National News for November 2010 TARP Bailout Cost to Taxpayers Down to $25 Billion Senate Fails in Attempts to Repeal Health Law Provision on 1099 Tax AIG Returns to Debt Markets to Raise Capital Best Assigns ‘A’ Ratings to Aspen American Insurance Company Zurich Expands Property Portfolio Protection for Construction Businesses Hartford Steam Boiler Adds Legal Defense to Data Breach Coverage State Regulators Worried About Future of Health Insurance Brokers Markel CEO Kirshner to Be Absent Due to Medical Treatments Medical Liability Market Faces Challenges from Health Care Changes The Time is Not Right to Drop Real Estate Professionals E&O Extremely Active Atlantic Hurricane Season was a ‘Gentle Giant’ for U.S. Ratings Recap: National Guaranty, Standard Casualty, Affiliates RRG S&P Lowers Fireman’s Fund Ratings to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-’; Outlook Stable U.S. Treasury Hires Adviser to Sell Government’s Shares in AIG Final Claims Process for BP Oil Disaster Victims Begins SAP to Pay $1.3 Billion Damages to Oracle for Copyright Infringement State Legislators Adopt Surplus Lines Tax Compact, Compliance Resolution Zimmerman Joins Brown & Brown National Premium Finance Association Names Mangia President Insurance Journal Magazine Unveils Android Phone Application AIG Names Schreiber, Gender to Financial Positions Black Friday, Cyber Monday: Holiday Shopping Rush Brings Risks Many Insurers Seen Missing Tech Opportunities to Target Gen Y Chartis Launches Fidelity, Crime Insurance Program Berkley Oil & Gas Partners with Dallas MGU for Energy Risks Best Affirms Assurant and Subsidiaries Ratings; Outlook Stable Ratings Recap: Electric, Clearwater, ACE INA (notes) Safety Officials Warn 13 Mines in 7 States Trustees for LexisNexis Insurance Exchange Named Moody’s: P/C Insurers’ Losses Under Municipal Bonds Manageable Health Insurance Brokers May Ask Congress to Protect Commissions Health Insurers Win Some Breaks with Medical Loss Ratio Rule Firefighters Busy on Thanksgiving Day Senators Urge Bipartisan State Healthcare Waiver Insurance Outsourcing Need Not Be a Foreign Concept Best Upgrades Ratings of Zurich’s U.S. Subsidiaries to ‘A+’ HCC Insurance Holdings Hires Team for Technical Property Division Navigators Introduces Global Employee Protection Coverage Marsh Enhances D&O Liability Modeling Capabilities BP Could Gain Claimants’ Rights to Sue Other Oil Spill Firms Feds Urges All States to Require Motorcycle Helmets Some Vestiges of Patent Infringement Coverage Remain Property/Casualty Insurance Premiums Grew Modestly in Q3 Aspen Insurance Adds Inland Marine, Ocean Marine Cargo Insurance How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career Chubb Enhances Insurance Package for Cultural Institutions Inside The Disaster Blaster Rockwood Reduces Premiums for Its Life Agent E&O Product Chartis Expands Environmental Product to Two Additional Industries Medical Errors Take 15,000 Seniors’ Lives a Month: Inspector General SEC Wants Fuller Disclosure of Lawsuit Costs Soft Commercial Lines Market to Persist: Marsh U.S. Auto Fatalities Down But Safety Efforts Lag Legislators, Surplus Lines Groups Weigh a Lighter SLIMPACT Tax Deal P/C Insurer Rules on Medicare, Medicaid Liability Claims Delayed Employers Given More Leeway to Switch Providers Under Obamacare Cyber Crime Reaches Milestone ACE USA Restructures Retail Operations with Kinsella, Church, Stoer The Hanover Adds Specialized Classes to Healthcare Portfolio Venture Insurance Launches Hotel and Casino Programs Insurance