News for September 2014
- California Increases Consumer Protections for Pet Insurance
- Federal Reserve Was Reluctant to Rescue AIG, Urged Private Sector Loan: Trial
- Appeal of Worker Fired For Medical Marijuana Being Heard by Colorado Court
- Markel Promotes Swanson in Product Line Leadership Team
- Marsh & McLennan Names McGivney Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance
- Ames & Gough Acquires Bixby Insurance Agency in Rhode Island
- Farm Fatalities Continue Downward Trend in Indiana
- Mississippi Police Departments Revise Policies on Suspect Chases
- EEOC Suits Against Employers Allege Transgender Bias
- Andy Weitz Joins Aon as SVP of Global Marketing & Communications
- XL Group Adds Smelser to North America Property Team in Dallas
- Keystone Insurers Group Plans Expansion into Missouri in 2015
- Lafourche Parish in Louisiana Sees Rise in DWI Arrests
- Louisiana’s Vermilion Parish Plans to Build Flood Walls to Protect Schools
- Truck Driver: Distraction a Factor in Fatal Oklahoma Crash
- Wisconsin’s M3 Insurance Named an IIABA Best Practices Agency
- Employers Names Hulse Vice President, Western U.S. Sales
- Idaho Techs Behind Infrastructure Protection Digital Library
- Coach’s Insurance, California City To Pay $1M In DUI Death
- Federal Grant Goes To Minimize Flood Risk in Wyoming City
- New Mexico’s Green Chile Crop Endangered by Weather
- North Carolina Big ‘I’ Names Georgia’s Knight As CEO
- ProAssurance, Pro-Praxis Introduce Excess Package for Complex Healthcare Risks
- ACE Expands Europe Surety Team With Villette Appointment
- Rachel Cotton Appointed Real Estate Director at RSA
- Milliman Opens Office in South Africa
- China’s Fosun to Invest in European, Japanese Insurers
- Departure of Bill Gross From Pimco Stuns Allianz
- Specialty Insurance Group, Britton Gallagher Offer Pyrotechnics Program
- CMIC Announces Stable Rate for Conn., Mass. Members in 2015
- Wal-Mart Says Tracy Morgan Is to Blame for Injuries in Highway Crash
- Securities Brokerages Free to Be Uninsured for Legal Awards
- Antitrust Review Delays Verisk’s Purchase of EagleView
- Greenberg’s Lawyer Says U.S. Demonized, Extorted AIG Shareholders in Bailout
- Candidates in New Jersey House Race Air Disputes
- Federal Judge Won’t Block Fracking In Nevada
- New Mexico Judge refuses to stop Uber, Lyft
- N.H. Workers’ Comp Commission Holds Its 1st Meeting
- Montana Court Hears Arguments in Jury-Award Cap Case
- John Hancock to Refund Seniors $550K in Massachusetts
- Oktoberfest Insurance App Highlights German Digital Trend
- AssuredPartners Acquires Crawford Advisors in Maryland
- Welch to Retire as President/CEO at Grange Insurance; Ammendola to Assume the Posts
- 10 Years and 12,000 Smoke Alarms in Texas
- Lawmakers Question the Adequacy of Traffic Control After Fire Halts Flights
- Coastal Carolina University Suspends 3 Fraternities
- Alabama Gas Explosion Heightens Concern Over Cast-Iron Pipe Corrosion
- Talanx to Shift Investments to Non-Euro Countries
- Ace Launches Image Protect for the Middle East, North Africa
- U.S. Hospitals Face Risks in Ebola Virus Waste Disposal
- Colleges Look to Control Fraternities, Hazing As Tragic Incidents Multiply
- Marketform in Major Modernization Move to New Offices
- Allianz CEO’s Contract Likely to Be Extended
- Allianz: No Plans to Hike Pimco Oversight
- Lloyd’s Chairman Nelson on Reinsurance Market, Coverholders, Future Expansion
- ‘Bond King’ Bill Gross Resigns From PIMCO, Joins Janus
- Trial Over Greenberg’s Challenge to AIG Bailout to Get Underway
- Arc Legal Questions CMA Finding on Motor Policy Add-Ons
- Allied World North America Enhances Its ForceField Line with Primary D&O
