National News for October 2011
- Agents Can Advise Clients on Halloween Coverage, Accident Prevention
- Why Real Estate Professionals Need E&O Coverage
- Aspen U.S., V3 Insurance to Offer Misc. E&O, Optional Premises Liability Program
- Company Health Plans Raising Costs for Smokers, Obese
- Zurich, Marine Agency Corp. Launch Program for Bodywork Shops, Spas, Salons
- Aon Profit, Brokerage Revenues Up in Q3; Hewitt Costs Take a Bite
- ACE Private Risk, ARIS Title Insurance to Provide Risk Management for Fine Art Items
- Utica National Launches Cybersurance for Small Businesses
- Ratings Recap: Farmers of Tenn., Wisc. Am. Mutual, Commerce Protetctive
- Women Launch New Legal Salvo Against Wal-Mart
- Hedge Fund Guru Cohen to Set up Reinsurance Business
- EBRM Launches BCS Errors & Omissions Insurance
- Auto Claims Considered Total Loss Deliver Less Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power
- Willis Expands North America Construction Practice
- RIM Hit with Consumer Lawsuits over BlackBerry Outage
- High Hopes for High Tech: Interview with New Applied Systems CEO
- Best Affirms W.R. Berkley and Subs ‘A+’ Ratings; Outlook Stable
- GEICO App Gives Facebook Users Access to Policies
- Movie Star Stallone Sued, Accused of Copyright Infringement Over Screenplay
- Death Toll from U.S. Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Rises to 28
- Disability Benefits Get Costlier and More Complicated
- MetLife: Fed Blocks Dividend Increase, Buyback Plans
- Chartis Expands NextGen Product to Specialty Trade Contractors
- U.S. Offering Small Businesses Free Cyber Security Tool
- Generous P/C Sector Seeks Ways to ‘Give Better,’ McKinsey Author Says
- P/C Industry Gave $500M to Charity in 2010, But More Can Be Done
- IronHealth Launches New Program to Address Medicare Reporting Requirements
- AIR Updates Terrorism Insurance Model for U.S.
- Home Insurance Rates Do Not Reflect Cost of Risk: Aon Benfield
- Safety Crackdown Not Harming Mining Industry: Official
- Arch Launches New Stand-Alone EPL Product
- Last Chance to Participate in IJ’s Agency E&O Survey
- Summit Business Media Looking for New CEO
- AIG Fraud Suit Against Bank of America Won’t Be Moved to State Court
- Chubb Profit Falls in Q3
- Breckenridge Insurance Names Hildebrand, Eichhorn to Key Posts
- Officials Say Bipartisan Deal on Cybersecurity Possible
- The Doctors Co. Completes Acquisition of FPIC
- Aspen US, Brownstone to Offer Coverage to Property Owners
- Applied Systems Names Corporate Development Executive
- Surplus Lines Group Honors Haldeman, Leonard, Others in Industry
- Accounting Rules to Hurt Insurers’ Ratios But Not Ratings: Moody’s
- Allstate’s Q3 Disaster Losses Top $1 Billion
- Federal Product Safety Database Faces First Legal Challenge
- PLIS Develops New Bed Bug Liability Program
- Travelers Latest to Add to Asbestos Reserves
- Insurance Industry Volunteer Week Underway in 7 States
- Excessive Drinking Costs About $2 per Drink
- Court May Revive Viacom Copyright Claim Against YouTube
- Weather Losses Trim Q3 Profit for Travelers
- Senators Oppose Flood Insurance Requirement on Properties Near Levees
- Banks Near Deal with States on Foreclosure Immunity, Refinancing Plan
- Don’t Miss This Year’s Agency E&O Survey
- Travelers Launches IntelliDrive Mileage-Based Auto Insurance
- Treasury Seeks Comments on Improving Insurance Regulation
- Myself, the Car: Aggressive Driving Linked to Personality
- Arch Names Whiddon to Head Railroad Casualty Business
- Workers’ Compensation Market Outlook Still Grim: A.M. Best
- Travelers Red Umbrella Featured at Trademark Show
- Toymaker to Pay $1.1 Million Over Recalled Toy Dart Gun
- BP Gets $4 Billion from Anadarko for Gulf Oil Spill Costs
- Outlining the Risks of the Business Traveler
- Obama Pulls Plug on Long-Term Care Plan in Healthcare Law
- Arch Appoints Whiddon to Lead Railroad Casualty Business
- Inconsistency Is the Norm in Construction Liability Coverage
- ACE USA Introduces Healthcare Premises Pollution Policy
- IronHealth Expands Government E&O Products to Managed Care Organizations
