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U.S. Tells Industry to Further Test Safety of Nanotechnolgy Products
Apr 23 2012 // U.S. health regulators said consumer products that use nanotechnology may have unknown effects on the human body, and advised food and cosmetic companies to further study the safety of these tiny particles. The U.S. Food...
Senate Bill Would Revamp Federal Crop Insurance Program
Apr 23 2012 // U.S. farm subsidies would get a 21st Century make-over to protect grower revenue from ruinous losses, the biggest threat to their operations from today’s high and volatile market prices, under a bill unveiled by...
Some Acceleration Claims Against Toyota Dismissed
Apr 22 2012 // Toyota Motor Corp. has won the tentative dismissal of some claims in the class-action lawsuit brought by owners of its vehicles over problems with sudden acceleration. In what would be a victory for Toyota if the ruling...
Louisiana Citizens Asks U.S. High Court to Hear Claims Suit Appeal
Apr 20 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has asked the nation’s highest court to hear an appeal of a $104.6 million award to 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of hurricane claims in...
Ex-US Fidelis Workers in Missouri to Split $1.5M
Apr 20 2012 // More than 550 former employees of US Fidelis in Wentzville, Mo., will share a nearly $1.5 million settlement reached in bankruptcy court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the April 18 deal settles allegations that...
Lawyer Pursuing U.S. Claims in News Corp. Phone Hacking Scandal
Apr 20 2012 // The News of the World phone hacking scandal moved closer to the United States after British lawyer Mark Lewis teamed up with two New York lawyers to pursue claims that four of his clients had been hacked by Rupert...
Illinois Man Sues Nestle, Wal-Mart Over Dog’s Death from ‘Wholesome’ Treat
Apr 20 2012 // The death of a 9-year-old Pomeranian from eating a dog treat is hardly “what nature intended,” according to a lawsuit filed this week. An Illinois man has sued Nestle Purina Petcare Co. and Wal-Mart Stores...
BP Proposes Gulf Oil Spill Claims Settlement, Trial Delay
Apr 19 2012 // BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and asked a U.S. judge for a long delay in any trial over remaining disputes stemming from the disaster. The...
Swiss Re Expands Foreign Coverages Through New Partnership
Apr 19 2012 // As part of its expansion into direct-selling insurance to the global company marketplace, Swiss Re has partnered with Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) to offer single carrier property insurance to mid and upper-middle size U.S....
South Central Insurance Employment: Oil, Economy Fuel Texas Hiring
Apr 19 2012 // Across the nation, employment levels in insurance agencies and brokerages declined at a faster rate than the overall U.S. employment level since the recession began in 2007. The good news: Some independent agencies across...
Allied World U.S. Appoints P/C Division President in New York
Apr 18 2012 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG said industry veteran Lou Iglesias joined Allied World U.S. as president of the property/casualty division. He will be based in New York City. His responsibility will include...
Data Show Risk Highest for New Motorcycle Riders
Apr 17 2012 // Jeff Foley got a motorcycle for his 40th birthday last year followed by the weekend training course that gave him a New York license. Within the first few months, the 450-pound, low-slung cruising bike fell over twice...
U.S. Re Analytics Launches Cost-Saving Tool for Cat-Exposed Insurers
Apr 17 2012 // U.S. RE Analytics, LLC has developed a new tool to help catastrophe-exposed insurance companies reduce reinsurance costs and improve return on risk-adjusted capital, according to Anya Kutsina, managing director. U.S. RE...
Private U.S. P/C Insurers’ Income Fell to $19.1B in 2011: ISO, PCI
Apr 17 2012 // A new analysis shows that while the private U.S. property/casualty insurers suffered deteriorating results in 2011, they still ended the year with a strong and improved fourth-quarter. Private U.S. P/C insurers’ net...
Judge Extends Deadline for BP Oil Spill Settlement
Apr 16 2012 // A federal judge has given BP Plc and lawyers for individuals and businesses who claimed they were harmed by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill more time to file details of their proposed settlements. U.S. District Judge...
Florida Seeks to Delay Approval of $7.8 Billion BP Settlement
Apr 16 2012 // The Attorney General for the State of Florida has asked a federal court to delay granting preliminary approval of BP Plc’s $7.8 billion settlement with businesses and individuals suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of...
Insurance Employment Report: Jobs Outlook Improving, Slowly
Apr 16 2012 // Looking for work can be an exhausting, soul-draining endeavor during the best of economic times. It goes without saying that job searching is considerably more challenging these days, when the U.S. unemployment rate is...
People – West
Apr 16 2012 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation named Gary C. Petrosino, executive vice president of Chubb & Son and western U.S. territory field officer for Chubb, to the foundation’s national board of...
How to Help Small Businesses Avoid Underinsurance and Anticipate the Unexpected
Apr 16 2012 // In recent years, the United States has been impacted by devastating weather events, many unprecedented and unexpected. According to the Environment America Research and Policy Center, more than 15 million Americans live in...
March’s Severe Weather Proved Deadly, Costly in U.S.
Apr 16 2012 // March was a deadly and costly month in parts of the U.S. A significant severe weather outbreak affected parts of the U.S. Midwest, the Tennessee Valley and the Southeast during the first week of March, killing at least 41...
