National News for January 2014
- Super Bowl Madness: Insuring Kick-Offs, Touchdowns and More
- Commentary: Swatch Fire Losses and Contingent Business Interruption Coverage
- Chubb Reports 4Q Profit Surge a Year After Sandy
- What American Public Thinks About Affordable Care Act Now: Kaiser
- Prior Experience Heightens Perceptions of Disaster Risks
- Senate Passes Flood Insurance Delay, Agent Licensing Bill
- Expect P/C Industry to Be Stable in 2014: Wells Fargo
- The Hartford School Of Insurance Launches Small Commercial School
- El Nino May Return as Pacific Ocean Shows Signs of Warming
- Guevara Joins MarketScout as Fine Arts Lead Underwriter
- Senate Begins Amending Bill to Halt Flood Insurance Rate Increases
- House Passes Farm, Crop Insurance, Food Stamps Bill
- W.R. Berkley Q4 Profit Declines 21% to $130M; Underwriting Improves
- MMD Insurance to Offer Protection from Denied Claims for Cannabis Businesses
- Court Dismisses Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg’s Bailout Lawsuit Against New York Fed
- What Consumer Credit Data Reveals About Auto Insurance Shoppers
- Optical Insurer VSP Vision Care to Cover Google Glasses
- Bipartisan Farm Bill Increases Crops Insurance, Trims Food Stamps
- Bipartisan Farm Bill Saves Food Stamps, Crop Insurance
- Why Obama Should Support Delaying Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Hikes: Opinion
- Beazley, Hiscox Form D&O Consortium with Capacity up to $50 Million
- Oil Train Catastrophe Risk Weighs on Insurers: Kemp
- Securities Class Actions Up 9% in 2013 But Below Average
- White House Balks at Flood Insurance Delay, Agent Licensing Bill
- Senate Takes First Step on Flood Insurance, Agent Licensing Bill
- KKR to Buy Majority Stake in Claims Firm Sedgwick for $2.4 Billion
- Supreme Court Exempts Time ‘Donning and Doffing’ Safety Gear from Employee Pay
- James Named President of P&C for QBE North America
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Introduces D&O Liability Policy
- U.S., Canada Officials Say Tougher Oil Train Safety Rules Needed
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to Acquire MyAssist and Insure America
- Key Flood and Crop Insurance Votes Could Come This Week
- Supreme Court Grants Nuns Compromise on Obamacare Birth Control Benefit
- ProAssurance Announces Management Promotions, Realignments
- Great American Introduces Enhanced Coverage for Human, Social Service Groups
- Obamacare Enrollment Reaches 3 Million: HHS Secretary Sebelius
- How to Encourage Private Flood Insurance; Why Delaying Biggert-Waters Is Not the Answer
- Republicans Vow to Develop Alternative to Obamacare
- Wells Fargo Selling 42 Smaller Regional Insurance Offices to USI
- Storm Advance Warning System Undergoing ‘Slight’ Changes
- Disaster Declarations Issued for 11 States with Severe Drought Conditions
- More Couples Saying ‘I Do’ to Insurance As Wedding Costs Rise
- Petersen International Launches Loss of License Insurance for Pilots
- Ford Teams with MIT, Stanford to Research Autonomous Vehicles
- Regulators Reviewing Berkshire Hathaway for Systemic Risk
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Expands into Builder’s Risk Segment
- Progressive Reports 20% Profit Gain in Q4
- Securities Class Actions Rose 10% in 2013: NERA
- Minicars Perform Worst in Frontal Crash Test, Says Insurance Safety Institute
- New Federal Safety Rules Target Bus, Truck Firms with Repeat Violations
- Enforcement of Obamacare Executive Benefits Rule Delayed: Report
- Senate Links Agent Licensing Reform with Flood Insurance Delay
- Berkshire Hathaway Insures $1 Billion Prize for Predicting NCAA Winners
- Travelers More Than Triples Profit in Q4 on Lower Disaster Losses, Higher Prices
- Police on Night Shift More Likely to Suffer Long-Term Injuries
- Car Use No Longer Growing in Developed World, But Why?
