National News for August 2012 U.S. Construction Firms Facing Double-Digit Increases for Liability Insurance: Marsh Ford Sued Over Patent Infringement Petersen International Releases Disability Plan for Loss of Future Earnings Beazley Enhances Suite of Data Breach Products for Businesses Isaac Brings Relief to U.S. Drought Conditions Consumer Perception of Progressive at Lowest Level in 4 Years: YouGov Janssen Pharmaceuticals Settles Deceptive Advertising Practices Suit for $181M Citigroup Settles Securities Lawsuit for $590M Isaac Heads North After Drenching U.S. Gulf, New Orleans All Risks, General Star Enhance Insurance Agents E&O Program NAS Launches Enhanced E&O Coverage for Healthcare Consultants Freberg Environmental to Underwrite New Berkley Envrionmental Coverage U.S. P/C Insurers Expected to Withstand Isaac: Fitch Early Isaac Losses at $1.5B: Eqecat GJS Re Opens Facultative Reinsurance Unit; Threlfall to Lead Hurricane Isaac Hits Fortified New Orleans on Katrina’s Anniversary Isaac Becomes a Hurricane As It Churns Toward New Orleans Torus Adds New Coverage for the Reproductive Medicine Industry Chubb Launches Insurance Product for Health Care Fraud, Data Breaches Employers Committed to Offering Health Plans; Cost Seen Going Up 5.3% in 2013 Towers Watson, Hughes Telematics Offer Auto Insurers Usage-Based Service 10 U.S. Cities with Safest Drivers Crop Insurance Claims to Exceed $13 Billion: AIR Near-Hurricane Strength Isaac Takes Aim at New Orleans How Apple Outsmarted Samsung in Patent Dispute Update: Isaac Menaces Gulf States; Forces Evacuations, Closings; Serious Flooding Feared Now There’s an App for Workers’ Comp Claims LAST CHANCE: Submit Now to Be a Best Agency to Work For P/C Insurers Show Improved Results Mid-Year: Fitch Tropical Storm Isaac Threatens Haiti; Oil Rigs Shut; Southeast Prepares ISO Says States OK Optional By-Peril Rating Rules for Homeowners New York Fed Sells Last of Its AIG Assets, Ending Ties with Insurer Gridiron Insurance Releases E-Portal Product Crop Insurers Could Face First Overall Loss in 10 Years: Moody’s USI to Acquire TD Bank’s U.S. Insurance Subsidiary Allstate Names Gupta as Chief Marketing Officer CPCU Society’s Brown to Also Lead Griffith Foundation Tampa, Host of Republican Convention, Prepares for Possible Hurricane Isaac In Apple v. Samsung, Attention Turns to Alchemy of Damages Travelers Sues NFL Over Ex-Players’ Brain Injury Lawsuits Glatfelter Religious Practice Adds New Large Account Market, Names President Jury to Begin Deliberating Patent Disputes Between Apple, Samsung Hard Market Generates New E&O Challenges for Insurance Agents Road Tests of ‘Talking’ Cars Underway Markel FirstComp Unveils New Name, New Agent Portal Lower Catastrophe Losses Boost P/C Insurers’ Earnings in Q2: Moody’s Historical U.S. Hurricanes: What If They Struck Today? Federal Government’s Employment Discrimination Complaints, Payments Fall Fund Manager’s Bet on Insurer Coventry Could Pay Off Big Clothes Dryer Fires Cost $35 Million a Year Government Sends Message by ‘Super-Sizing’ Employment Bias Cases Beazley Forms Data Breach Response Business Unit Business Risk Partners to Offer LIU-Backed E&O, D&O Coverage Aetna to Buy Rival Coventry Health for $5.6 Billion Republican VP Pick Ryan Aims to Change Tax Break for Health Insurance Benefits Ex-Dewey Law Firm Partners Agree to Pay $50 Million Toward Settlement Hartford Steam Boiler, EnergySavvy to Help Homeowners Reduce Energy Costs Essentials: Do Brokers Have to Offer the Cheapest Coverage? Simulating Volcano Eruptions, One Blast at a Time Vanliner Expands Captive Program to North American Moving Agents Ratings Recap: Great Plains, ProAssurance, Community, German Mutual AIG Off the Hook for