National News for December 2014
- Climate Change in 2015 Could be Bigger Than Religion – or Selfie
- U.S. Treasury Releases Report on Global Reinsurance Industry
- China’s Fosun to Buy Meadowbrook Insurance for $433M
- Pill Mill Law Shifts Prescriptions From Opioids to Weaker Meds: WCRI
- Corporations Warned Not to Hack Back
- Most Popular Insurance Journal National Stories of 2014
- New OSHA Reporting Rules on Workplace Deaths, Hospitalizations in Effect Jan. 1
- Personal Auto Rates Rose 2.1%, Homeowners 3.5% in 2014: RateWatch
- Caution: Pulling Plug on Traffic Cameras Leaves Municipalities in the Red
- More Inspections, Fewer Mines Result in Lowest Number of Miner Deaths
- Looking Back to 2014, Ahead to 2015 at Natural Disaster Activity
- Many Hispanic Renters Overestimate Cost of Insurance
- How One Broker, CGSC, Is Navigating Stages of Entrepreneurial Business
- ‘Throwing Money’ at Data Breach Victims May Not Be Best Response
- Pros Should Probe Teams’ Leaks of Players’ Medical Information: Viewpoint
- Report Questions U.S. Readiness, Coordination to Handle Major Disaster
- Businesses Push for Terrorism Insurance Vote When Congress Returns
- USI Insurance Services Launches Terrorism Insurance Underwritten by Lloyd’s
- ACE to Keep Most Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines Staff: Andrade
- Ex-Sony Employees’ Lawsuit Blames Company For Failed Data Security
- Protecting Individual Privacy in World of Wearable Devices
- Large-Truck Crash Deaths Increase for Fourth Year
- Risk Modelers Working on Tools for Gauging Cyber Attack Risk
- V3 Partners Adds Berkshire’s National Liability to Online Workers’ Comp Program
- FEMA Sets Up Interim Flood Insurance Advocate
- Co-Developer of Saffir-Simpson Scale Dies
- U.S. Seeks Up to $18B in Fines From BP Over Gulf Oil Spill
- Sony Hack Reveals Need for Business, Government to Collaborate on Cyber Issues
- McDonald’s Is Joint Employer with Franchisees: National Labor Board
- U.S. Auto Recalls Set Record at 60 Million for Year
- Private Auto Premiums See Largest Q3 Growth in 10 Years: SNL
- President Obama Signs Bill Easing Insurer Capital Standards
- Fireman’s Fund Timeline: Through Earthquake, Amex and More
- MetLife Considers Appeal of Systemic Risk Label
- Insurer Philadelphia Cos. Counts Carbon Footprint
- Price Optimization Allegations Challenged, NAIC Investigating Practice
- With TRIA Renewal Efforts Killed, Some Predict Market Chaos
- Bennett Awarded Matt Wells Scholarship to National Alliance Producer School
- ACE to Buy Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines; Famous Brand Fading Away
- Uber Faces Challenge with Driver Screening Internationally
- Sony’s Unprecedented Cyber Attack: Deep, Costly, Controversial
- OneBeacon Launches Environmental Website for Producers, Clients
- XL Group Expands Executive Liability Protection in U.S.
