National News for July 2010 ClearCount Medical, CNA HealthPro Expand Hospital Warranty Coverage MetLife, Pru Facing Probe Over Soldiers’ Death Benefits House Set to Debate Oil Liability Bill OneBeacon Q2 Reflects Sale of Personal Lines, Northeast Storms Powers Named CEO of W.R. Berkley’s Carolina Casualty Aon’s Q2 Results Boosted by Acquisitions, Brokerage Business Bill to Eliminate Oil Liability Limit Comes Under Fire BP: Claims Payments Top $256 Million Survey: Public Opposes Allowing Policyholder Suits Against Insurers As Commercial Roofing Materials Change, So Do Risks NAS Introduces Sexual Misconduct, Molestation Liability Insurance U.S. Indicts 3 for Alleged Municipal Bid-Rigging Congress Set to Tackle Oil Spill Liability, Drilling Safety New BP CEO Dudley: Gulf Disaster a ‘Wake Up’ Call to Prioritize Safety Big ‘I’ Markets Introduces Fine Arts, Valuables Product Marsh: Offshore Energy Insurance Costs to Increase ‘Modestly’ Europe’s CEA Expresses Concerns on Reinsurance Tax Proposals IJ’s Academy of Insurance Instructor Gears Up for Leadership Training Weiss Group Names Clarke as CEO House to Try to Advance Auto Safety Bill After August Recess BP Claims Fund On Alert for Phonies While Cutting Red Tape Navigators Environmental Expands Coverage for New Contractor Risks Munich Re to Further Align Specialty Primary Insurance Platform New York Reopens Probe of AIG’s Cassano NFL Study Says Helmets Pass Safety Test Claims Fund Chief Says BP Stalling on Payments to Oil Disaster Victims Best Comments on Impact of Dodd-Frank Act on Rating Agencies S&P Comments on Dodd-Frank Act’s Implications for Insurers S&P’s Ratings on AIG Unchanged by New Board Chairman Ratings Roundup: RMA Residential, Dorinco, NAICO Weather Claims Erode Travelers Profits BIPT, Focus Technologies to Merge BP Claims Could Exceed $20 Billion, Says Fund Chief Feinberg BP’s Partners Will Not Set Up Gulf Oil Claims Fund Tropical Storm Threatens Gulf Oil Disaster Containment House Committee Passes Mine Safety Bill As Industry Protests House Approves Oil Spill Clean-Up, Drilling Safety Bill Obama Opposes Adding Wind Coverage to Federal Flood Insurance Risk Managers See More Commercial Lines Premium Decreases in Q2 Ironshore Aviation Division Enters Global Space Insurance Market Brownyard Adds Animal Mortality Coverage to Pest Program Distressed and Vacant Properties Fill a Void for Insurers Consumer Reports Questions Blue Cross Surplus Fund Donegal Ratings ‘Unchanged;’ Michigan under Review Negative Says Best V3 Launches Auto Dealer Program with Optional ‘Red Flags’ Coverage Private Firm WSI Cuts U.S. Hurricane Forecast to 19 Named Storms Judge Approves Goldman’s $500 Million Settlement with SEC Commercial P/C Insurance to Lag Economic Recovery: Conning Analyst Aon Will Begin Accepting Contingent Commissions Again President Signs Historic Financial Reform Legislation McDermott Joins Towers Watson as P/C Director Brown & Brown Q2 Profit Up 1.3% Axis Forms Design Professionals, Environmental Liability Unit WrightUSA Launches Liability Plan for Government Employees Goldman Sachs Deep Pockets May Still Make It Lawsuit Target Investors Face Uphill Battle with Liability Lawsuits Against BP R-T Specialty Acquires Chartwell Independent Insurance Brokers AIG to Pay $725M to Settle Securities Fraud Lawsuit Liberty Mutual Creates New Distribution, Service Unit SEC Creates New Divisions to Oversee Large Financial Firms The Competitive Advantage: Partnerships Risk Managers Not Satisfied With U.S. Insurance Providers’ Service Ward Group Names Top 50 Performing P/C Insurers Goldman Sachs Settles with SEC for $550 Million Arguments For and Against Reinsurance Tax Bill Continue How to Make Agent-Wholesale Relationships Work Gale Force Winds Needed to Re-Inflate Insurance Share Prices Agents Applaud House Passage of Flood Insurance Program Extension S&P: CNA’s Ratings ‘Unaffected’ by Asbestos Deal with National Indemnity NYMAGIC’s Ratings ‘Unchanged’ Says Best by ProSight Acquisition How Financial Reform Package Affects Insurance, Surplus Lines Gulf State Residents Relieved But Wary Over BP Oil Well Fix House May Vote on Federal Flood Insurance Extension Today AIG Names Miller Chairman, Following Golub’s Resignation