Yearly Archives: <span>2011</span>

Virginia Governor Signs School Safety Legislation

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed legislation designed to improve school safety. The new laws signed Tuesday make it illegal for sex offenders to be on school buses and allows video cameras to be installed on them, and increases penalties …

ReSource Intermediaries Names McGlinn Senior Associate

ReSource Intermediaries Francis (Mike) McGlinn as senior associate. New York-based ReSource is a full service reinsurance broker and part of Integro. A treaty marketing expert, McGlinn joins ReSource Intermediaries from Towers Watson, where he’d been consulting. Earlier, he was senior …

Coast Guard Urges Boating Safety After 9 Deaths

Coast Guard officials are urging boaters to keep safety in mind following nine deaths in two weeks in the Mid-Atlantic. The Coast Guard says the latest death occurred Saturday in Ocean City, Maryland when a pleasure craft capsized at the …

New Zealand Quakes Drive Insurance Market Changes

A string of earthquakes in New Zealand is sending tremors through the global insurance market with some companies delaying underwriting policies and others turning to capital markets to offset the risk of pile-on damage and costly claims. “Although there has …

Best Affirms ProAssurance and Members Ratings; Revises ICR to Positive

A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of ProAssurance Group and its members. Best has also affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) of ProAssurance. …

Washington Court: OK to Terminate Employee for Medical Marijuana Use

A Washington Supreme Court has ruled that it is OK for an employer to terminate an employee for violating its no drug policy, even though the employee is in compliance with the state’s medical marijuana law. According to court documents …

Nearly 10% of Health Insurers Leaving Indiana; State Seeks MLR Waiver

Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has announced he is seeking a waiver on behalf of Indiana from the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) 80 percent minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) for individual, major medical health insurance. …

Lawsuit Filed by Family of Drowned Utah Boy

The family of a Utah boy who drowned after he fell from a pipe spanning a Salt Lake City canal in 2009 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the state. KTVX says attorneys for 8-year-old Trejon …

Wash. Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Measure

Washington employers who provide temporary work that allows an injured worker to “Stay at Work” while recovering from an injury will be eligible to be reimbursed for half of the worker’s wages. This new program is part of the historic …

Best Affirms Lufthansa Captive Insurer Delvag’s Ratings

A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Germany’s Delvag Luftfahrtversicherungs-AG (Delvag) and Delvag Rueckversicherungs-AG (Delvag Rueck [Re]) with stable outlooks. The ratings of Delvag …