National News for September 2015
- Industry Chasing Mobile Customers with Ads, Apps, Self-Service Options: NAMIC Convention
- Update: Joaquin’s U.S. Path Unclear But East Coast Already Under Flood Watch
- Fairmont Farmers Mutual’s Stueven Assumes NAMIC Chairmanship
- How P/C Mutual Insurers Perform Compared to P/C Industry
- UPC Insurance to Buy Interboro for $57M
- Hurricane Joaquin Keeps Forecasters Guessing on Its Path
- U.S. Missing Life-Saving Opportunity of Driver Assistance Technologies
- ACE Expands Cyber Risk Coverage Options for Non-Profits
- NAS Introduces CyberNET Support for Cyber Liability Policyholders
- United Dealer Services Launches Admitted Franchised Auto Dealership Program
- Study Alleges SEC Inflates Enforcement Statistics
- Lockton Appoints Hammond, Spencer, Nimmo to Leadership Positions
- Volkswagen to Recall 11 Million Vehicles for Diesel Fix
- Medical Professional Insurer Market Prepped for Consolidation: Fitch
- Surgical Funding Firm Accused of Inflating Claims
- Catholic Mutual, Church Mutual to Offer Workers’ Comp Coverage
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Names Andrzejewski, Combes to Sales Posts
- U.S. Investors Sue Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Scandal
- Takata Air Bag Recall Could Be Expanded to Other Car Makers
- Court Now Likely for Joint Employer, Franchise Company Liability Case
- Effect of U.S., China Cyber Pledge Unclear
- ACE Launches $100M Cyber Security Facility for Large Corporations
- No Coverage for Tony Stewart in Ward Race Car Death: Axis Insurance
- Insurance Wholesaler Socius Names 3 to Leadership Posts
- Intellectual Property: Case of the Monkey’s Selfie and Animals’ Copyright
- Car Dealers Sue Volkswagen Over Losses Tied to Diesel Cheating
- How Regulators Caught Volkswagen’s Diesel Deception
- Workers’ Compensation Premiums Up 5.3% in First Half of 2015: Demotech
- CoreLogic Adds Probabilistic Flood Model to Risk Management Program
- Scottsdale Names Nelson to Lead Contract Underwriting
- Health Insurer CEOs Defend Big Mergers Before Senate
- Treasury Names 9 to Panel on Private Insurance Market for Terrorism Risk
- Music Publisher Loses Bid Over Copyright for ‘Happy Birthday’ Song
- WSJ: Towers Watson CEO Haley Sold Shares During Willis Merger Talks
- Marsh, Munich Re Launch Non-Damage Business Interruption Coverage for Life Sciences
- Brit Invests in Transaction Insurance Specialist Broker Ambridge
- BB&T Insurance CEO Reece to Retire; Howard Named Successor
- OSHA Extends Comment Period for Injury Reporting Rule
- OneBeacon Names Iannotti as Professional Liability President
- China’s President Xi Pledges ‘New Model’ of ‘Mutual Respect’ with U.S. Amid Tensions
- Clinton Targets High Drug Prices, Consumer Marketing
- Aetna Vows to Hike Pay for Low Wage Humana Workers After Takeover
- Drivers Not Ready for Autonomous Parking: AAA
- Employees’ Share of Health Insurance Costs Rising
- The Hartford’s Nelligan Named Chairman of IICF’s Texas/Southeast Division
- 17.6 Million Gained Health Insurance Through Law: Report
- ACE Takes 24% Stake in CoverHound’s Online Commercial Insurance Plans
- A.M. Best Explains Its Rating Fundamentals for Hedge Fund Reinsurers
- Judge Advances Greenberg’s Starr Suit Over Tax Refund
- Schinnerer Names Hanuschak as President
- Sierra Specialty Launches New Agri-Services Insurance Program
- Injuries from Wearing High-Heeled Shoes on Rise: Study
- Aetna Says Federal Regulators Want More Information on Humana Acquisition
- Why No GM Employees Have Been Prosecuted for Faulty Ignitions
- Delaware Court Raising Standards for Class Actions Against Mergers
- Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Completes Acquisition of Conning
- Marsh’s Torrent Technologies Launches New Excess Flood Policy
- Intellectual Property News: KitKat, Williams Sonoma, Whole Foods, Skechers, Segway, GoDaddy, Apple
- Brown & Brown Revamps Retail Agency Division
- U.S. Weighing Sanctions Against China for Hacking
- Lawmakers Want Anti-Hacking Details from Carmakers
- ‘Ridesharing’ a Climate Change Solution around the Corner
- GM Settles Shareholder Suit But Ignition Switch Exposure Not Over
- Religious Groups Win Appeal Over Contraception Mandate Opt-Out
- Former Microsoft Executive Hartnett Named ACORD Innovation Chief
- GM to Pay $900M to Settle Criminal Probe Into Faulty Ignitions
- Gen Y Insurance Customers Are Not Happy Bundlers
- U.S. Taxes Push Insurance Start-Ups Offshore: Fishman
- Forecasters Already Focused on Winter Weather
- Starr Companies Launches Fraudulent Impersonations Coverage
- XL Catlin Specialty Names Product Line Leaders for Americas
- Drone Services Firm Names USAA Advisor Swain as VP of Insurance
- YouTube Dancing Baby Recasts ‘Fair Use’ Under Copyright Law
- AAIS Says Updated Small Businessowner Program Approved in 26 States
- Travelers’ Fishman Says He Was ‘Conductor’ Getting Applause for ‘Ensemble Cast’
- Judge Allows Class Action by Banks Against Target Over Data Breach
- Esurance, Major League Baseball Team Up on New Awards
- Hanover Insurance CEO Eppinger to Exit
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Inland Marine Insurance Products
- Bill Cosby Asks Court to Nix Lawsuit by AIG Over Defamation Claims
- Moody’s Sees 2015 as Turning Point for P/C Commercial Insurers
- Kinsale Forms Management Liability Division
- El Nino Expected to Peak at Year’s End
- Commercial Insurance Prices Up But Barely: Survey
- Wearable Devices Being Used in Drug Trials, Medical Research
- Just How Costly, Fast-Growing Is Cyber Risk?
