National News for January 2010 AIG Financial Product Employees Accept Retention Pay Cuts Congress to Probe Toyota Recalls Two Execs Join Zurich’s Energy Casualty Business Unit Liberty International Underwriters Restructures Specialty Casualty Unit Lawmakers Turn Up Heat on Treasury Chief Geithner Over AIG Hales Reports Brokerage M&As Down 40% in 2009; Expects Better 2010 U.S. Judge Dismisses Claims Against Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s U.S. Businesses Face Increasing Threats From Chinese Cyber Attacks NSM Acquires Condon & Skelly Collectible Vehicle Insurance Insurance Agents 40-and-Younger: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Young Agents Survey Lloyd’s Ordered to Pay Alleged Swindler Stanford’s Defense Costs Treasury Secretary Geithner Denies Role in AIG Disclosure Treasury Chiefs Paulson, Geithner Defend AIG Bailout AIG Asks Financial Product Employees to Take Retention Pay Cut Bailout Watchdog Launches Probes of N.Y. Fed’s Disclosure on AIG U.S. Bans Texting by Drivers of Large Trucks, Buses Ironshore Names Fitzmaurice in Southeast Region, Koller in California Travelers Sees Record Profits SEC Considered National Security Status for AIG Bailout Details Chartis Introduces New Umbrella Program for Retail Industry TV Networks, Talent Firm Reach $70 Million Settlement With Older Writers Execs in New York Meet over Insurance Exchange Plan Pelosi Says Senate Healthcare Bill Can’t Pass in House Private Crop Insurers Oppose Funding Cuts Ratings Recap: Assurant, PacWest, New Mexico Casualty, Campmed AIG Owes $195 Million to Financial Product Unit Employees Willis North America Appoints Swift as Chief Placement Officer Fiesta Auto Insurance to Expand Franchise Model Republican Win in Massachusetts Could Jeopardize Healthcare Bill Farmers Insurance to Sponsor Upcoming PGA Tour Event in California Time Wise: The To Do List on Steroids General Re Settles Fraud Charges Over AIG, Pru Financials Federal Reserve Defends Dealings Over AIG Payments to Banks MetLife Eyes $14 Billion Deal for AIG’s Alico Life Insurance Unit Insurance Journal Founder, Publisher Enters Insurance Hall-Of-Fame ProBuilders Risk Retention Group for Contractors to Close House Panel Asks Paulson to Testify in AIG Probe U.S. Senator Seeks Details on AIG Exec’s Severance Older Employees Lower Indemnity Costs for Workers’ Compensation Economic Downturn Puts Pressure on Return-to-Work Programs Geithner Denies Role in Hiding AIG Payments to Banks K&K to Offer New Programs with Scottsdale Insurance How 84-Year Old Insurance CEO Greenberg Stays In Fighting Shape Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Sees Hope for Overhaul of Bailout Wall Street Barons Concede Failures, Offer No Apologies Obama to Seek Fees From Banks, AIG to Recoup Bailout Funds Navigators Replacing CNA on Schinnerer Non-Profit D&O Program Congressional Pressure Builds to Disclose AIG Payments to Banks Secret AIG Filing May Have Revealed Banks With Worst Securities Deals House, Senate Democrats Struggle to Find Healthcare Compromise Grange Insurance Names James President, CEO XL Insurance Adds to Aviation Team, Expands West Ratings Recap: Berkshire H. (Notes), AXA US, Chartis PR, AGCS Marine P/C Industry Must Strengthen Underwriting to Counter Weak Investments Greenberg Urges U.S. Stake in AIG Below 20% to Attract Capital SEC Order Keeps Some AIG Bailout Terms Sealed Until 2018 Practice Patterns of Workers’ Compensation Doctors Affect Costs Chartis Names Swiss Re’s Scherer as General Counsel Hanover Insurance Enhances Ocean Cargo Product U.S. Senator Urges SEC to Probe N.Y. Fed Over AIG E-mails Best Affirms Fireman’s Fund ‘A’ Ratings Inadequate Warning Claims Against Generic Drugs OK Under State Law Insurance Fraud Rises As State Bureaus’ Budgets Fall Lawmakers Press Treasury Secretary Geithner for AIG Testimony Health Insurers Seek Tax, Profit Changes in Health Reform Bill N.Y. Fed Sought to Limit AIG Disclosures of Bank Payments Group Sues for Records Proving Post-Madoff Reforms at SEC Lockton Re Adds Executives in Kansas City and New York Hurricane Forecasters Promise Earlier Warnings Insurers to Curb Agency Compensation in 2010, Consultant Study Finds Job Bias Charges Jumped in 2009 Chinese Drywall Lawsuit Filed in Louisiana but Most Claims Are in Florida ISA Offers Foster Care, Adoption Agency Coverage New York Plans First Steps to Creating Lloyd’s Competitor Best Assigns Ratings to National Contractors Insurance Company Lexington Introduces Professional Liability Coverage for Carbon Registries Richardson Named State Auto Middle Markets Western Region VP WCI Chinese Drywall Trust Files Suit Against 14 Insurers Democrats Optimistic on Health Care Bill Prospect Key Differences in Senate, House Health Bills Sen. Dodd Announces Plans to Retire CNA Chief Motamed: What’s Ahead for CNA, Economy, Industry Securities Fraud Lawsuits Slide As Credit Crisis Eases Most Property Reinsurance Rates Down at January Renewal As Capital Rebounds Obama Labor Chief Taking Aggressive Approach to Workplace Safety Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt Complete Merger AIG Executive Quits Over Pay Limits U.S. Mine Deaths At Record Low National News Archives
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