National News for August 2009 AIG, Former CEO Greenberg, CFO Smith Agree to Binding Arbitration How Changes to Federal and State Law Impact Golf and Country Clubs AIG Plane Leasing Executive May Bid for Business Bar Association Seeks Exemption for Lawyers from Identity Theft Rule Motor Carriers Hit Over Safety; Are Insurance Limits Too Low? Tropical Storm Danny Weakens; East Coast Likely Spared Hurricane New Chrysler Agrees to Accept ‘Old’ Chrysler Product Liability Claims Synergy Adds Enhanced Coverage for Small Law Firms AAIS Offers New Contingent Cargo Policy Forms Insurance Journal Searches for the Best Agencies to Work For Economy Leaves Some U.S. Employees Stuck in Undesirable Jobs New Paper Evaluates Current State of Insurance Regulation and Its Future Travelers Offers Network and Information Security Offense Coverage Tropical Storm Danny, Expected to Become Hurricane, Heads Northeast New AIG CEO Benmosche Reaches Out to Ex-CEO Greenberg Reuters: Interview with New AIG CEO Benmosche in Croatia AmTrust to Buy Workers’ Compensation Unit CyberComp from Swiss Re Zurich North America Names Cooper SVP, National Sales Tropical Storm May Form Today Total U.S. Workers’ Compensation Payments to Injured Workers Slow Survey: Transportation Insurance Market Soft, But Leveling Off Krauze Named President for North American Retail Unit Willis HRH Insurance Agent-Triathletes Prove Their Endurance, Self-Discipline Atlantic Tropical Wave Could Become Cyclone, Warns U.S. Hurricane Center Private Forecaster Still Sees Quiet Hurricane Season Study: Buyers of Home, Auto Insurance Say They’re Happy with Insurers Insurance Journal Searches for the Best Agencies to Work For Bailed Out Firms Making Compensation Subject to Government Approval Huge Hacking Case Highlights Companies’ Vulnerability to Breaches Private Health Insurance Competition Weak in Many U.S. Markets Travelers Offers New Collateral Product Hurricane Bill to Pass Between Bermuda, U.S. Coast Saturday Concannon To Head The Hartford’s P/C Sales & Distribution Organization States Give ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers $1 Billion Suit Against AIG Over Workers’ Compensation Dismissed Enforcement Stepped Up; Trends Show More Women Driving Impaired Three CGL Endorsements Every Insured Should AVOID Health Care Firms Must Notify Individuals If Data Is Breached Hurricane Bill Could Bring Dangerous Swells, Rip Currents to U.S. East Coast Merchants Expands Coverage for Contractors Family Health Insurance Premiums Seen Rising 94% by 2020 New CEO Says AIG to Repay U.S. Taxpayers, Boost Shareholder Value Insurance Journal Searches for the Best Agencies to Work For Fatal Work Injuries Dropped 10% in 2008; Down 20% in Construction Survey Says Employers Preserving Benefits Major Storm Activity Could Bring Silver Lining of Price Hikes for Insurers New AIG CEO Decides to Keep, Not Sell, Investment Advisory Unit Hurricane Bill Expected to Spare U.S. The Worst of Its Force ACORD to Reintroduce Homeowners Insurance Application Form, ACORD 80 Brownyard Adds Equipment Breakdown Coverage for Specialty Programs Love of Language Leads Insurance Agent to Hispanic Market New AIG CEO Benmosche to Be Paid $7 Million Four Commercial Auto Endorsements Every Insured Should Consider ‘Top Cop’ SEC Newly Aggressive in Attack on Wall Street Fraud Consumer Opinions of Car Makers, Brokerages, Banks, Health Insurers Fall Insurance Journal Searches for the Best Agencies to Work For Elderly Drivers Found More Prone to Side-Impact Crashes Hacker Indicted in Huge ID Theft: 130 Million Credit Cards Obama Signals Compromise on Public Health Option U.S. Pay Czar Weighs ‘Claw Backs’ over Executive Compensation Customer Satisfaction Gap Between Agency, Direct Auto Insurers Closing AIG Consumer Finance Unit Cuts Jobs As Losses Continue Court Sets Standards for Whistleblower Lawsuits Under Sarbanes-Oxley How Past Atlantic Hurricane Activity Compares to Recent Numbers Seeking to Boost Agency Business, Progressive Offers Web Site Help Business Insurance Now Internet Site Offers Hartford’s Home, Auto Coverage Progressive Insurance Names Barone to Head Agency Distribution Business Three Commercial Property Endorsements Every Client Should Have White House Seeks New Reins on Derivatives Ironshore to Offer Liability for Owners of Uncompleted Real Estate M&A Activity Continues at a Snail’s Pace Compared to 2008 Iowa, Minnesota Get ‘A’, 9 States ‘F’ in Best, Worst States for Workers’ Comp Chartis Names Stratts President, CEO of Global Marine/Energy Foronda Named National Outstanding CSR of the Year Car Dealers in the Storm: Dealers Left Standing Will Be Stronger, Leaner AIG FP Completes Sale of Energy, Infrastructure Assets American Academy of Actuaries Names Downs Executive Director Atlantic Could See Hurricane Season’s First Named Storm Today: Ana Oak Street Funding Secures More Than $50M in New Capital Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Auto Upgrade Coverage Survey: Agents Report Recession Not as Disruptive as Initially Predicted Insurers in Crosshairs of U.S. Health Care Reformers Lexington Upgrades Green Builder’s Risk Coverage Kisor Joins Willis Aerospace How 3 Healthcare Reform Bills Now Before Congress Compare The More People Think They Know Health Reforms, Opposition Rises Gifford Named CEO of AIG Real Estate Jackson Show Insurance Excluded ‘Illicit’ Drug Use Report Warned About Lax Oversight of ‘On Demand’ Airlines Before N.Y. Crash Berkshire Hathway Q2 Profit Up, Insurance Underwriting Down AIG Posts First Profit Since 2007 AIG Names Former Amex CEO Golub As Chairman Shares of AIG Soar The Hartford Raises $900 Million Insurance Journal Wins Business Publication Editorial Awards Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Settles SEC Charges Over Accounting Hurricane Headed for Hawaii; Typhoon Could Strike Taiwan Grose Named U.S. Marketing Director for Marsh Insurance Broker Marsh Revenues Fell 7% in Q2 But Profit Rose Ingram Named Information Officer for The Hartford’s P/C Business Regulatory Reform, Rewards for Quality Insurers Ahead, Says Chubb Exec Improved Profitability Forecast for Marsh, Guy Carpenter U.S., Colorado Forecasters Trim Atlantic Hurricane Forecasts Again Bank Insurance Brokerage Fee Income Up 15% in Q1 Tierney Joins Karen Clark & Co. Seaworthy Launches Boat and Yacht Insurance Program Consumer Reports: 73% Happy with Their Home Insurance Company Merck to Pay $80 Million to Settle Some Vioxx Cases U.S. Transportation Agency to Hold Distracted Driving Summit Unsafe Truck, Bus Operators Told to Shut Down Are Still on Roads Employees Taking Salary Cuts Look for Loyalty from the Boss Investments Hurt Some U.S. Captives But Underwriting Income Up Overall AIG Selects Former MetLife CEO Benmosche as New CEO After Liddy As Homeowners Unable to Sell Become Landlords, Insurance Needs Change States Dispute Article Questioning AIG Insurance Units’ Finances AIG Reported Close to Sale of Asset Management Unit AIG Confirms Benmosche as CEO; Restructuring Chief Reynolds to Depart National News Archives
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