- ABA Insurance, BakerHostetler to Provide Cyber Risk Management Program for Banks
- Odds of Drivers Having Collision with Animal: 1 Out of 169
- Key Car Makers to Make Automatic Braking Standard Equipment in U.S.
- Highway Guardrails Need Upgrade, Says U.S. Safety Agency
- Technology May Outpace Humans on Road to Automated Driving
- Why Now Is Time to Privatize Flood Insurance: a Candid Conversation with Hiscox USA CEO Walter
- AIG Loses Appeal Over Foreign Tax Credits
- XL Catlin Introduces Commercial Crime Insurance Policy
- Can U.S. P/C Insurers Handle Equity Market Volatility?
- How Independent Agents Can Give Customers What They Expect
- Court Narrows Investment Firms’ Claims Against AIG
- NAPSLO Panel: Tech Disruption May be Good for E&S Market
- Justice Department to Target Executives in White Collar Crime Push
- Marsh & McLennan Names Chief Information, Compliance Officers
- Helmet Technology Could Signal Concussions During Games
- Allied Insurance Brokers, ProSight Launch Program for Crane Industry
- Republicans’ Suit Against Obamacare Insurer Reimbursements Advances
- AIG, Axis Insure Adultery Website AshleyMadison: Report
- Nationwide Insurance to Raise Its Minimum Hourly Wage to $15
- Willis Names Lockton’s Silverstein Senior VP for National Casualty
- U.S. Chinese Drywall Victims Face China’s Legal Wall of Immunity
- HSB Expands Equipment Breakdown, Tech Insurance for ‘Invisible’ Risks
- Affordable Care Act Marketplaces Enroll 9.9 Million
- Hurricane Season’s Peak: Gone with the Wind Shear
- ACE Names Leaders for New Chubb Business Units, Major Product Lines
- ACE Reveals New Chubb Field Management Team, 8 Regional Executives
- Court OKs One BP Shareholder Class Action But Denies Another
- General Star Launches Online Excess Auto Program
- Verisk Names Zurich’s Mourad as Senior VP Commercial Lines
- Pending Mergers Will Harm Health Insurance Competition: AMA
- QBE North America Names Fireman’s Fund’s Zortman as President, Standard Lines
- How Population Shifts Are Changing Personal Lines Insurance
- BASF Case Shows How Liabilities May Emerge Long After Acquisition
- 15,000 Schools Located Within ‘Blast Zone’ of Oil Trains
- Updated: ‘Shadiest’ New Internet Addresses
- RLI’s Stone to Retire at Year’s End; Kliethermes Named Successor
- Lloyd’s: Cities Hurt More by Market Crashes Than Natural Disasters
- AIG to Freeze Employee Pension Plan, Switch to 401(k)s
- Surplus Lines Posts Record-Breaking Year for 2014
- Millennials Prefer Usage-Based Insurance: Survey
- XL Catlin Realigns U.S. Excess/Surplus Team, Names 3 Regional VPs
- Schul Joins Analytics Firm RiskMatch
- Sony Pictures Agrees to Settle with Former Employees Over Hacked Data
- AIG Launches Insurance for Couture, Designer Wardrobe Collections
- Fox News Anchor Sues Hasbro Over Toy Hamster
- Why Millennials’ Credit Scores Are So Low
- Women Truckers Outperform Men; More Recruited to Ease Labor Shortage
- Blackstone Acquires Major Interest in Mortgage Insurer PMI
- Do Not Enter: ‘Shadiest’ New Internet Addresses
- CFC Launches Cyber Risk Portal
- What El Niño Means for the Coming Winter in U.S.
- Drivers Convicted, Jailed for Crashes Now Blamed on Car Defects
- 66% of Small Businesses Lack Business Interruption Coverage: Survey
- Treasury Increases Main Street America’s Surety Bond Capacity to $93.4 Million
- U.S. Eyes China, Russia Sanctions Over Cyber Attacks
- P/C Insurance Industry’s Low Unemployment Rate Likely to Go Lower
- Reinsurance Price Drops Moderating? Yes and No, Say Rating Agencies
- Asset Managers Urged to Make Cyber Risk Top Priority
- Shopping, Banking from Car Dashboards Opens Door to Identity Theft
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