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document.write('<div id="ijnewsfeed_holdspace" style="position:relative;width:300px;height:120px;z-index:1;overflow: hidden;"><ul><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/02/03/234185.htm" style="" target="_top">Judge Certifies Investor Class Action Against Goldman Sachs</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - February 3, 2012</div><div>Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was ordered by a federal judge to face a securities class-action lawsuit accusing it of defrauding investors about a 2006 offering of securities backed by risky mortgage loans from a now-defunct lender...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/02/03/234181.htm" style="" target="_top">Aon Expands U.S. Tenant Rent Default Offerings</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - February 3, 2012</div><div>Aon has expanded availability to new states for its Aon Rent Protect product that reimburses landlords for lost income when tenants default on rent payments...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/02/03/234170.htm" style="" target="_top">XL Enhances Real Estate Portfolio Protection</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - February 3, 2012</div><div>XL Group\'s insurance segment has launched enhanced pollution protection for real estate portfolios. The product will be available through the segment\'s environmental team...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/02/03/234069.htm" style="" target="_top">BB&T to Acquire P/C, Life Insurance Units of Wholesaler Crump Group</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - February 3, 2012</div><div>North Carolina-based BB&#038;T Corp. is buying the property/casualty and life insurance units of Roseland, N...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/02/03/234188.htm" style="" target="_top">Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - February 3, 2012</div><div>The Virginia Supreme Court has recently granted rehearing of a closely followed legal case involving global warming, The AES Corp...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/02/03/234133.htm" style="" target="_top">Insurer: Penn State Policy Limits Lawsuit Coverage</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - February 3, 2012</div><div>Penn State\'s insurer wants a judge to determine if it has to provide coverage or pay for defense costs in a lawsuit over alleged child sex abuse by former football coach Jerry Sandusky, a newspaper reported Wednesday...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/02/03/234118.htm" style="" target="_top">Penn. Regulators Approve 5.7% Decrease in Workers\' Comp Costs</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - February 3, 2012</div><div>The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved a 5.7 percent decrease in overall workers\' compensation costs that will result in $160 million in savings for Pennsylvania employers...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/02/02/234016.htm" style="" target="_top">Zurich Appoints Chief Underwriting Officer in North America</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - February 2, 2012</div><div>Zurich has promoted industry veteran Sabrina Hart to chief underwriting officer for Global Corporate in North America...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/02/03/234166.htm" style="" target="_top">Ohio Announces $11.6M in Insurance Savings, Recoveries in 2011</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - February 3, 2012</div><div>Insurance regulators saved or recovered $11.6 million for Ohioans in 2011, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/02/03/234096.htm" style="" target="_top">Missouri Senator Delays Workplace Discrimination Vote</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - February 3, 2012</div><div>A black senator from St. Louis area who said she was fearful of reversing decades of hard-fought civil rights gains held the Missouri Senate floor for hours on Feb...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/02/03/234093.htm" style="" target="_top">Companies Sue over Michigan Fireworks Insurance Requirement</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - February 3, 2012</div><div>Several fireworks companies are suing over what they call Michigan\'s excessive insurance requirements under a new state law...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/02/02/233984.htm" style="" target="_top">Origami Risk Adds Culpepper, Franks</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - February 2, 2012</div><div>Origami Risk, based in Glencoe, Ill., has hired Mary Culpepper as a senior account executive and added Jason Franks as sales director...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/02/03/234064.htm" style="" target="_top">West Virginia Candidate Maloney Denies Profit Over Safety Charge</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - February 3, 2012</div><div>West Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney said Democrats\' accusations that he values profits over safety are untrue...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/02/03/234058.htm" style="" target="_top">HIV-Positive Man Who Sued Atlanta Police Gets New Hearing</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - February 3, 2012</div><div>A federal appeals court this week granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/02/02/233909.htm" style="" target="_top">West Virginia Mutual Names Wallace President, CEO</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - February 2, 2012</div><div>Physician insurer West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. is under new leadership after naming R. Austin Wallace to serve as president and chief financial officer...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/02/02/233887.htm" style="" target="_top">Judge Allows South Carolina Company\'s Twitter Lawsuit Against Employee</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - February 2, 2012</div><div>A South Carolina company\'s lawsuit accusing a former employee of costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost business when he took Twitter followers can go forward, a federal judge has ruled...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/02/03/234158.htm" style="" target="_top">TDECU Insurance Acquires 2 More Texas Independent Agencies</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - February 3, 2012</div><div>TDECU Insurance Agency LLC announced it has acquired two independent insurance agencies: Assurance Insurance Agency Inc...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/02/03/234107.htm" style="" target="_top">Farmers Insurance Rate Hike in Texas Set for March</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - February 3, 2012</div><div>Farmers Insurance will raise homeowner premiums by nearly 10 percent after Texas regulators declined to object to the increase...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/02/03/234101.htm" style="" target="_top">Witness: Stanford Was Center of Fraud</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - February 3, 2012</div><div>Allen Stanford used fake insurance and false financial statements to deceive investors and regulators as he sought to shield his global financial empire from government scrutiny for more than two decades, his top deputy said on Feb...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/02/03/234089.htm" style="" target="_top">No Decision Made on Louisiana Citizens Judgment Appeal</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - February 3, 2012</div><div>Commissioner Jim Donelon says a decision won\'t be made until next week on whether the state\'s property insurer of last resort will pursue a U...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/02/03/234156.htm" style="" target="_top">Utah Offers New Earthquake Hazard Maps for Salt Lake County</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - February 3, 2012</div><div>Utah is selling new maps that show the shaking intensity of earthquakes for the west half of Salt Lake County...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/02/03/234149.htm" style="" target="_top">Federal Disaster Loans For More Reno Fire Victims</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - February 3, 2012</div><div>The U.S. Small Business Administration is setting up shop in Reno again to help facilitate federal disaster loans for residents and businesses after Washoe County suffered its second big wildfire in two months...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/02/03/234132.htm" style="" target="_top">Family of Slain Border From Arizona Agent Files $25M Claim</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - February 3, 2012</div><div>The family of a slain U.S. Border Patrol agent filed a $25 million wrongful death claim against the federal government on Wednesday...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/02/03/234124.htm" style="" target="_top">Los Angeles Sues Over $95M Losses To City\'s Pensions</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - February 3, 2012</div><div>The Los Angeles city attorney has sued a major financial institution, alleging its investment practices cost the city\'s pension fund $95 million...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/03/234175.htm" style="" target="_top">Earnings Reports: Validus Holdings</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - February 3, 2012</div><div>                                                Q4 2011         Q4   2010           Gross premiums written -$278...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/03/234055.htm" style="" target="_top">Japan Reported Ready to Join Compensation Pact for Nuclear Victims</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - February 3, 2012</div><div>Japan will join at least four other nations in a pact to help compensate victims of nuclear accidents in member countries, a newspaper reported on Friday, as it continues to grapple with the aftermath of the world\'s worst atomic disaster ...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/03/234052.htm" style="" target="_top">Australia Evacuates Flooded Towns; Coal Mines Close</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - February 3, 2012</div><div>Heavy rains shut four coal mines in eastern Australia on Friday as military helicopters evacuated stranded residents from inundated towns, and authorities warned of further flash flooding...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/03/234048.htm" style="" target="_top">PIP Breast Implant Scandal Exposes Weaknesses in EU Safety Net</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - February 3, 2012</div><div>In June 2000, when American medical regulators posted a warning letter on the Internet about problems at a breast-implant maker in southern France, French authorities didn\'t pay much attention...</li></ul></div>');
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