- Allstate Realigns Customer Units; Promotes Winter, Other Executives
- Top 10 Casualty Insurance Trends for 2015: Marsh
- U.S. Safety Agency Readies for Legal Battle with Takata
- Senate Confirms Rosekind As U.S. Highway Safety Chief
- Antitrust Concerns End Verisk Bid for Rival EagleView Technology
- OneBeacon Sells Lawyers Professional Liability Business to Argo
- Senate Fails to Renew Terrorism Insurance
- Online Dovetail Offers MetLife Business Owners Policy in 5 States
- AssureStart Adds 5 States
- NAIC Names 15 Consumer Representatives
- Progressive Insurance Acquiring Homeowners Group ASI for $875M
- Insurance Tech Firms Majesco, Cover-All to Merge
- UPC Insurance to Acquire Family Security Holdings
- Terrorism Insurance Bill Tagged with Community Bank Provision
- Carrier Management, Insurance Journal Win Folio Media Awards
- When P/C Insurance Carriers Can Cancel: Mid-term Cancellation Provisions by State
- Senate Expected to Follow House, Approve Terrorism Insurance Renewal
- ISO Drone Insurance Endorsements Should Be Available by June 2015
- Sen. Collins Finds Route to Help Trucking Industry
- Sony Movie Breach Could Cost $100M But Less Than 2011 Playstation Breach
- Allianz Announces New Leadership Team for Combined Fireman’s Fund, AGCS NA
- House $1.1 Trillion Plan Includes Deals on Banks, Trucks, Adjusters, Campaign Funds
- Senator Criticizes ‘Unclean’ Terrorism Insurance Bill Passed by House
- Delay in Drone Rules Jeopardizes Research, Competitiveness, Congress Told
- U.S. Grants Legal Immunity to Drugmakers for Ebola Vaccines
- BP Appeals Gross Negligence Ruling That Triggers Fines
- Judge Denies Bid to Reopen Garlock Asbestos Liability Trial
- Specialty Insurer James River Raises $231M in IPO
- Fannie Mae Calls on Reinsurers to Back Mortgage Pool
- NCAA Considers Cap on Schools’ Share of Athletes’ Insurance Cost
- House Passes Bill to Relax Capital Rules for Insurers
- House Passes TRIA Renewal With Higher Government Trigger, Insurers’ Co-Pay
- IBM, Apple Release 10 Apps for Insurance, Banks, Retail, Other Businesses
- Uber Facing Roadblocks, Controversies in U.S. and Abroad
- Zurich Program Covers YMCAs, Camps, Jewish Community Groups
- Congress Budget Deal Suspends Trucker Rest Rule
- Hiscox PRO Adds Admitted Policies, New Coverages
- House Releases Terrorism Insurance Bill But Senate Uncertain
- Supreme Court Nixes Amazon Workers’ Bid for Pay For Security Frisks
- Commercial Insurance Hits Pricing Lull in Q3: Towers Watson
- U.S. Cyber Crime Unit to Focus on Prevention
- Congress Weighs Adding Terrorism Insurance to Spending Plan
- High Cost Hinders Progress of Carbon Capture As Climate-Change Fix
- How and When to Shop for Agency E&O Coverage
- Supreme Court Rejects BP’s Bid for Review of Gulf Oil Settlement
- Audit Firms Battle New Oversight Rule They Say Will Increase Litigation
- College Sexual Assault Charges Hard to Prove
- ISO Endorsements Address Ebola Risk for Businesses
- Transportation Chief Opposes Trucker Fatigue Rule Delay in Budget
- James River Not Afraid to Take on Uber, Riskier Assets
- Legal Battle Over MetLife Systemic Risk Label Looms
- ACE Westchester Extends Its Product Recall Insurance to Small Businesses
- Congress Said Close to Deal to Renew Terrorism Insurance
- Insurance Industry Is Leader on Climate Change, Report Says
- ACORD CEO Maciag to Retire in 2016
- Chance of El Nino Rises to 65% for Winter, Spring
- U.S. Prods Banks to Buy Cyber Insurance, Insurers to Develop Products
- James River Insurance Seeking $685M Valuation in IPO
- FranchisePerils Launches Multiline Product for Franchisors
- Chubb Survey: Attic Storage Can Cause Homeowner Grief, Hazards
- Banks Balk at Easing Dodd-Frank Capital Requirements for Insurers
- ACE Commercial Risk Launches Small Business Vacancy Protection
- XL’s New Standalone Terrorism Policy Addresses TRIPRA Gaps
- Hospital Medical Errors Down 17%, Reports HHS
- Moody’s to P/C Insurers: Beware Weather, Competition in Months Ahead
- Banks Get OK for Suit Against Target to Recoup Data Breach Costs
- Oversized Cargo Haulers Seek Exemption from 30-Minute Break Rule
- Survey Shows 8-in-10 Americans Believe in Climate Change
- Ex-Insurance Exchange Executive Lynch Joins EvoSure Board
- CoreLogic: Taking Big Data Analytics to New Customers and Consumers
- Sony Pictures Grapples with Huge Cyber Attack
- Study Finds Brain Effects in High-School Football Players Without Concussions
- Judge Dismisses Racial Bias Claim by 10 ‘American Idol’ Contestants
- AIG Bailout Judge Not Intimidated by Government, Wall Street Names
- Stewart – Former I.I.I. President, Speechwriter, Arts Instructor, Exchange VP-Dies
- PCI Names Midwest, Southeast Government Relations Managers
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