- Settlement Reached in Missouri Traffic Camera Lawsuits
- Analysis: Health Insurance, Other Issues Put Pressure on Louisiana Governor
- Agents Group to Hold Forum for Kansas Insurance Post Candidates
- Police: Fired Oklahoma Man Beheads Co-Worker, Attacks Another
- California’s State Fund Names Guastamachio Chief Financial Officer
- Swiss Re’s Property and Specialty Head on New and Diverse Risks
- N.Y. to Authorize Emergency Job Absence for Volunteer Firefighters
- San Francisco Prosecutor Issues Warning to Lyft, Uber, Sidecar
- Ohio BWC Board Approves Additional $1B Rebate to Employers
- More Minnesota Counties Qualify for Disaster Aid
- Oklahoma Legislature Urged to Boost Nursing Home Staffing Rules
- Maine Expands Online Access to Approved Insurer Filings
- Neighbor’s Toxic Spill in Leads to Home Evacuations in North Little Rock
- California Wildfire Price Tag Exceeds $53M
- Flood and Peterson in Colorado Taps O’Neill to Head Employee Benefits
- Missouri Contractor Going to Prison for Tornado Repair Fraud
- Texas Extended Warranty Company Sued by Minnesota AG
- Irvin Named President of Lockton’s San Francisco Office
- Private Sector Employment Records Set in Louisiana in August
- Liberty Mutual Names Sellers As Southeast Manager for National Property
- Cell Phone Use Deemed Safe on Europe Airlines
- Mass. Company Fined in Wake of Cape Cod Crane Deaths
- A Day In Nation’s Busiest Fire Station in Ft. Lauderdale
- Healthcare Firms at Risk; Hackers Value Medical Records Over Credit Data
- Florida’s Citizens Pays Off Bond, Drops Surcharge 2 Years Early
- Top 30 Private Auto Insurers: SNL
- Alibaba’s Ma vs. Berkshire’s Buffett; Lottery vs. Insurance: Saft
- Lawyer Says 2 Families to Accept GM Ignition Switch Offer
- ABI Faults UK’s CMA for Failing to Address Replacement Car Costs
- A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Kiln Syndicate 510
- Lahn to Lead Grinnell Mutual’s Legal Division
- Burnham Benefits Adds Garcia to Its San Francisco Team
- 27 Arrested in Pennsylvania’s Statewide Insurance Fraud Sweep
- Mass. DOI Issues Bulletin on New CE Requirements for Producers
- Amtrak Seeks to Recoup Millions From Insurers for Sandy Losses
- PCI Lobbyist Brown to Join Florida Law Firm Colodny, Fass
- Louisiana Parish Says Hazard Plan Update Nearly Complete
- 9.1% Drop in Local Government Workers’ Comp Rates Proposed by Ohio BWC
- New Michigan Law Lets Uninsured Drivers Do Community Service
- Louisiana AG: Law not Followed in Changing State Employee Health Insurance Plan
- Maryland Officer Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
- Number of Carriers in Missouri’s Health Insurance Marketplace to Double
- Texas Construction Company Owners Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Arrested for Fraud
- Willis North America Adds Bur as Producer, VP in Kansas
- Clark Insurance Adds New Employees in Portland, Maine, Office
- Complex Energy Industry Requires ‘Power’ Underwriters
- NFL Player’s Family Sues League in California Over His Suicide
- Flood Victims in Vegas Area Offered Free Legal Assistance
- New Mexico Inmate Sues for Not Being Allowed to Worship Satan
- Idaho Dairy Explosion Kills Worker
- Hull & Co. of California to Administer Arrowhead’s Traffic Control Program
- Aon’s Evans Joins Wells Fargo Insurance for National, International Sales
- GNY Insurance Cos.’ Heck to Retire; Daughter to Succeed Him As CEO
- Kentucky Family Sues Over Transylvania University Drowning
- Settlement in Mississippi Damages Cap Case Avoids Supreme Court Test
- SEC’s $30 Million Award Could Encourage More Whistleblowers, Lawyers
- Civil Engineers Hit Lack of National Plan on Flood Mitigation