- IronHealth Introduces Adverse Health Survey Cost Coverage for Nursing Homes
- Top 10 Excuses From Drivers Caught Using Phones
- Ratings Recap: HSB, Southern General/Green Star, DAKOTACARE
- How Hospitals Benefit from Data-Rich Malpractice Insurers
- SEC Asks Companies to Disclose Cyber Attacks
- S&P Further Downgrades Ratings of Mariah Re Notes
- Tech Chiefs Take on Standards, iPad, Light Bulb at Surplus Lines Conference
- Independent Agencies Showing Signs of Recovery, Says Big ‘I’ Study
- NIF Group, Ironshore Partner to Insure Health, Human Service Agencies
- Best Affirms QBE’s US Subsidiaries Ratings; Upgrades North Pointe
- In Few Years, Social Network Data May Be Used in Underwriting
- Best Affirms Aspen Specialty, Aspen American Ratings; Outlook Stable
- 2,100 Jobs Lost in Insurance Industry in August
- U.S. Sanctions BP, Contractors for Gulf Oil Spill
- 2 Life Insurers Meet Systemic Risk Criteria
- NAS Launches Medical Billers, Coders E&O Program
- Travelers Expands Special Event Insurance
- W. R. Berkley Sees $50M-$60M Cat Losses for Q3
- U.S. Regulators Propose Threshold for Defining Systemic Risk Firms
- Ratings: RetailFirst, ANICO, Mariah Re, German Mutual, Centurion, Mt. Morris
- Surplus Lines Execs Address Leadership, Perpetuation
- What Do YOU Want in Agency E&O? Take the Survey Now
- Worldwide Facilities Appointed Nationwide Producer for NutraAdvantage
- Cyber Threats to Expect in Coming Year
- Best Affirms OneBeacon Group’s Ratings; Outlook Stable
- Moody’s: P/C Insurers More Mindful of Inflation Risks
- Best Upgrades Ratings of Sirius America Insurance Company
- S&P Affirms Nationwide’s ‘A+’ Ratings after Harleysville Buy
- Ironshore Names Wood as VP for Wholesale Casualty
- Farmers Insurance Names Linton Chief Marketing Officer
- U.S. to Reveal Criteria for Systemic Risk Insurers Today
- Best Removes Balboa Insurance and Members Ratings from ‘Under Review’
- 2nd Man Pleads Guilty in Houston in New York Tour Boat Insurance Case
- Allstate Closes on $1 Billion Acquisition of Esurance, Answer Financial
- Best Downgrades Kingsway and Affiliates Ratings; Assigns Negative Outlook
- S&P Affirms Liberty Mutual, Affiliates Ratings; Revises Outlook to Positive
- S&P Ups Harleysville’s Outlook; Affirms Ratings on Nationwide Deal
- Del Monte, Barclays to Pay $89.4M to Settle Investors’ Suit
- MetLife to Take $275M in Charges Related to Life Benefits, Catastrophes
- Officials Urged to Keep Minimum Health Benefits Affordable
- HCC Insurance Opens New Primary and Excess Casualty Divisions
- Survey: A Few More Years Before Med Liability Market Hardens
- Jansen and Hastings Launch Cove MGA
- Auto Insurers’ Loss Ratios Rise in Q2: SNL Insurance
- Execs Form Global Insurance Search Firm
- Self-Reported Drunk Driving Incidents Fall
- Republican Report Backs Incentives for Corporate Cybersecurity
- SLICE-ing Out a Piece of the Market – Insurance for Pizza Parlors
- Euclid Managers Adopts New Coverages, Approach for Insuring Tech Firms
- NCPERS Launches Fiduciary Liability Insurance Program with Ullico Casualty
- Med Liability Insurers in Strong Financial Shape, Report Says
- The Hartford Plans Staff Cuts; Sells Subrogation Services Unit Trumbull
- How One Music Downloader Could Change Copyright Law
- Federal Flood Insurance Program Extended Until Nov. 18
- ACE Private Risk Launches Home Contents Valuation Service at Policy Inception
- Boeing Arrest Points to Workplace Drug Problem
- 2011 Sets New Record for Federal Disaster Declarations
- NFIB, EMPLOYERS Expand WC Program to Eight Additional States
- Ratings Roundup: Unique, Montpelier U.S., MedPro
- Supreme Court Rejects Internet Music Copyright Case
- Supreme Court Allows Investor Claim Against Blackstone to Proceed
- LexisNexis Insurance Exchange Buys MarshBerry Sales Portal
- Food Illnesses Linked to Multiple Stops Along Food Chain
- JPMorgan, BofA Sued Over Mortgage Debt Losses
- Best Affirms American Southern, Parent and Subs Ratings; Outlooks Stable
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