Crop Insurers Reluctantly Agree to $600 Million a Year Subsidy Cut Reinsurance Tax Debate over HR 3424 Heats Up at Committee Hearing Mining Firms Complain Democrats’ Safety Bill Too Harsh Marsh Launches New Global Rail Practice Markel to Acquire Workers’ Compensation Insurer FirstComp CNA Pays Berkshire $2 Billion to Assume Asbestos, Pollution Claims Marsh Names Insurance Editor Roberts as U.S. Media Director Allied Insurance Changes Quoting Process for Writing Business Insurance Survey: Risk Managers More Concerned About Total Cost of Risk Hanover Estimates $85 Million Catastrophe Loss for Q2 National Interstate Expands Commercial Auto to 4 More States; Seeks Agents Chartis Expands Healthcare Management Liability Offering Manchester Specialty Launches Home Health Care, Medical Staffing Program Toyota Says Drivers, Not Throttle, to Blame for Unintended Acceleration Virginia Start-Up Hilb Group Acquires North Carolina, New York Agencies 5 Leadership Myths: Uncovering the Truth about Exceptional Leadership BP Test of New Cap on Gulf Oil Well Could Be Turning Point With Hewitt, Aon Will Jump Over Marsh to Be Largest HR Consultant Hearing Scheduled Today on HR 3424, Reinsurance Tax Bill U.S. P/C Industry Posts $11.5B Net Income in Q1 Ratings Roundup: Iron Horse, American Physicians, United Contractors Petrosino Named President of City of Hope Insurance Council Zurich, Artex Expand Workers’ Comp to Temporary Staffing Firms Are Insureds Lying? Watch Their Eyes! Towerstone Launches National Energy Insurance Program Citigroup Loses Bid to Have Suit Over ‘Toxic’ Mortgages Dismissed Best: No Change in First Mercury Ratings from Valiant Buy The Growing Risks of Social Media Torus Launches Environmental Platform Ratings Roundup: Valiant, Mass. Homeland/York Markel, ProSurance to Offer Fidelity Insurance Program Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Sachs Over Fannie Mae Stock OSHA Offers Quick Access to Whistleblower Protection Information Anadarko Balks at Reimbursing BP for Oil Cleanup Costs Aon Buys HR Firm Hewitt Marsh Tool Gives Clients Real Time Insurance Purchasing, Pricing Trends BP to Attach New Cap on Leaking Oil Gusher Alliant Partners with Firm to Offer Self-Defense Policy to Retired Officers Insurer Ace Replaces Millipore on S&P 500 Small Businesses Pay 33% of Rising Tort Costs Out-of-Pocket Health Records Firms Face Increasing Privacy Liability Obama Administration Asks Health Insurers to Embrace Reforms Now How Should BP Handle Claims by Churches, Nonprofits? The Doctors Co. to Acquire American Physicians Capital Residential Contractor Umbrellas: Tough Sell in Tough Times Ironshore Launches Combined Coverage for Vacant Buildings Researchers Building Car for Blind Drivers City of Hope Honors Ironshore CEO Kelley 10 Most, Least Affordable States for Car Insurance Fraud Bureaus Report Sharp Rise in Fake Health Plans Latin Insurance Agent Groups Growing, Going Mainstream Ex-Marsh Executives’ Bid-Rigging Convictions Tossed on New Evidence How P&C Agents Can Benefit from Upcoming Health Insurance Boom House Bill Raises Liability of Companies Operating on High Seas Marsh Warns Gulf Oil Disaster Insureds of July 8 Notice Deadline E&O Insights: “Let Me Think About It … “ New Storm Brewing in Gulf Progressive Insurance X-Car Race Coming Down to Finish Line AIG CEO, Chairman At Odds Over Failed Sale of Asian Life Unit Bad Weather Hinders BP Oil Cleanup; Oil Invades More Wetlands Premiums for New High Risk Pool to Average $400-$600 Per Month Johnson Named CEO of Applied Systems Client Network Crop Insurer NAU Sold to QBE Safety Advocates Propose National Database to Track Jockey Injuries Goldman Defends Its Claims on AIG As Legitimate Webinar to Help P&C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law NetComp Opens Workers Comp Program to Agents in 5 States AIG’s Cassano Says U.S. Bailout Too Generous to Goldman Hurricane Alex Weakens to Tropical Storm Does iPhone Insurance Cost Too Much? Flood Insurance Program Back in Business Until Sept. 30 Tower Completes Acquisition of OneBeacon’s Personal Lines Business U.S. Launches Pre-Existing Condition Health Insurance Plan National News Archives
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