National News for October 2010 Congressional Gridlock on Financial Reforms Expected After Elections Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Names Burdick as New Program Underwriter Panel Finds Halliburton At Fault for Flawed Cement in BP Oil Well Navigators Launches Specialty Reinsurance Business Allstate Sees Expenses Rise in Q3 Sources Report SCOR, RGA in Race to Acquire Aegon’s Transamerica Re How Insurance Agents Help Keep the Scare In Halloween Events Ex-Marsh Executives, Convictions Tossed, Sue for Bonuses AIG Announces Contingency Plan for CEO Benmosche Oak Street Funding Sold to Private Equity Group Angelo, Gordon & Co. Chubb Establishes Healthcare Information Technology Program Berkley: Country’s State of Mind Will Drive Economic Recovery Investors Wait to See If AIG CEO Benmosche Must Step Aside U.S. Seeks China’s Help for Homeowners with Drywall Claims Ace Appoints Griswold as Commercial Marine VP Amica CEO DiMuccio Elected Chair Of Insurer Group PCI Survey: Private Firms Expect Growth, Employee Theft and Data Breach Zurich Names O’Neill as Broker Relationship Leader AIG CEO Benmosche Battling Cancer Analysts Watching How Insurers Handle Low Interest Rates, Pricing Berkshire Hathaway Moves Step Closer to Buffett Succession Possible Successors to AIG’s Benmosche AmWins Names Exec Appointments to Colemont Global Group MarketScout Access Portal Connects Retail Agents to Starr Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Umbrella Policy Best Takes Various Rating Actions on Kingsway and Subsidiaries S&P Lowers Ratings on American National’s Operating Companies Ex-AIG CEO Found Liable in 1 of 2 Reinsurance Transactions High Unemployment Rate a Drag on Workers’ Compensation Insurers P/C Executives Encouraged to Be Optimistic Amid America’s Challenges IronHealth Launches Program for Medicare Reporting Requirements Navigators to Offer Online Pollution Liability Coverage for Small Contractors State Regulators Back Strict Medical Ratio for Health Insurers Chubb Weathers Catastrophe Losses, Reports Q3 Profit Sensors Show Football Helmets Should Vary by Player’s Position Medical Malpractice Claims Frequency Declining, Severity Stabilizing U.S. Standards for Rear Seats Put Kids at Risk, Advocates Say Crump Expands Professional Lines Team Industry Worries As Regulators Decide on Critical Loss Ratio Group Sues BP for Harm to Endangered Gulf Wildlife Specialty Products Manufacturing: Multiple Opportunities for Injury Aon Risk Solutions Names Willett as National Practice Leader American Safety Launches Professional Liability Product Travelers Reports Increase in Net Income, Drop in Operating Income for Q3 Chubb Announces Management Changes Following Degnan Retirement Torus Names Grange Head of U.S. Professional Lines Insurance Editor Coccia Joins Aon Insurance Industry Unveils Massive $40 Million Disaster Research Center NAIC Proposes $75 Million Budget for 2011 Travelers Implements New Trucking Form in Response to CSA 2010 Home, Flood Insurance Markets Still Troubled 5 Years After Katrina The Hartford Expands Coverage For Healthcare Providers Allstate Settles Claims Software Complaint with States for $10M BP Links Bonus Pay to Safety, Risk Management Murphy Named Vice President Underwriting for Technology at CNA Private Insurers Eligible for Small Business Export-Credit Reinsurance Best Affirms HCC and Most Subs ‘A+’ Ratings; ACIC, USSC Upgraded BP Tells Court It Waives $75 Million Limit on Oil Spill Liability Allied World U.S. to Enter Long Term Care Facilities Market Alterra Capital Rebrands U.S. Carriers Insurers Urge State Regulators to Focus on Streamlining Regulation Firms Lose More to Electronic Fraud than Physical Theft Markel Completes Acquisition of Aspen, FirstComp Study: Obesity Care Costs Twice Previous Estimates Eckerle Joins The Hartford in Technology Post Aon to Cut 1,500 Jobs