- As Risks Multiply, NGOs Reassess Security, Insurance Costs in Middle East
- Lloyd’s Posts First-Half Profits of $2.72 Billion
- Direct Line Sells Overseas Businesses to Mapfre
- Experts: New Normal Creating Need for More Predictive Modeling
- Aon’s Evans Joins Wells Fargo
- Turtles, ’60s Band, Wins Classic Song Copyright Case Against Sirius Radio
- BP Loses Bid to Recover Oil Spill Overpayments
- Deere Mulls Sale of Crop Insurance Business
- Flood Board Oil Lawsuit Supporter Backed by Panel
- Vermont Town to Repay Disaster Overpayment
- Almost 15K Vehicles Stopped During Crackdown in Michigan
- Unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, Cost County $4.2M
- Kansas Company Hit with $134K in Penalties for Safety Violations
- Western National’s Henderson Assumes NAMIC Chairmanship
- West Texas Battered by Torrential Rains
- Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighter Charged with Arson
- Oil Producers Resist Wholesale Safety Overhaul in North Dakota
- Ballinger to Retire from Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas
- Cuomo Says Terror Threat Spurs Higher Security Presence in N.Y. Region
- Plymouth Rock Releases Study on New Jersey Road Rage
- N.J. Insurance Adjuster Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme
- New York Requires State Agencies to Consider Extreme Weather
- Families of Nevada Helicopter Crash Victims Awarded $16M
- Lawsuit Against Vail Resorts Allowed by Colorado Judge
- NAMIC Honors 5 P/C Executives with Service Awards
- California’s Immigrant License Words Approved by Feds
- Oregon Commish Says ‘Sharing Economy’ Creates Insurance Challenges
- Mississippi, Alabama Homes Recognized As Storm Fortified
- Court Upholds Mississippi Board’s Right to Discipline Silicosis Doctor
- Guy Carp’s Vice Chairman Explains Multiple Tasks of a Modern Reinsurance Broker
- Execs Hired by Berkshire Specialty Balked at AIG Philosophy: Benmosche
- A.M. Best: Saudi Market Returning to Profitability
- Many Still Lack Power in Los Cabos; Storm Toll Deaths at 5
- U.K. Regulators Ban Insurer Deals on Price Comparison Websites
- Axis Capital to Boost Primary Sales as Reinsurance Prices Slide
- Administration Relaxes Food Safety Rules for Farmers
- Coal States’ Senators File Black Lung Benefits Bill
- Player’s Widow Sues NFL, Claims Husband’s Suicide Due to Concussions
- Home Depot Breach Tied to Bank Account Fraud, Reports WSJ
- Hub Southeast Names Love President for Employee benefits
- Crystal & Co. Appoints Hope as Family Enterprise Risk Practice Director
- Feds: $3.6B for Post-Sandy Transportation Projects
- Ohio Utility Hopes to Deter Metal Thieves with New Fencing, Cameras
- Deere Mulling Options for Crop Insurance Business
- Taiym Joins Michigan’s Accident Fund Holdings as CIO
- Oklahoma Man Drives Truck into Lake, Gets Charged with Insurance Fraud
- Preliminary Flood Maps Available in Texas for Aransas, San Patricio Counties
- $1.6M in Preparedness Grants Go to Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Fidelity & Crime Market; Names AIG’s O’Neill
- ACE Names 2 to High Net Worth Personal Lines Group
- Lawsuit Over Boeing Worker’s Death Blocked by Justices
- Insurance Lawsuit Settled by Bank of America For $31M
- Maryland County Public Schools CFO Suspended for Insurance Fraud
- Judge Keeps Alabama Newspaper from Publishing Utility’s Safety Plan
- Forecast Calls for More Drought Next Year Across West
- Mississippi District Attorneys Create Coastal DUI Task Force
- Montana Judge Approves $73M Punitive Award Against Hyundai
- Risk Strategies Names Masles COO for California Operations
- In NYC, Pedestrian-Cyclist Crash Deaths as Rare as Lawsuits
