National News for November 2006 Spitzer Notifies Insurers Contingent Commissions No Longer an Option Senate Will Make Last-Ditch Effort for Disaster Dollars Willis Announces Several Senior Leadership Changes Insurer Group Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling on Credit Scoring Guy Carpenter Names Gralton to Head U.S. Casualty Wholesale Unit Lexington Teams with Law Firm on Services for Managed Care OneBeacon Enters Group AD&D Market AIX Group in Conn. Adds Soloway to Develop Program Business A.M. Best Rates Pfizer Insurance Captive A- Excellent PIA Offers ‘Main Street’ Agent Ad Campaign Free to Members, Insurers Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiffs in New Orleans Canal Case Argonaut’s Great Central Expands Family Grill and Pub Coverage 4.4 Million Toys Recalled after Kids Swallow Magnets Countrywide Launches Auto Insurance Product in Colo., Ill., Ind., Nev. Chicago CNA Surety to Present at Investor Conference, Nov. 29 Company to Recall Child Seats Because Handle Screws Can Loosen Esler Appointed Willis North America Energy Practice Leader Regulators Install Management Committee for Interstate Compact HCC CEO Way Resigns at Conclusion of Stock Option Investigation Radiologists Report Frustration with Medical Liability Issues Companies Differ on How Supreme Court Should Decide Patent Case USI Holdings Granted New Trial on Copyright Infringement Dispute Regulators Seeking New Ethics Disclosure from Senior Managment Hartford in $247.5 Million Collateralized Reinsurance Deal with Foundation Re II ‘Tis the Season… for Frozen Pipes Time Out: Physicians Warn on Rise in Injuries to Child Athletes AAA Chicago Projects Busy Thanksgiving Travel Weekend 13 Vehicles Pass Insurance Institute Crash-Tests to Make List of Safest Vehicles Modeler RMS Reaffirms Hurricane Loss Projections Through 2011 Genworth, AIG Units Receive Federal Subpoenas Catastrophe Bond Investors to Gain from Mild Hurricane Season Casualty Actuaries Elect Myers President Contractors Professional Liability Grows, But Buyers Not Always Buying Insurers Take Issue with Regulators’ Reinsurance Evaluation Proposal MarketScout Launches Monoline WC Facility Targeting Energy Accounts Group Names Former Ill. Insurance Director Vice President Venture Programs Launches Military Housing Coverage Company Recalls 23,200 Pounds of Beef Jerky Lerche Named VP at H.W. Kaufman Financial/Burns & Wilcox Legislators Adopt Market Conduct Surveillance Model Court-Appointed Scientists Say Teflon Health Studies Could Take Years Wal-Mart Expands $4 Generic Drugs to 11 More States Structural Changes to Catastrophe Coverage Here to Stay Study: Most Believe Health Insurance Problematic AIG’s Decker Named Chairman of Marine Association Argonaut Group Launches Retail Furniture Store Program Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Trims Ameriprise Stake to 6 Percent Health Insurers Offer $300 Billion Plan for Covering Uninsured The Hartford Expands Program to Commercial Property Managers Amica Adds Identity Theft Service Aartrijk Group Adds Myers, Promotes Wall for Public Affairs, Branding Interstate, Swiss Re Expand Trucking Program into Virginia, Indiana OSHA Offers More Advice on Bird Flu Target Markets Program Administrators Honors 3 Agencies for Best Practices ISO Chief: It’s ‘Haves’ Vs. ‘Have-Nots’ in Insurance Technology Race for Survival C.V. Starr Marine Unit Renamed Starr Marine Charity-Focused GoodWorks Agency Offers Business Model Nationwide Individual Health Policies Cost Insurers Less Than Group Millions of Acetaminophen Pills Recalled Online Workers’ Comp Kit Helps Employers Track and Cut Costs AIG More Than Doubles 3Q Earnings OneBeacon raises $600 Million in IPO Hartford Financial to Pay $55 Million in SEC Settlement Democratic Congress Not Necessarily Bad for Industry, Says PIA HCC Director Lack Resigns Hiscox USA Offers Technology E&O USI Holdings Closes on Purchase of Kibble & Prentice Democrats Seize Control in State Legislatures CLUS Adds Makowski as Director, Marine Services Argonaut Group’s Great Central Expands Hotel/Motel Program Half of Airports Lack Runway Safety Zone, Reports FAA Appointed or Elected? State Insurance Chiefs Like How They Got Their Jobs Commercial Premiums, Except Coastal Property, Continued Falling in 3Q Under Construction: The Green Property Insurance Market Association Files to Exclude ‘Virus or Bacteria’ Related Diseases Attack Ads Invade States’ Judicial Elections Marsh & McLennan’s Sinnott Retiring Appointed, Elected Commissioner Jobs on the Line Voters to Decide More Than 6,000 State Legislative Seats Profits Soar at Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, GEICO Navigators Pro Targets Professional Liability for Accounting Firms Disability Insurer Signs ‘Model’ Pact With Spitzer Over Commissions Enron Collects on Lay’s Life Policy New Liberty Mutual Unit Integrates Safety with Business Strategy Marsh Ends President’s Role; Targets Middle Market, Tech, Construction Aon Proposes Changes to U.S. and U.K. Defined Pension Plans U.S. Considers Mandating Sprinkler Systems in All Nursing Homes Supreme Court to Revisit: How Much Punitive Damages is Enough? Feds, Consumer Groups at Odds Over Vehicle Early Warning Data 1 in 4 in U.S. Say Financial, Personal Information Stolen MarketScout Approved as Lloyd’s Coverholder Guy Carpenter Releases Annual Review of U.S. Tort Law Developments AFPD Launches Lawyers Professional Liability Program 1991 Honda Most Stolen Vehicle Philadelphia Insurance Covers In-House Counsel Unprotected by D&O Marsh Revenue, Profit Up in 3d Quarter; Expenses Down National News Archives
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