National News for July 2007 Fireman’s Fund Targets Senior Living Facilities with Property-Gard Tort Reformers Aid D.C. Dry Cleaner Sued Over Misplaced Pants Safeco Reports Q2 Income of $186.4 Million Arch Names Vonnahme EVP Surety; Schmalz to Retire Zurich’s Haugh Named COO, Global Unit North America 21st Century Holding Co. Reports Record Earnings of $1.32 Per Share III Promotes Weisbart to Chief Economist BISYS Shareholders Approve Sale to Citi What is Future of Shrinking U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission? Vioxx Federal Judge Sees 2008 Focus on Stroke Cases The Hartford Reports 32% Increase in Net Income for 2d Quarter House Panel Postpones Today’s Credit Scoring Hearing Insurers Balk as House Panel Votes to Add Wind Coverage to Flood Program Hanover Group Names Leahy CFO RAND Study: Wind Insurance Scarce on Gulf Coast; Challenge for Both Insurers, Government HRH Acquires Kansas Employee Benefits Broker The Resource Group Argonaut Shareholders Approve Merger with PXRE Group Subsidiary OneBeacon Appoints Midwest Hearing as Exclusive Hearing-Aid Agency One-Third on Coast Will Resist Evacuation, Says Harvard Survey Court Throws Out Rules on Extended Hours for Truckers Fireman’s Fund Launches Property Protector Program for College Students Consumer Group Says FTC Proves Credit Scoring Costs Minorities Pro Sports Grapples with Keeping Fans Close to Action But Safe Industry Still Divided as House Federal Charter Measure Reintroduced Terror Insurance Act Moves Forward in House with Lowered Event Triggers Declining Traffic Deaths Lead to Lowest Highway Fatality Rate Ever Recorded Consumer, Civil Rights Groups: FTC Credit Score Report is Biased Botulism Scare Prompts Voluntary Castleberry Recall Court Orders Unisys to Restore Retirees’ Lifetime Medical Benefits Insurers Want to Know: Does Enterprise Risk Management Add Value? Study: Workers’ Comp Losses Growing Despite Claims Frequency Fall After Formaldehyde Complaints, FEMA to Test Air Quality in Trailers The Hartford Settlement with AGs Ends Agents’ Contingent Commissions Congressional Hearing Scheduled This Week on Insurer Use of Credit Scoring Public Supports Automated Traffic Enforcement, Study Says MarshBerry Names Plasket VP, Agency/Broker Division FTC Finds Use of Credit Helps Consumers, Insurer Group Says Brown & Brown Names Paschke and Strianese Regional Exec. VPs Enron to Receive $149 Million as Part of Lawsuit Settlement Allstate 2nd Quarter Earnings Rise 16 Percent, Fall Short of Estimates 2006 Katrina-Related Recoveries Affect CSX’s Bottom Line in 2007 Sonic Claims Sylvania Signs Caused Fires at Restaurants Marsh Appoints Five Execs to Lead Middle Market Operations Willis Reports Reveals Research on At-Work Motor Vehicle Accidents MiniCo Introduces New Self-Storage Liability Policy Safeco Announces New Sale Regions, Field Leadership Regulators Testifiy before Congress in Support of All-Perils Policy Gerber Baby Cereal Recalled over Choking Hazard Deputy Commerce Secretary Sampson Named President, CEO of PCI Commercial P/C Prices Still Dropping, Risk Manager Survey Finds U.S. Reports 1 in 12 Employees Using Illegal Drugs U.S. Senate Panel Weighs Funding for Weather Satellites Report: U.S. Slow in Delivering Benefits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Families IronPro Expands Professional Liability Team with McKeegan, Monaghan Securities Class Actions Continue to Drop, Stanford Study Finds National Study Outlines how Climate Change Could Hurt Smokies Lightning Striking Can be Frightening for iPod, Cell Phone Users States’ Civil Union Laws May Not Apply to Benefits Regulated by Feds Zurich Introduces Online Surety Bond Validating System Potentially Flammable Air Filter Prompts Nissan to Recall 140,000 Altimas Former National Hurricane Center Directors Discuss Tough Position FBI Data Mining Targets Include Insurance Fraud Suspects Berkley Online Workers’ Comp Portal Plans to Write in 30 States Lawyer to Plead Guilty in Class Action Kickback Scheme Born in Crisis, Insurer for Mutual Insurers, Agents Marks 20th Year Hales & Co. Purchases Agency Merger Firm WFG Capital Advisors Trial Set in Calif. for Latin American Banana Workers U.S. P/C Insurers’ Paid $2.1 Billion for 2d Quarter Catastrophes Survey: Consumers Rank USAA Tops in Service Hurricane Center Chief Reassigned After Staff Called for His Removal BISYS Tri-City Brokerage Launches Environmental Practice Study Links Executive Stock Options to Higher Financial Fraud GAO: Identity Theft Cases Limited Compared to Breaches Staff Revolt Shakes U.S. National Hurricane Center Willis, The Sullivan Group Form Strategic Alliance A.M. Best: P/C Industry Posts 1Q Underwriting Profit Travelers Settles ACandS Asbestos Claims for $365 Million Net Mattress Manufacturers Awake to New U.S. Flammability Standards Ratings Recap: Assurant Farmers Insurance Group Acquires Bristol West Holdings Real Time Campaign Sees Real Results, Supporters Say Assurant Execs Face Possible SEC Charges U.S. Mine Agency Admits Shortcomings, Vows Safety Steps Commerce Department to Probe Readiness of National Hurricane Center Ratings Recap: OHIC; Hanover; DTRIC Burns & Wilcox Offers Medical Professions Coverage Nationwide Insurers Winning Battles Over Use of Credit Scoring in Most States Rulings Clear Way for Product Liability Suit Against Drugmaker Wyeth Symetra Financial Hopes to Raise $750 Million in Public Offering NYMAGIC, CRM Part Ways on Excess Workers’ Comp Business Scottsdale Insurance Dropped from Katrina-Related Lawsuit National News Archives
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