Claims by Madoff Clients Under Home Policies K&K Insurance Launches E-Commerce Option for Tenant Liablity Insurance Chartis Introduces Network Security Product for Assurex Global Partners States Ranked by Obesity Rates Goldman Execs Win Dismissal of Mortgage, TARP Lawsuit by Shareholders Future Impact of Self-Driving Cars Would Be Big: Study Driving Toward a Future Without Humans Behind the Wheel AIR Worldwide Now Offering Builder’s Risk Capability Arkansas, California Teen Golfers Are Trusted Choice National Champs Community Associations Grow by Number and Exposure Luxury Cars Lag in Frontal Crash Safety: IIHS Obama to Encourage States to Build Health Exchanges Hartford Steam Boiler, NetDiligence Offer Data Breach Portal NAIC CEO Vaughan to Step Down in 2013 FTC Settles with Facebook Over Privacy Breaches Don’t Miss Out: Be a BEST Agency to Work For Crop Insurers’ Payouts Already Top $800 Million This Season Advanced E&S Group Launches Community Association Debt Coverage JLT Facilities Introduces Non-Standard Lawyers PL Program Increased Chance of Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Despite El Niño Washington Explores Insurance, Other Protection for Futures Customers El Niño Almost Certain to Arrive In Next 2 Months: U.S. Forecaster Markel Posts $89.7M Q2 Profit, Buoyed by Improved Underwriting Results QBE Launches Packaged Protection for Business Owners U.S. Judge Puts New Lawsuits Against Banks Over Libor on Hold Integro Buys UK Media Insurance Broker Crash Reconstructionists Sort Out Reality from What People Claim Marsh & McLennan Q2 Profit Up 17%; Revenues Growing in All Divisions Few Kids Use Recommended Safety Seats in Cars: Study U.S. Regulators Angered By N.Y. Action Against StanChart Insurance Industry Poised to Add Jobs Over Next Year: Survey Employers Stressing Health Incentives for Employees: Aon Despite GOP Governors, Feds Building Health Insurance Exchanges ACE Accident & Health Introduces Accident Policy for Motor Carriers National Interstate Expands Tow Truck Insurance Into Additional States Disabled Workers More Likely to Experience Occupational Injury: Study Is Peer Pressure Better Employee Motivator Than Money? Treasury Gains in Sale of AIG Stock Berkshire Hathaway Profit Falls on Derivative Losses UK Bank May Have Hidden $250 Billion in Iran Deals; May Lose U.S. License Captives Feeling the Squeeze As Global Pressures Intrude: A.M. Best U.S. Treasury to Raise $5B from AIG Stock Sale Gov’t Agency Probes Mortgage Insurance Deals From Countrywide, AIG Swett & Crawford Subsidiary Launches New Marine Underwriting Division Is Your Agency a BEST Agency to Work For? The Hanover Posts $20.8 million Q2 Profit AIG Reports Q2 Profit Increases; Insurance Units All Gain House Passes $383 million US Drought Aid Bill for Ranchers Knight Capital’s Future in Balance after $440 Million Trading Disaster Time Running Out for Russia Trade Bill Says Congressman The Hartford Reports $101M Q2 Loss for Debt Payoff Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Increases North American Property Capacity House Passes Tax Rate Extension Act Monsanto Wins Patent Suit Against DuPont in Genetically Modified Seed Case Democrats, Republicans Offer Rival Views to Control Health Costs One Size Does Not Fit All When Motivating a Sales Team Cincinatti Insurance Co., IDentity Theft 911 to Offer Data Breach Services to Insureds AIG’s SunAmerica to Acquire Woodbury Financial Services from The Hartford Allstate Blows Past Q2 Earnings Estimates on Lower Disaster Impact Obama Tightens Sanctions on Banks Helping Iran Sell Oil Judge Rules Stanford’s U.S. Receiver to Keep Control of Ponzi Scheme Case National News Archives
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