http://www.insurancejournal.com Property casualty insurance news from Insurance Journal en-us Copyright 2009 Wells Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:57:51 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/img/insurance-journal-property-casualty-magazine-logo_88x31.gif http://www.insurancejournal.com 88 31 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105494.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105494.htm A new study from the California Workers' Compensation Institute shows that claims from white-collar workers have assumed greater relative importance as the economy has sputtered. The study shows ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:57:51 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105493.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105493.htm North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the appointment of five new members to the N.C. Joint Underwriting Association and the N.C. Insurance Underwriting Association, better ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:11 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105492.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105492.htm In the wake of new recommendations for mammography, California officials said that a state law remains in place to ensure that insurance covers mammograms for breast cancer screenings beginning at ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:25 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105491.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105491.htm The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:32:46 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105490.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105490.htm Against the backdrop of the worst economic slump in more than 30 years, more than 83 percent of Floridians are concerned about their money challenges and 43 percent don’t expect to be ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27:38 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105488.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105488.htm Georgia's top fire official is urging churches to bolster security after two metro Atlanta churches were set on fire. Georgia Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John Oxendine said officials ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:08:12 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/11/20/105487.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/11/20/105487.htm A new intelligence report from Marsh concludes that "energy firms are set to enjoy a softening insurance market in 2010, as a result of increasing competitiveness among insurers and capacity ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:06:19 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2009/11/20/105486.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2009/11/20/105486.htm The Missouri Department of Insurance reported that a leader in the U.S. foodservices market has become licensed as a captive insurance company, the result of a new state law making the captive ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:05:20 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105485.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105485.htm The state’s largest private property insurer may not leave Florida after all, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty told Gov. Charlie Crist and other members of the Florida Cabinet. McCarty, ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:19 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2009/11/20/105484.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2009/11/20/105484.htm A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm before a crash on a southern Minnesota interstate that killed two people and injured 21 others. That's according to a spokesman for Strain Bus Line, ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:39 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2009/11/20/105483.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2009/11/20/105483.htm Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $760,070 dividend to the Texas Green Industry (TGI) purchasing group. TGI has earned $2,643,037 in workers’ compensation dividends since ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:58:06 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2009/11/20/105482.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2009/11/20/105482.htm A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate. The consulting firm Mercer finds employers and their workers in ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:56:13 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2009/11/20/105481.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2009/11/20/105481.htm Jefferson Parish's embattled chief administrative officer, Tim Whitmer, is retiring as federal investigators began subpoenaing records of his private company's insurance work with government ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:49:32 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/11/20/105480.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/11/20/105480.htm Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has filed a lawsuit against national securities and credit ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch over what the AG's office ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:18:38 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2009/11/20/105479.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2009/11/20/105479.htm The Connecticut Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the owners of a dump truck that caused a fatal 20-vehicle wreck in Avon, in a dispute over whether there was insurance coverage on ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:14 -0600