After Hewitt Merger Securities Lawsuits Continue High Pace Despite Easing of Financial Crisis How to Manage Employment Risk in a Slow Economy Stanford Denied Use of Lloyd’s Insurance to Pay Fraud Defense Fairholme Increases Stake in AIG to 26.6% Last Chance: Participate in Insurance Journal’s Agency E&O Survey Soft Market Persists; Fierce Competition to Continue into 2011: Marsh Ironshore, Distinguished Programs Group Form Acquisition Unit Farmers Insurance Offers Coverage in Virtual FarmVille 300 Homes to Be Repaired in Settlement with Chinese Drywall Firm Judge Lets States’ Suit Against Obama Healthcare Law Proceed Supreme Court Finds Vaccine Liability Law Confusing Lenders Likely to Face Class Action Lawsuits Over Foreclosures House Report: Denials of Coverage by Large Health Insurers Up 49% Ironshore to Offer Monoline Network Security, Privacy Liability Coverage States Hosting International Insurance Regulators Allied World Launches Management Liability for Healthcare Organizations Chartis Expands NextGen Protection to Additional Environmental Industries AAIS Introduces New Policies for Builders’ Risk, Installation Floaters Clock is Ticking on Surplus Lines Tax Reform Integro Buys California Reinsurance Broker ReSource Intermediaries Agency E&O: What do YOU Know? Take IJ’s Survey Now BP Gulf Oil Disaster Legacy Includes Higher Risk, Insurance Costs S&P: No Change in Horace Mann’s Ratings from Lower’s Exit U.S. Judge Upholds Individual Mandate in Obama Healthcare Law Citi Ordered to Pay Actor Larry Hagman $11.5 Million in Damages Markel Launches Markel Management Liability Ratings Recap: Western General, Lumbermen’s, AttPro RRG, Aspen Specialty, ILM Group Agents’ E&O: What Do YOU Know? Take Insurance Journal’s Survey Now U.S. Firms Plan New Oil Spill Insurance Fund U.S. Avoids Major Landfall So Far in Active Hurricane Season S&P Raises AFG’s Subsidiaries Ratings to ‘A+’; Outlook Stable Munich Re Coverage in U.S. Extends CPV Energy Warranty AmWINS Launches Motorsports Insurance Program Survey: Execs Still Concerned Over Profitability, Double-Dip Recession Chartis Expands XSEnhanced Commercial Umbrella to Grocers Allied World U.S. Launches New Privacy Liability Product Treasury Says Unpopular TARP Bailouts Exceeded Expectations Ignell Joins Ironshore’s Wholesale Division BP Claims Fund Struggles to Get Up to Speed General Star Adds Data Privacy Coverage for Medical Professionals The Future for Independent Insurance Agencies Progressive Expanding in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Texas Allstate Sues Toyota Over Accident Claims from Acceleration Flaw Home Insurance Customer Satisfaction Declines But ‘Bundlers’ Happy Best Affirms FM Global Group’s ‘A+’ Ratings; Outlook Stable A Wealth of Risks: Serving High Income Clientele Burns & Wilcox Hires Gatewood to Lead Personal Lines Schirmer Engineering Adopts Aon Name, Expands Global Reach Chartis Introduces Commercial Excess Form with CrisisResponse Best Affirms QBE US Subsidiaries Ratings; Upgrades Praetorian and NAU Title Insurer Stops Insuring Chase, GMAC Mortgage Foreclosures Workers’ Compensation Results Continue in Downward Spiral Advertising, Claims Handling Drive Reputations of Auto Insurers Freedom Specialty, MGIS Underwriting to Offer Medical-Professional Coverage Venture Launches Mono-line Umbrella Coverage for Golf, Country Clubs Mexico Could Join Lawsuits Over Gulf Oil Disaster Cotnoir Joins Safety National’s Large Casualty Unit Homeowners’ Madoff Claims Not Covered Under AIG Policy: Judge White House Slashes Bailout Cost Estimate After AIG Exit Deal President Obama Signs 1-Year Flood Insurance Bill Andrade Leaves The Hartford For Ace Indiana Agent to Lead National Association Leadership Team Enrollment for Farmer’s Professional Liability Coverage to Begin National News Archives
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