee Increase
- Northern United Agents Alliance in N.H. Expands, Adding 2 New Agencies
- Vermont Governor Shumlin Signs Health ‘Exchange’ Bill
- Vermont Becomes First State in U.S. to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing
- N.J. Police Chief Is Convicted of Insurance Fraud, Faces Prison Term
- Florida’s Citizens Defends Plan to Consider Higher Rates on New Business
- Court Tosses Workplace Retaliation Damages Suit Against Mississippi College
- Tackling Euro Zone Crisis is Top Priority for G8 Leaders
- XL Group Names Whelley Executive VP- Chief for Human Resources
- China Broker CNinsure Announces Changes to Board of Directors
- Former Dewey & LeBoeuf Lawyers Join DLA Piper Hong Kong Office
- Willis’ DARCstar D&O Program Marks First Year with New Offerings
- South Carolina Son Follows in Father’s Safety Footsteps
- OSHA Probes Florida Postal Worker’s Mysterious Illness
- Forecasters Examine Hurricane Andrew’s Legacy
- Safety Inspections Don’t Hurt Businesses; Do Lower Workers’ Comp Costs: Study
- Judge: New York AG Must Decide on Revealing Spitzer’s Emails on AIG
- MGIC Sues Freddie Mac in Insurance Coverage Dispute
- AIG Shares Fall Below Government Breakeven Price
- Group Urges N.Y. to Overhaul Regulation of Force-Placed Insurance
- Lafayette, Louisiana, Traffic Camera Program to Continue
- Hawaii Health Insurance Providers Report 1Q Income
- Aon Hewitt Says NYC Is World’s Lowest-Risk City for Recruiting, Hiring
- Denver Agencies Holding Major Disaster Drill
- Jury Awards More Than $1 Million To LAPD Sergeant
- Brown & Brown Acquires Insurcorp Assets
- N.H. Senate OKs Reimbursement for Naturopaths
- Texas Windpool to Remain Under Administrative Control
- California Legislator Calls for Hearing on Intervenor Fees
- The Industry’s Role in Cutting Down Crooked Contractors
- Two Workers Hurt in Texas Fracking Tank Site Blast
- Allstate Loses $280 Million on Disasters in April
- How Young Insurance Agents Are Changing the Industry
- EEOC Updates Best Practices for Using Criminal Records in Hiring
- For Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, the Time May Have Come for Last Rites
- Hartford’s Commercial Underwriter Joins S.H. Smith in Connecticut
- Hurricane Andrew Remembered at Storm Conference
- Misuse of BP Oil Spill Funds Prompts Changes by Florida County
- Florida Blood Bank Sued Over HIV Infection Says Supply Is Safe
- PERILS Q1 Report on European Windstorms Shows ‘Very Active Season’
- Cooper Gay Promotes Dalton to Head of Risk Management
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