Mergers Complicated by Economy, Low Valuations, Hidden Risks U.S. Drug Safety Agency Gets Tougher on Risks After Avandia Moody’s Rates P/C Personal Lines Industry Financially Sound, Highly Competitive Competition Picks Up in Insurance Market for the Rich Miles Driven By Seniors Up, Fatal Crashes Down Health Insurers, Drugmakers Oppose Repeal of Obama Healthcare Overhaul Ratings Recap: Valiant, General Automobile Permanent General Class Action Lawyers Wary of Foreclosure Lawsuits Program Business Stable But Less Profitable: Guy Carpenter Survey Aon Launches Global Energy Risk Engineering Unit The Hartford Broadens Equipment Rental, Sales Businesses Coverage Business Risk Partners Offers Distressed Banks Coverage Aetna CEO: Don’t Repeal Obamacare Lawsuits Against Banks Over Mortgage Practices Piling Up Public Workers Require More Days Off Due to Injuries Than Private Workers Big Oil Firms Need Top-to-Bottom Safety Reform, Says Commission Hyatt Calls Injured Workers’ Claims a Union Ploy Towers Watson to Buy Insurance Consultant, Software Firm EMB Allstate, Prudential Return Cash to Investors Markel International Expands D&O Product Offerings Appel to Leave Aon S&P Raises ProAssurance Rating One Notch to ‘BBB’; Outlook Stable Chartis to Layoff 2% of Workforce Zurich Partners with AmWins to Expand Accident, Health Products Capson Expands Online Medical Malpractice Program Into More States Sankaran Named Risk Chief at AIG Bond Insurer Ambac Files for Bankruptcy White House Panel: Human Errors, Not Safety Cuts, Behind BP Disaster Actuaries Elect Tennessee’s Miller as President Ebix Reports Q3 Revenue Up 43% Marsh Q3 Revenue Up 9% Ratings Roundup: Erie Group, Waco Fire & Casualty, Maya Assurance How Insurance Companies Can Live to Be 100 and Beyond Panel on BP Gulf Oil Disaster Could Shape Liability Issues Internet Scam Targets Insurer USAA’s Customers Liberty Adds Manufacturers’ E&O Endorsement to Product Recall Policy EQECAT Names Keogh President Judge Dismisses ‘Mommy Track’ Lawsuit Against Goldman Sachs AIG Reports Big Loss on Charges; Insurance Results Remain Stable Why Now Is a Good Time for Agency Network Growth Insurance Pricing Cycle Due for a Change, Berkley CEO Says Republicans Gain Control in State Houses ACE Appoints Shevlin in Southeast, Rau in Southwest Tierney Named Operations Chief at Chubb Personal Insurance White House to Business: Why Can’t We Be Friends? Ratings Recap: Chartis U.S Subs; Landcar, Prism, Pacific Pioneer The Hanover Expands Technology Capabilities to 125 Classes Travelers Enhances Identity Fraud Protection Coverage The Hartford Boosts Profits in Q3 Big ‘I’ Insurance Agents Gave $1.7 Million to Shape New Congress Agency Saved From the Storm By Cloud Technology Treasury Says Taxpayers to Profit from AIG Bailout Can Republicans Repeal U.S. Healthcare Overhaul? Why Economy’s Growth Isn’t Easing Unemployment Liberty Mutual Introduces Monoline Equipment Breakdown Product IronHealth Launches Protection for Risk Exposure of Government Audits Ohio Mutual Insurance to Acquire New England’s Casco Indemnity AIG Raises Enough to Pay Off New York Fed Credit Line Halliburton’s BP Defense Hurt By Criticism of Cement Work U.S. Equivalence for EU’s Solvency II Regulations on Hold; AIA Comments CNA to Buy Remaining Shares of Surety Unit CNA Q3 Loss Driven by Asbestos Charge MMD Offers Product Liability Coverage for Medical Cannabis Firms Election Will Mean New Faces in State Insurance Commissioner Jobs National News Archives
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