National News for September 2010 Federal Regulators Taking New Steps to Identify Most Dangerous Mines Fireman’s Fund Now Insuring Firms’ Green Energy Equipment C.V. Starr Opens Political Risk Department in New York AIG Announces Plan to Pay Back Taxpayers How Will TARP Bailout Plan Be Remembered? Many Denied Oil Disaster Claims to Get Second Look Benmosche Shares How AIG Plans to Reimburse Taxpayers Best Independent Agencies to Work For Best Overall Agency to Work For: Barney and Barney LLC Nicole Kills 12 in Jamaica; Remnants Drench East Coast U.S., AIG Exit Plan Faster, Riskier, Perhaps Profitable for Taxpayers Chartis Introduces Fiduciary Liability Insurance Edge for Plan Fiduciaries K&K to Provide Non-Profit Directors, Officers’ Program Through New Site U.S. Expects Plan to End Government Ties to AIG By Next Week: Report Help Wanted: U.S. Insurance Chief; Salary to $179K, Good Benefits; D.C. Office Liberty Mutual Postpones IPO for Agency Markets Unit AIG Board to Meet Today to Weigh U.S. Exit Plan Marketing Strategies Group’s Evarts Passes Away Liberty Mutual Blames Market for IPO Delay; Analysts Cite High Valuation U.S. Regulator Says Global Derivatives Rules Will Be Similar North Carolinian Wins Insurance Customer Service Rep Honor BP Says Internal Probe of Gulf Oil Disaster Lacked Others’ Input How to Reform Copyright Law, Damages for Hi-Tech Age: Report Independent Agent Association Names New Leadership 11 Firms Named Entrepreneurial Insurance Award Finalists Heffernan Insurance to Offer Contract Litigation Insurance from Sonoma Risk Abacus Insurance Brokers Expands Online Builder’s Risk Program Surplus Lines Premiums Fall, Again, But Brokers Remain Optimistic AIG, Government Move Closer to Deal on Bailout Exit The Hartford Agrees to $73M Legal Settlement Independent Agencies Named for ‘Best Practices’ Study Gremesco Sells Florida Office Only to New Jersey Wholesaler PRS Liberty Mutual Adds Commercial Lines Service Centers for Agents AmTrust Launches Contractors General Liability Program Judge Refuses to Dismiss Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against AIG Chartis Introduces Employment Edge, Employment Practices Coverage Bartosh Elected ASCnet Chair, Boeing Vice Chair Arch Insurance Group Launches New Coverage for Nonprofit Organizations House Joins Senate in Extending Flood Insurance for 1 Year State Regulators Develop Rule on Health Insurers’ Medical Spending Congress Takes Aim at Cybersecurity Threats Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended PartnerOne, Berkley Environmental Launch Small Business Program House Expected to Go Along with 1 Year Flood Insurance Extension Treasury Expects $706 Million from Remaining Interest in The Hartford ISO Developing Data on Driver Behavior for Use by Insurers Chartis Targets Private Equity, Venture Capital Firms with Liability Program Senate Extends Flood Insurance for 1 Year; Measure Goes to House Northeast Still Faces High Risk of Major Hurricane Hit This Season Bank Bailout Fraud On the Rise, Probes Continuing, Says TARP Cop Poor Service Leads to Fraudulent Insurance Claims, Survey Finds Aon Releases 2010 Food System, Agribusiness, Beverage Industry Report Roth to Lead Brown & Brown’s Professional Liability Brokerage Republicans Want to Revisit Financial Regulation Reform Bill The Hartford Names Gardiner to Lead Renewable Energy Practice U.S. Treasury Plans Public Auction of The Hartford Stock from TARP Schinnerer Develops New Coverage for Design, Construction Industry Murder Case Tries ‘Caffeine Insanity’ Defense That Worked in Car Accident ISO Equips Own Fleet with Devices to Monitor Driving Behavior High Value Homeowners Market Healthy Despite Tough Economy Ratings: WR Berkley (notes), Agri General, Horace Mann, Hingham/Danbury, Standard Casualty Morgan Named Senior VP at The Hartford Predictive Modeling Helps Commercial Insurers Hold Prices Senate Panel to Hear Extending Flood Insurance Program This Week Horwitch Named Co-CEO of JMB Insurance 5 Lessons in Social Networking 16 Brokers to Use New Single-Entry Commercial Lines Insurance Exchange Griffey, Messier to Speak at Insurance Charitable Foundation Dinner Leavitt Opens RV Park, Campground Program to Outside Agents U.S. Group Health Premiums Rose 3% in 2009; Individual Up 15% Judge