National News for November 2005 Consumer WATCHdogs Identify Worst Toys for Kids’ Safety with 2005 List 15 States Cited by Safety Groups as Deadliest for Drunken Driving ReSource Pro Rolls Out New Outsourcing Model for MGAs, Program Managers and Retail Brokers New Excess Surplus Lines Carrier, Rockhill Insurance, Launched Conning Research: Convergence Products Redefine P/C Insurance/Reinsurance Whipp, Bleisnick Join Guy Carpenter Wilma’s $6 Billion Cost to Insurers Raises Industry’s Catastrophe Loss Total to Record $50 Billion Liberty Mutual Launches Online Business Interruption Training Tool Kingsway Taps The Robert Plan to Manage Auto Assigned Risk in U.S. The Hartford Updates Its D&O Product for Real Estate Investment Trusts More Civil Claims ‘Possible’ Against AIG’s Former Boss, But No Criminal Charges Expected From Snowfall to Tornadoes, Storms Cause Deaths and Property Loss PIA Names Eppstein as Director of State Affairs Truckers Balk at Passport Requirement EFI Global Answers Largest Number of Hurricane Calls Ever Disaster Recovery Officials on the Prowl for Fraudulent Claims After Hurricanes Choice of Medical Care Provider Affects Costs, Outcomes for Injured Workers Despite Market Progress, P/C Rating Downgrades Top Upgrades FEMA Extends Hotel Deadline in 10 States After Sharp Criticism Alea Sells Renewal Rights of U.S. Primary Program Business Big ‘I’ Leader Says Hurricane Response ‘Too Slow;’ Hails Flood Reform, TRIA Progress Legislators Adopt Aftermarket Crash Parts Resolution Markel’s Investors Underwriting Managers Names Kazanjian Lighthouse Adds BOP to Entertainment Program Frozen Pipe Damage Exceeds $4 Billion: IBHS NCOIL Panel Addresses Lessons Learned from Disasters Harleysville Realigns Field Operation; Names 4 Regional Presidents Take Insurance Journal’s Exclusive Agency Automation Survey Congress Raises Flood Insurance Program Borrowing to $18.5 Billion to Cover Claims Casualty Actuarial Society Names Braithwaite as President General Electric Exits Insurance; Sells Insurance Solutions, Employers Re to Swiss Re Senate Passes Terrorism Insurance Extension Firm Grades States’ Doctors on Disciplinary Actions, Patient Satisfaction HCC to Sell Common Stock Argonaut Group Appoints Comeaux as Secretary Fitch: Swiss Re on Watch for GE Buy Hurricanes Rita, Katrina Impact Progressive’s October Results IJ Exclusive: At Swett & Crawford, Independent Again PwC Names Bennett as a Director in Insurance Risk Management Practice Insurance Commissioners Announce Framework for National Cat Program Several States Hit as Tornadoes Tear Up Midwest, Southeast Liberty Mutual Manages Workers’ Comp Using Group Health Analysis U.S. Needs National Catastrophe Insurance Program, Insurance Commissioners Say As House Prepares Terrorism Insurance Bill Today, Coalition Offers Support and Senate Readies Its Own AIA Urges Caution When Considering National Cat Insurance Program Gulf Coast Firm Unveils Law Weblog for Hurricane-Affected Areas FEMA Pushing Dec. 1 Motel Check-Out for 53,000 Hurricane Families CNA E&S Appoints Noodle Specialty Brokers for Property/Liability Products Senate, House Panels Both Advance Terrorism Insurance Bills Aon Finalizes Sale of Swett & Crawford to Investor Group St. Paul Travelers: Initial Wilma Losses About $220M After Tax Big ‘I’ Throws Backing Behind House Terrorism Insurance Bill St. Paul Travelers Expands Appetite for Architects and Engineers Business Best Upgrades Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance, ANI-RRG to A- Aon Exploring Strategic Alternatives for Several of its Lines, Including P/C NPR Details Crop Insurance Fraud Preferred Club Programs Reorganizes into Regions Fireman’s Fund and RISC Roll Out New Product for Fire Equipment Companies Natural Catastrophes, Aftermarket Auto Repair Parts, Credit Scoring Top AIA’s Agenda at NCOIL Meeting AIR Worldwide: Significant Quality Issues with Insurers’ Exposure Data ACE USA’s D&O Protection Targeting Non-Fortune 1000 Cannot Be Pulled House Committee to Offer 2-Year Terrorism Insurance Extension Next Week Agents Group Sets Flood Insurance Reform Agenda MarketScout: Market Stable, for Now ARAG Names Fishman CEO, President Fitch: AIG Remains on Rating Watch IJ, Kinetic Information Team Up for Agency Automation Survey Want a Divorce? Get Set to Pay Much More for Health Insurance HCC to Acquire Perico EPA’s New Liability Shield Intended to Spur Brownfields Redevelopment AIG Delays Q3 Filing, Plans Restatements Back to 2002 Schake Joins Willis Real Estate Practice The Hartford Enhances Executive Liability Package Pitfalls in Valuation Can Be Detrimental to Stability, Advises GE Solutions Katrina, Rita Hit James River in Q3 Fireman’s Fund Promotes Siry ISO’s Coyne Urges P/C Insurers to Reinvent Themselves to Survive Fierce Competition, Catastrophes CPCU Society Annual Meeting Attendees Gain Insight at Hurricane Katrina Seminar PIA National Names Diegel as Chairman of Carrier Executive Group Safeco Automating Sales Process for Mid-Market Commercial Car Thieves Still Favor Imports: NICB ISO: Q3 Insured Losses of $40.8 Billion an All-Time Record Best Affirms Allstate Rating, Revises Selected Outlooks State Farm Sued Over Salvaged Auto Settlement with 49 States OneBeacon Expands Specialty Focus into Community Banks, Lawyers Teen Driving Study Sees Need for Addressing Attitudes, Peer Influences – Not Just Rules and Skills Markel Posts $254 Million Loss in Q3 Death Toll, Damages Mount Following Killer Tornado in Indiana, Kentucky Aon CEO : Too Early to Know How High Rates Will Rise Due to Hurricanes Business, Republicans, Even Democrats Sorry to See Oxley Go Gen. Colin Powell to Address 2006 Big ‘I’ Convention N.J. Jury Clears Drugmaker Merck In Vioxx Heart Attack Case Aon Reports Q3 Results Conning: Despite Storms and Competition, P&C Outlook is Good GAO Blasts RMA in Crop Insurance Fraud Study One Year After Spitzer, Brokers and Risk Managers Report Shifting Roles Stevoff Named Colemont’s U.S. COO Study Says 8 in 10 American Small Businesses Not Ready for Disaster St. Paul Travelers Finalizes Previously Noted Sale of CATRisk Unit AIG Names Keogh Sr. VP, Mitrovic Vice President Claims Rep. Oxley to Retire at End of 2006 OneBeacon Grows Personal Insurance Operations with Houston General Study Reports Commercial Lines Dominate at Top 10 Banks in Insurance ISO: Insurers to Pay Hurricane Rita’s Victims $4.7B for Insured Property Losses Marsh Boosts Profits in 3rd Quarter; Says Restructuring for 2006 on Target J.D. Power: Hurricanes Play Major Role in Homeowners Customer Satisfaction Argonaut Closes Underwriter’s Options National News Archives
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