- New York’s Lawsky Says Punishing Individuals Is Essential to Deterrence
- U.S. Jury Finds Arab Bank Liable Under Terrorist Financing Law
- Opening Statement by IPCC Chairman Pachauri at New York Climate Summit
- Owner’s Guilty Verdict in Peanut Poisoning Trial Called Warning
- Nursing Home Neglect Trial Challenges Shell Company Transfers
- Surplus Lines Rate Hikes to Slow As Competition Grows
- Catalina Agrees to Acquire Danielson Indemnity
- Canada Eyes Insurance Pollution Fund for Oil-By-Rail Risks
- Ex-Deutsche Bank South Africa Head Adds Investment Talent at RMI
- Best Places Gulf Re Under Review
- Gorst & Compass Names Bacarti Senior Personal Lines Underwriter
- NYC Council Announces Climate-Change Legislation
- Auto Wrecks with 3 or More Fatalities Rise in Texas
- For Victims, Johns Hopkins Settlement Marks a Step in Recovery
- Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Recorded in Oklahoma
- Travelers Offers New Coverages Related to the Affordable Care Act
- Kansas City Medical Center to Stop Refusing Health Insurance for Crash Injuries
- Louisiana Public Worker Health Insurance Program Hemorrhaging Cash
- Duperreault, Reardon and Deutsch Lead Hamilton Re into the ‘Data Analytics’ Future
- Cost of Fire at Milwaukee Courthouse Totals $19.1M
- Texas-Based Cut Stone Manufacturer Fined $234.9K for Safety Violations
- Bealhen Promoted to VP, Field Operations at United Heartland
- Wells Fargo Insurance Hires Aon Exec Samuel for Metro D.C., Va. Region
- Willis North America Beefs Up Cyber Risk Practice with 6 Appointments
- Connecticut Launches New Online Access to Carrier Filings
- California Wildfire Concerns Include Hotter Temperatures, Erratic Winds
- EPIC Adds Shepherd in Southeast for Multinational Accounts
- Insure.net Acquires Stark Agency in Connecticut
- Franchisee Business Investments Would be Protected by California Bill
- La Porta Named Director of Sales & Marketing for CIG in California
- Wholesale Trading Names Shannon Vice President in California
- Willis Re Strengthens Turkish Expertise with Gras Savoye Agreement
- How Spouse’s Personality Influences Job Success
- 3 from Lockton Join Expanding JLT Specialty’s Cyber Team in U.S.
- Companies to Pledge Action on Climate Change at UN Summit
- AG Holder Seeks Tools to Prosecute Executives for White Collar Crimes
- Swiss Re’s Chief Economist Analyzes a Difficult Reinsurance Market
- Investigators at Loss to Explain Air Algerie Crash in Mali
- Miami Hopes Storm Pumps, Seawall Will Protect Against Rising Seas
- Slight Decline in Work-Related Deaths in Louisiana in 2013
- Commercial Rates in Florida’s Citizens Going Up 3.3%
- Safety Coalition Sues U.S. Over Missing Trucker Training Rules
- Greenberg’s Starr Sues U.S. Over Tax Dispute
- Senior VP Weaver to Retire from McGraw Group in California
- Starley-Leavitt Insurance Agency Taps Donnelley in Idaho
- Treasury Hasn’t Determined Boston Bombing Was ‘Act of Terrorism’ Under TRIA
- Conklin Named Ohio Insurance Department Legislative Liaison
- Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates for Coming Year
- Oklahoma Plating Company Fined $341.5K for Workplace Safety Violations
- Corps Wants Changes at Louisiana’s Morganza Flood Control Structure
- Ohio: Man Must Sue State to Fix Damage from Falling Concrete
- Michigan Panel: Special Authority Needed to Target Car Insurance Fraud
- Help Coming for Customers as PreferredOne Pulls Out of MNsure
- Virginia Offering Storm Surge Risk Map for Coastal Areas
- Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Filed on Utah Man
- Appleby & Wyman in Massachusetts Announces Leadership Changes
- Idaho Car Crash Caused by Burned Armpit Hair?