Urges BP Oil Disaster Litigants to Settle, Avoid Trial BP, Partners Say Most Oil Victims Should Not Be Allowed to Sue Yet Warren Vows to End Financial ‘Tricks and Traps’ with New Consumer Agency 3 Win Progressive Insurance X-Prize for Fuel Efficient Vehicles The Hartford Targets Renewable Energy Firms with New Insurance Unit Travelers Finds Water Damage Ten Times More Likely Than Fire Byrne Elected to Succeed Clements as Integro Chairman Best Affirms White Mountains, Subsidiaries Ratings; Outlook Stable Goldman Sachs Sued for ‘Unchecked’ Gender Bias; Firm Denies Allegations Lawsuits Over Gulf Oil Disaster Begin With Clash Over Pace Collins Elected President of Insurance Marketing Communications Assoc. P/C Insurers Post First Half Profit Despite Underwriting Losses 4 Additional Carriers Join Target Markets Program Administrators Group AIG, U.S. Repayment Talks Advancing, Sources Say U.S. Judge Sets December Date for Health Care Suit Hearing Marsh Expands M&A Practice Liberty Mutual Plans $1.2B IPO for Agency Division Willis, Chartis Program Partners for MetalWorkingGuard, PlasticsGuard Tower to Offer $135 Million Sr. Notes S&P Revises Selective’s Outlook to Stable; Affirms Ratings New York Senator Proposes Bill Targeting Recalled Food ACE Will Acquire Rain And Hail Insurance Service for $1.1B Figueredo to Oversee Diversity Efforts at The Hartford Markel Acquiring Equine and Livestock Business From Hiscox AAIS Revises Watercraft Coverage Programs, Offers 2-for-1 Drugmaker Lilly Wins Reversal of Overpricing Case Brought by Insurers Feds to Insurers: Don’t Blame Health Reform for Rate Hikes Aon Announces Leadership Team for Merger with Hewitt Agency Valuations: A Victim of the Credit Bubble? Hurricane Igor Expected to Intensify Highway Deaths Lowest Since 1950 Navigators Rebrands Retail Logistics Unit; Names Kritz President Federal Reform Seen Having Moderate Impact on Health Spending Workers’ Comp Payments for Medical Care Exceed Cash Benefits in 2008 Car Booster Seats Make Gains in Insurance Testing Halliburton, Transocean Reject BP’s Claims; Court Battles Loom Full Disclosure of Medical Errors Lowers Liability Costs, Study Finds Ironshore Partners with Palmer & Cay on Timberlands Insurance Program S&P Rates Aon’s Debt Issue ‘BBB+’ BP Report Finds Multiple Companies, Workers Caused Gulf Oil Disaster Ex-AIG CEO Sullivan Joins Willis Group U.S. RE Analytics Names Kutsina as Managing Director RLJ Companies Acquires Equity Stake in AV International Fitch Revises U.S. P/C Industry Outlook to Stable Ryan Group Denies Any Wrongdoing by Former AmWINS Employee Insurance Leader Clements– Founder of Arch, Ironshore, Integro– Dies at 77 Willis North America Names McCarthy Director of Communications XL, ForAgentsOnly Offer Employment Practices Coverage for Small Firms IRS Releases Draft Form for Small Firms to Claim Health Care Tax Credit Chartis Introduces Alternative Fuel Deductible Option on Commercial Auto BP Helps Fund U.S. Research Into Health Effects of Oil Disaster Earl Weakens; Latest Advisories from National Hurricane Center Earl Weakens, Pounds North Carolina Islands, Heads for Massachusetts BP Oil Spill Costs Hit $8 Billion; Internal Report on Cause Readied Uninsured Minority Pedestrians at Greater Risk When Struck by Motorists Chartis Expands Environmental Insurance to Additional Industries Got Innovation? Submit Your Idea to the Entrepreneurial Insurance Awards InVEST Names Three New Board Members Hub Acquires Nevada, Florida Agencies Hurricane Preparations Intense, Weather Calm FEMA, East Coast States Ready for Earl Hurricane Earl Weakens Slightly; Churns Toward East Coast Dead Soldiers’ Parents Join Lawsuit Against Prudential Over Benefits Regions Financial Offering Personal Lines Insurance in 5 States Reinsurers Under Pressure from Low Premiums, Catastrophes: Fitch Financial Reforms Will Help Curb Systemic Risk, Regulators Tell Panel U.S. P/C Reinsurers’ Premiums Decrease $12.8B in First Half of 2010 NFL Star’s Hair Insured by Lloyd’s for $1 Million Markel Promotes Latham and Girard Clements Names Chopra as Finance VP Travelers to Offer Defense Outside the Limits for Non-Profits Trident Insurance Launches Program for Community Associations National News Archives
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