National News for December 2007 Top Insurance Stories in 2007 Ratings Roundup: Georgia Casualty, Conseco Survey: Teens Want Friends to be Safer on Roads Proposed Federal Regulation of Insurance Hotly Debated Ruling Affirms Employers May Factor Medicare into Retiree Benefits Atlantic American Sells P/C Business to Missouri’s Columbia Mutual Former Reinsurance Execs Launch Underwriting Mgmt Firm New Tools Can Help Underwrite, Price Winter Storm and Fire Risk RiskProNet Elects Swayze as President Wells Fargo Names Brogan Director of Casualty Group Security Experts Tackle Safety at College Stadiums Best: ‘Unauthorized’ Reinsurance Increasing P/C Market Share P/C Insurers’ Net Income, Surplus Rose But Profitability Dropped President Signs TRIA Extension Ratings Roundup: Ambac, Ballantyne Re, Paris Re, Cincinnati Specialty, American Strategic Salmonella Fear Prompts Recall of Mexico-Grown Basil Future of Bond Insurance at Risk Valiant Insurance Names Davenport as V.P. of Finance Marsh & McLennan CEO Ousted Slowing Premium Growth Could Adversely Impact P/C Insurer Results Ratings Recap: Rockhill and Subsidaries Federal Panel Recommends Fireproof Conveyor Belts in Nation’s Mines Feds Give Mining Industry More Time to Mull Mine Safety Rule Wells Fargo Buys 4 Agencies Congress Approves Swimming Pool Drain Safety Bill Auto Safety Bill Addresses Backovers, Power Window Accidents ACE Acquires Personal Lines Business of Atlantic Mutual Allstate’s 4th Quarter Catastrophe Losses of $100 Million Higher than ’06 Arch Acquires Wexford Underwriting Managers Kerrigan Joins Valiant Insurance as General Counsel, Senior V.P. Ratings Roundup: Seaworthy, Pioneer General, American Financial & Subsidiaries Book Tells Life of Insurance Professional’s Battle with Alzheimer’s Baker Steps Down as Head of Lloyd’s U.S. Hanover Program Targets Mid-to-High End Hotels Bush Gets Terrorism Insurance Extension Bill to Sign Survey Shows Phishing Attacks in 2007 Caused $3B in Damages Zurich Names Two Execs to Lead Casualty, Property Units Study: Failure to Reimburse Expenses Impacts Customer Satisfaction RLI Marine Teams Up with National Equipment Register to Offer Theft Waiver American Association of Insurance Services Conducts Personal Injury Study Rating Agencies Positive on ACE, Aon, Munich Re Deal for Combined, Sterling S&P to Host Teleconference Tomorrow on U.S. P/C, Global Reinsurance Stuckey & Co. Expands Computer and Technology Coverages Foley Resigns from NationsBuilders Rockwood Expands Agents’ E&O Coverage Businesses Must Prepare Now for Pandemic Outbreak Ratings Recap: Business Alliance, Berkshire Hathaway, Pathfinder, Trinity Universal, Assured Guaranty Allstate Announces Withdrawal from National Trade Group PCI Survey of Analysts Projects Healthy Underwriting Profits A Time for Good Cheer – and Safe Practices Study Questions Use of Personality Tests in Hiring Employees A.M. Best: Subprime Exposure Modest, But Contagion Is Concern Towers Perrin Study Indicates U.S. Tort Costs Down in 2006 House Compromises on Terror Insurance Bill But Fate Still Uncertain Liberty Mutual Expands Middle-Market General Liability Coverage Sloan Mason Offers Oil and Gas Contractors Program White House Repeats Threat to Veto House Terrorism Insurance Bill Feds Identify 20 Repeat Violators of Mine Health and Safety Rules AIG’s Lexington Insurance Adds Social Services Practice Monitor Offers Individual Independent Director Insurance Coverage Ratings Roundup: Bond Safeguard, Lexon, Gerling US Study: Vehicle Crash Tests Predict Car But Not Truck Safety ‘Most Secure Places to Live’ Are In Ore., Calif. and Wash. Army Corps of Engineers: Sago Mine Blast Stronger than First Reported Attorney Sentenced for Cheating Asbestos Victims of Settlements Hurricane Forecaster Changes Formula, Predicts Active 2008 Season AmTrust Agrees to Acquire Unitrin’s Business Insurance Unit OneBeacon Names Thompson Chief Underwriting Officer Study: Motorists Don’t Drive as Well in Freezing Temperatures S&P Details Actions Taken on ‘Public Information’ Ratings House Passes Bill to Create National Registry of Convicted Arsonists Product Safety to be Discussed at China Talks, Vows U.S. Treasurer Broadway and Hollywood Walkouts Raise Interest in Strike Insurance Ratings Recap: AXA Corporate Solutions (US), First Marine, Magna S&P Downgrades MMC’s Ratings to ‘BBB-’ on Marsh Problems Fire Risk Prompts GE to Recall Ovens And Microwaves Pickups, Vans Earn Top Safety Scores in Government Crash Tests Allstate in Deal to Set Up Online Bill-Payments Ratings Recap: DHC Group, Physicians (Wisconsin), Midwest Family Mutual, Western Mutual Buffett Expected to Testify in Case of AIG Finite Reinsurance U.S. to Investigate Sept. 11 Sick Workers’ Insurance Program Canada’s HKMB Insurance to Merge with Hub International Venture Further Expands Military Housing Industry Insurance Program Motorists Mutual Offers Security Breach Response Service to Businesses Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Enhances Tattoo Program Kan. Insurance Commissioner Praeger Elected NAIC President Banks in Insurance Advance Despite Soft Market, Study Reports National Insurance Producer Registry Elects Officers U.S. Personal Lines Insurers Trying To Maintain Profits In Softening Market Travelers Introduces Hotel Industry Product Fraud Investigators Brace for Arsons from Subprime Mortgage Crisis AIG’s Glaser Named Marsh CEO Workers’ Compensation Prescription Drug Study: Costs Stabilizing Sloan Mason Offers Ready-Mix Concrete, Asphalt and Aggregate Package National News Archives
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