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Best Affirms Ratings of Aspen Insurance and Subs Ratings
Sep 20 2013 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Aspen Insurance UK Limited (AIUK) and Aspen...
Texas Governor, State Senator Square Off on Health Exchange Navigator Rules
Sep 19 2013 // Texas’ top insurance regulator has found herself in the midst of a battle over rules that govern those who will provide information to consumers about the health insurance exchanges that are a part of the U.S....
MetLife Says Regulators May Miss Key Insurer Risks with Focus on Bank Rules
Sep 19 2013 // Federal regulators may miss important threats to the financial stability of U.S. insurers by focusing on bank risks, MetLife Inc. Chief Financial Officer John Hele said. “Bank rules overlook key insurance...
U.S. Crop-Insurance Claims Jump Amid Planting Delays, USDA Says
Sep 18 2013 // U.S. farmers who were prevented from planting by rain this year filed crop-insurance claims on six times more land than last season, the government said. Farmers filed claims on 8.213 million acres of grains, oilseeds,...
Court Says Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected Speech for Employees
Sep 18 2013 // Using Facebook Inc.’s “Like” feature to show support for a candidate in an election is speech protected under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said, handing a victory to the social...
Firms Helping Boat Owners Test Waters of ‘Sharing Economy’
Sep 18 2013 // Getting out on the open sea, wind in your hair, enjoying the ride with your family and friends. Then there’s the boat payments, storage fees, fuel, maintenance and repair — these costs can quickly sink the dream of...
State Insurance Regulators Invoke Jefferson to Limit Federal Role
Sep 18 2013 // State insurance regulators are drawing on the country’s founding principles as they resist international pressure to give the federal government a greater role in overseeing the industry. Ben Nelson, chief executive...
Arkansas: 156 Bridges Deficient, Fracture Critical
Sep 17 2013 // Twenty state-owned bridges that carry upward of 100,000 vehicles daily are among 156 Arkansas spans that inspectors consider both structurally deficient and at risk for a catastrophe should a key component fail, according...
AP Report Claims More Than 100 Kentucky Bridges At Risk
Sep 17 2013 // More than 100 Kentucky bridges have advanced deterioration and are at risk of collapsing, federal records show, and the head of the state’s transportation agency blames the situation largely on increased, heavier...
Hacker Group in China Linked to Cyberattacks Against U.S. Firms: Symantec
Sep 17 2013 // Computer security experts have discovered a group of highly sophisticated computer hackers operating for hire, a U.S computer security firm said on Tuesday, and it linked the group to some of the best-known cyber-espionoge...
Violent, Property Crimes Decreased in 2012: FBI
Sep 16 2013 // The FBI estimates that in 2012, the number of violent crimes increased 0.7 percent while property crimes decreased 0.9 percent, the tenth straight year of declines for these offenses, collectively. The 2012 statistics show...
U.S. Risk Names Reed Senior Broker in Dallas
Sep 16 2013 // Managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler, U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., has named Jennie Reed senior broker of the Dallas office of U.S. Risk Brokers. Reed brings with her more than 14 years of experience in...
Veterans’ Medical Malpractice Costs Rising As More Soldiers Seek Care
Sep 13 2013 // Christopher Ellison went to a veterans medical center in Philadelphia to get eight teeth extracted in 2007. What should have been a routine dentist visit left him permanently incapacitated. The $17.5 million Ellison and...
Obama Administration Bashes Florida for Blocking Health Insurance Navigators
Sep 13 2013 // Florida was strongly criticized by the federal government on Thursday for barring outreach workers, known as “navigators,” from county health departments when they start enrolling people next month for...
Crop Insurance Critics, Defenders in Last Push Over Reforms
Sep 12 2013 // Critics of the U.S. crop insurance program are calling for cuts to it and other agribusiness subsidies as Congress revamps farm policy. A bipartisan group of lawmakers planned to meet yesterday in Washington to re-examine...
PwC US Names Managing Director for Actuarial and Insurance Management in N.Y.
Sep 11 2013 // PricewaterhouseCoopers US (PwC US) announced that Henry Essert joined PwC’s Actuarial and Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice as a managing director in its New York office. In his new role, Essert will...
Humberto Becomes Season’s First Hurricane; Gabrielle Spares Bermuda
Sep 11 2013 // Hurricane Humberto, the season’s first, churned in the Atlantic west of the Cape Verde Islands as Tropical Storm Gabrielle stalled after passing Bermuda. Humberto was declared a Category 1 storm in a 5 a.m. advisory...
BP Opposes Using Spill Settlement to Pay Drilling Moratorium Losses
Sep 11 2013 // BP Plc’s oil-spill claims administrator shouldn’t be allowed to extend a settlement to cover the claims of losses caused by the Obama administration’s deep-water drilling ban, the company told a...
Critics Say Taxpayers’ $14B Guarantees Profit for Crop Insurers
Sep 11 2013 // Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer. Greenberg’s Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved to...
Rebel Claimants In BP Spill Settlement Get Expedited Hearing
Sep 10 2013 // A U.S. appeals court will hold an expedited hearing for a small group of claimants in a Gulf spill settlement with BP Plc, with oral arguments set for the week of Nov. 4, the court said. BP’s settlement with...