- State Laws Provide Leeway For Businesses Reporting Data Breaches
- Why BP May Regret Aggressively Challenging Oil Settlement Payments
- Commuter Train Crashes Prompt Call for Safety Improvements
- Senate Joins House in Approving Spending Bill with Narrow Flood Insurance Fix
- Argo Pro Launches EPL Insurance Hotline for Policyholders
- Ex-Treasury Official Wolin Urges Federal, State Collaboration to Improve Regulation
- Oracle Loses Bid to Have D&O Insurer Beazley Pay $20M in Claims Over Acquisition
- Online Platform Bolt Solutions Wins Patent for Systems Incompatibility Fix
- Congressional Negotiations on Farm Bill Said Close to Deal
- P/C Insurance Executives Expect Flood Insurance Delay, TRIA Renewal, Industry Consolidation
- Senate Re-Election Politics Boosts Flood Insurance Delay Proposals
- Brown & Brown to Acquire Flood, Specialty Insurer The Wright Group
- Ironshore Launches Admitted Coverage for U.S. Companies Operating Overseas
- PCI Elects Southern Farm Bureau Casualty’s Wallace to Board of Governors
- P/C Insurers Face Challenge to Match 2013 Results in 2014
- Credit Card Breach Update: Neiman Marcus Investigated; Target Sued by Bank
- Judge Delays NFL’s $914M Concussion Settlement
- Verisk Buying EagleView Technology for $650M to Add Images of U.S. Structures
- Congressional Spending Plan Would Curb Some Flood Insurance Hikes
- Garth Joins Strategy Meets Action to Head Innovation Practice
- Fireman’s Fund Secures New Tree Service Vendor for Homeowner Insureds
- Marsh Launches Habitational Real Estate Property Insurance Facility
- Supreme Court Rejects Human Rights Claim Against Multinational Firm
- Calls for Tougher Chemical Regulation Follow West Virginia Spill
- Volunteer Firefighters Exempted from Obamacare Mandate
- Top 2013 Jury Awards: Price-Fixing, Nursing Home Liability, Defamation
- Obamacare to Ramp Up Pitch to Younger Insureds
- Farmers Told to Expect Crop Insurance Program to Expand
- Pioneer Programs Adds Excess Liability to Contractors’ Choice Program
- SNL Insurance Acquires Analytics Firm iPartners
- Supreme Court Nixes Organic Farmers’ Appeal on Monsanto Seed Patent
- Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $45B in 2013: Impact Forecasting
- AIG Rebranding, Expanding Retirement Services As Others Retreat
- BP Oil Spill Settlement Fight Wages On
- Policing the ‘Dark Side’ of Internet of Things
- EnPro’s Garlock Wins Trial on Asbestos Liability; Judge Hits Claimants’ Lawyers
- CGI Loses Obamacare Contract to Accenture: Report
- National Interstate Launches New Ambulance Insurance Product
- Bill Giving White House ‘Fast Track’ Trade Pact Authority Filed But Passage Uncertain
- New Rail Oil Tank Car Safety Standards Expected This Month
- ‘Jeopardy’ Champ Watson Getting Own Division at IBM
- Weill, Former Citigroup Chief, Named Chairman of Cohen’s Former Reinsurer
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Primary Casualty Construction Capabilities
- AXA ART, Trident Insurance Partner to Offer Specialty Fine Art Coverages
- Insurance M&A Trends That May Lead to ‘Perfect Storm’ in 2014
- Groups Urge Congress to Target Flood Insurance Fix to Help Needy, Not Wealthy
- Top 3 Trends for P/C Insurers: Deloitte
- Liberty Mutual Selling Workers’ Comp Unit Summit Southeast to American Financial
- Willis North America Announces Leadership Reorganization, Appointments
- Senate Bill Seeks More Disclosure of Government Settlements with Firms
- SIAA Names Tombarelli to Small Commercial Lines Post
- IRS Reports Big Jump in Identity Theft Probes
- U.S. Crops Escaping Cold Snap with Little Damage
- Key Senate Vote on Flood Insurance Rate Delay Pushed to Next Week
- Prudential Fraud Claims Against Goldman Sachs Over Securities Dismissed
- Big ‘I’ Independent Agents’ InsurPAC Topped $1M in 2013
- Insureon to Acquire Insurance Noodle Wholesale Site from Willis
- NFL Submits $914 Million Concussion Settlement to Court
- Obama Administration Considers Rules on Use of Explosive Chemicals
- NSM Insurance Group Acquires American Collectors Insurance
- State Farm Among First Advertisers on Pandora Car Radio Service
- Environmental Group Says $7.8 Billion Wasted by Crop Insurance Program
- AmTrust, NGH to Acquire Tower Group Renewal Rights; Tower Signs $172M Merger Deal with ACP Re
- Companies More Vulnerable to Cyber Breaches Around New Year
- Appeals Court to Fast-Track BP’s Bid to Halt Gulf Oil Spill Payments
- Humana’s Shaw Chosen 2014 President of RIMS
- Cell Phone, Other Distractions Greater Threat to Teen Drivers
- Doctors, Hospitals Expect Confusion as Obamacare Plans Begin
- U.S., Automakers Pursue Drunk Driver Detection Systems
- Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Claims Firm ICA
- AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Bliss & Glennon and eReinsure
- North Dakota Train Fire Restarts Oil Transport Safety Debate
- Supreme Court Justice Places Hold on Birth Control Mandate in Nuns’ Case
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