- Explosive Growth From California Wildfire Threatens Homes
- Ryan to Head Research for Marsh’s Workers’ Compensation Center
- Alabama City Employs Sting Operation on Uber Drivers
- How South Carolina Has Changed Disaster Plans in 25 Years Since Hurricane Hugo
- Judge Approves $2.9 Million West Virginia Chemical Spill Deal
- Aviva Sells Spanish Venture Stake after Tribunal OK’s Deal
- Willis Launches Medical Plans for Expat Employees
- Insurance Will Absorb Some Costs in Home Depot’s Giant Privacy Breach
- New CEO Hancock Puts Stamp on AIG Management in Shake-Up
- Competitive Pressures Mount for Reinsurers
- Litmus Analysis’ Shipperlee Explains Current Re/Insurance Ratings
- Mass. Gov. Takes Issue With Report Pegging ACA Costs at $1B
- California Governor Signs Bill Earthquake Insurance Information Bill
- Insurers Bonding with Climate Change Battle
- North Dakota Commissioner to Serve on Financial Stability Oversight Council
- Swiss Re Eyes Specialty Lines to Counter Reinsurance Slump
- Swett & Crawford Expands Energy Practice Group
- After Worker Dies Chevron Drains Natural Gas Pipeline Off Louisiana Coast
- Minnesota Man Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit for $990K
- New Jersey OKs Storm Buyouts in East Brunswick
- Lockton Adds Gabriel, Koslowski to Employee Benefits Team in Milwaukee
- Texas Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Losing Low-Cost Carrier
- Outlook for Texas-Based Columbia Lloyds Insurance Revised to Stable
- Next up to Test Self-driving Cars on California Roads: Mercedes-Benz
- Administration Says 7.3 Milion People Paid for Obamacare Coverage
- Parents of Colorado Theater Shooting Victims Sue Ammo Seller
- Washington’s Puget Sound Jolted by Magnitude-4.0 Quake
- Nevada Truck Firm in Amtrak Crash Could Pay $4.5M+
- NOAA Hopes Drones Get Data from Hurricane Edouard
- North Carolina Claims Rep, Wife Accused of Insurance Fraud
- Building Stronger, Other Lessons from Hurricane Ivan at 10th Anniversary
- N.J. to Receive $1.3B in Federal Funds for Transit Storm Protection
- Nightclub Insurer Owner in Maryland Charged in $100M Policyholder Fraud
- Congress Hits Auto Safety Agency’s Role in GM Recalls
- Republicans Question Labor Board on McDonald’s Franchise Liability Case
- Reinsurance Rendez-Vous: Data Tools Help Identify Risks
- Tropical Storm Polo Follows Odile Track to Blast Baja California
- California Governor Signs Ridesharing Bill
- Global Excess Partners Hires Carmody From AIG in New York
- Prop. 103 vs. Self-driving Cars Revving up in California
- Lockton’s D.C. Office Hires Bartnik From Wells Fargo
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Hagedorn & Co. in New York
- Vermont Health Connect Website Temporarily Shut Down
- Endangered Birds Halt Dune Project in Long Island, N.Y.
- Allianz to Assume Fireman’s Fund Commercial Lines; Future of Personal Lines Uncertain
- Metro-North Train Crash Settlements Reached in Connecticut
- FNA Insurance Services Appoints Quirk as AVP in New York
- $3M Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme in Texas Leads to Prison Time
- ICW Group Names McAdam Western Regional Director
- AIG’s Regional Casualty Exec Thomas Joins Victor O. Schinnerer in Maryland
- Drivers in California Must Give Bikes 3-Foot Buffer
- California Fire’s Rapid Growth Draws Droves of Firefighters
- West Virginia Spill Lawsuit Scheduled for Next September
- NFP in California Names Ennis Vice President
- Judge: Michigan City not Liable for Post-Flood Decline in Property Values
- Assurant Names Colberg as President, CEO
- AssuredPartners Promotes Berman to Southeast VP Post
- U.S. Grant to Help Tennessee Reduce Worker Misclassification
- University of North Texas Scholarship Program to Honor McLendon
- North Carolina Touts Strong First Year with Captives
- Roach Howard Smith & Barton Adds Tucker in Fort Worth
- Texas-Based CAA Welcomes New Agency Member in Kansas
- Sedgwick to Acquire VeriClaim, Other T&H Units
- Update: Syncora, Detroit Settle; Judge Pauses Bankruptcy Trial Again
- 4.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes near Guthrie, Oklahoma
- Workplace Deaths Increase in Indiana in 2013
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