National News for August 2006 DeChard Promoted at SIAA PIA National Offers Agents’ E&O Coverage Through Lloyd’s Most Americans Favor Mitigation Policies While Opposing Subsidies for High Risks Drive Insurance Survey Asks Young Agents Their View on Industry Challenges, Opportunities SyMplify Launches OneApp for Agents Judge Orders New Trial on $50 Million Award in Vioxx Case Wellington Launches U.S. Marine Reinsurance Business PC Makers Follow Recalls with Meeting to Address Battery Safety Major Association Group Selling Program to Members Via D.C. Captive Sorry, Catbert! Study Shows Cutting Employee Incentives Hurts The Hanover Partners With LoJack to Curb Construction Equipment Losses One Year Later: Reflections on White House Handling of Katrina Customer Satisfaction Impacts Bottom Line, J.D. Powers Reports U.S. Develops Safety Rules for Unmanned Rocket Launches More Laws Seek to Punish Parents to Deter Underage Drinking Toyota Says System Detects Rear Collisions Before They Happen Network E&S Launches Builder’s Risk Program Swett & Crawford Hires Gibbs, Onstead Another Federal Laptop Stolen: Motor Carrier Licenses May Be At Risk National Hurricane Center Chief Mayfield to Retire Insurers Failing To Hit ROI for IT Projects, Survey Says Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Coal Mine Safety Warning: Employers Face Liability for Workers’ High-Tech Addiction Abacus Offers Online Contractors Equipment Floater Program 6 in 10 Business Now Buying Terror Coverage, Marsh Reports St. Paul Travelers Realigns Business Units into New Segments Study Hits States Without Helmet Laws U.S. Traffic Deaths on Rise BB&T to Acquire Two Mellon-Owned Premium Finance Cos. Automakers Must Disclose If Vehicles Have Black Boxes Floor Maker Congoleum in Bankruptcy Battle with Insurers Businesses File First in Series of Lawsuits Against Competitors Hiring Undocumented Immigrants Lopes Joins Praetorian Insurers: Trial Bar Short on Facts in Katrina Charges The Hartford Renews Golf Pro J.J. Henry Sponsorship The Hartford Offering 12-Month Policies to Dimensions Insureds Willis to Move N.Y. City Office to One World Financial Center Main Street America Expands Businessowners Policy Darwin Web Site Educates Brokers on Technology Liabilities Coalition Says Insurer Group’s Disaster Plan is Insufficient Study Urges Better Efforts to Prevent Teen Worker Injuries Crawford Acquires TPA Broadspire Services for $150M Trial Attorneys Claim Insurers Putting Profits Over People in Katrina’s Wake A Year Later, Insurers Report 95% of Katrina Claims in La. and Miss. Settled BOP-ping Along: U.S. Business Owners Package Market Pegged at $17 Billion Progressive’s Drive Insurance Agents to Sell Homesite Policies Miss. Katrina Case Just First of Hundreds In Waiting National Campaign Against Drunk Driving Underway Big ‘I’ Group Adds Fireman’s Fund Agents’ E&O to Benefits Roster Judge Who Decided First Katrina Case Now Faces Hundreds Markel’s ‘Contagion Cover’ a Success Best Removes Folksamerica from Review; Affirms ‘A-’ Rating EPI Study Finds Coastal Population Drain Following Hurricanes Report Identifies More Than 180 Products to Handle Climate Change Merck Weighing Options After Legal Setbacks in Vioxx Cases ACE USA Names Lambert Senior VP – Global Solutions Best Affirms Gen Re’s ‘A++’ Ratings OneBeacon Selling Agri Renewal Rights to QBE-U.S. Best Affirms QBE Re-U.S. ‘A’ Ratings Tower Report Urges Industry, Gov’t., Public to Rethink Cat Management Ferrell Joins Hartford’s Compliance Office as VP, Asst. Counsel P/C Industry to Earn Profit in 2006, but Performance Will Decline Through 2008 Commission Unveils Interstate Compact Web Site Big I Virtual University Adds Podoshen to Staff American Insurance Association Lays Out National Agenda to Strengthen Communities Average Insurance Premiums Remain Flat in Q2 Except in Hurricane Regions Researchers Find Many Commercial Drivers Impaired by Lack of Sleep Developer Alleges Conseco Rigged Sale of N.Y. Building HCC Holdings Delays Q2 Report Judge Rules in Favor of Insurer in Miss. Wind vs. Water Case ISO Acquires Xactware GlaxoSmithKline Settles Claim of Inflating Prices on Cancer Drugs Airlines Tighten Security, Cancel Flights Following Terror Plot Doctors Say Remote Videos Could Speed Care for Crash Victims Odyssey Re Delays 2Q Filing Willis Forms Global Energy Unit CyberTech from Travelers Offers Tech Firms Choice of 3 Coverage Modules U.S. Surplus Lines Brokers Detailed on Lloyd’s Website Federal Agency Questions Safety of Buses for Special Needs Patients Shareholders Lose Out in Class Action Securities Settlements, Says University Study Zurich N.A. Names Foley COO of Commercial Operations Safer Cars, Not Better Drivers, Behind Fewer Roadway Deaths AIG Reports 29% Decline in 2d Quarter Net Income ProAssurance Closes on PIC Wisconsin; Premiums Grow 4% in 2Q NYMAGIC: Premiums Up 36%, Led By Excess Workers’ Comp Study: Corporate Investment in Ethics Linked to Financial Performance Markel Launches Contagion Outbreak Expense Coverage Forecasters Now Think Hurricane Season May be Less Active Darwin Introduces Professional Liability Product for ART Facilities In Suit, Greenberg’s Agency Charges AIG Employees Out to Destroy Business Camry, RAV4 Earn Top Marks in Insurance Industry Crash Test Scientists See Cooling Pumps as Way to Tame Hurricanes Marsh & McLennan 2Q Profits Below Estimates RiskMeter Fire Station Mapping Now National OneBeacon Files for Initial Public Offering American Re to Become Munich Re America Starting in Sept. London American Introduces Agents’ E&O Program Fireman’s Fund Launches High-Value Yacht Policy Disclosure of Medical Errors Desirable but Difficult, Researchers Find AMS Upgrades Sagitta System HRH Completes Thilman & Filippini Acquisition Hawkins Named National Outstanding CSR of the Year Best Reports P/C Underwriting Income Up 21% in 1st Quarter Markel to Discuss 2d Quarter Results in Aug. 2 Call Conseco Reaches Tentative Settlement on Tax Matter St. Paul Settles with Conn,. Ill., N.Y. Attorneys General Over Broker Compensation Risk Retention Groups Sustaining Profitability Arrowhead General Offers Wrapups and Conversions for General Contractors National News Archives
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