National News for August 2005
- The Hartford Enhances Orthotic/Prosthetic Program
 - HRH, Conn. AG Reach $30 Million Settlement on Brokerage Activities
 - NBIS – ProBuilders Offering Assistance to Contractors in Several Hurricane-Stricken States
 - Web Site Provides List of Hurricane Katrina Survivors, Those Unknown
 - S&P Says Katrina Won’t Hit Cat Bonds
 - Relief Agencies Look to Assist Victims from Katrina
 - UPDATE: NAIC Fall National Meeting Canceled in Wake of Katrina
 - XL Capital Acquires Argonaut Group’s Risk Management Business
 - Katrina Could Cost Insurers Up to $30 Billion, Forecasters Say
 - Insurers Post Special Toll-Free Numbers to Help Katrina Victims as Storm Moves North
 - Fitch: Katrina Likely to be Largest Insured Loss Since 9/11, 1992’s Hurricane Andrew
 - U.S. Budget Office Says Federal Asbestos Fund Could Be Insufficent to Pay All Claims
 - AIA Disturbed by New Federal Motor Carrier Rules
 - Argonaut Group Sub, MTA Settle Suit
 - Schinnerer Names Shettle as President
 - Bray to Head PIA National Federal Affairs as Assistant VP
 - Research Shows Current Cat Models Not Representative of Some Risks
 - Newtek Insurance Agency Gains Endorsement from NFFG
 - PCI Disappointed with Recent Dialogue on NAIC Insurer Receivership Model Act
 - Wausau President Tells Stakeholders to Aim for ‘Noble Goals’ of Original U.S. Workers’ Comp System
 - General Casualty Expands Commercial Offerings, Welcomes Larger Properties
 - Selective Insurance Group Names Executive Appointments
 - California Repeats as the Nation’s Auto Theft Hot Spot
 - AIG Auto Insurance: Guys Prefer Their Wives, Significant Other with Them in the Passenger Seat
 - Salary.com: Small Businesses Change Pay Practices to Meet Healthcare Costs
 - DVUA Names Rigsby to Lead Professional Liability Division
 - Constantini Joins Integro Brokerage as General Counsel
 - Marsh CFO Resigning in March
 - Engle Martin & Associates Opens Vegas, K.C. Offices
 - Ivan Costliest U.S. Hurricane in 2004
 - Lawyers for Pope Seek Immunity in Sex Abuse Lawsuit
 - Number of Federal Tort Trials Plummeted 80%, JD Reports
 - NAS Reduces EPLI Premiums by 40 Percent in Most States
 - Best Upgrades Hermitage Rating
 - Working Overtime Increases Risk of Workplace Injuries More Than Job Hazard, U.S. Study Finds
 - The Hartford Develops Online Premium Audit Tool
 - Fireman’s Fund Offering Crisis Management Coverage for the Hotel Industry
 - Beecher Carlson Expands Health Care Practice; Adds Seven Executives
 - Illinois Supreme Court Reverses $1.06 Billion State Farm Auto Repair Parts Case
 - Risk of Medical Errors Found High in Intensive, Coronary Care Units
 - Integro Hires McCaffrey, Former Chairman of Frank B. Hall
 - Best Upgrades ACE’s U.S. Subsidiaries
 - Trusted Choice Campaign Hits the Airwaves Again
 - S&P: Without Contingent Commissions, Some Insurance Brokers Still Cope
 - Tropical Storm Risk Reports More Hurricanes on the Way for U.S.
 - Weiss Ratings: P/C Insurers Earn $41.3 Billion in 2004
 - Guy Carpenter Names Spiller as New President  Effective Jan. 1, 2006
 - Citizens and Hanover Enhance BOP
 - AIG Shareholders Approve 15 Board Members, Renew Auditor
 - Fifth Circuit Appellate Court Upholds Insurer ‘Bodily Injury by Disease’ Exclusion
 - Swett Names Abernathy as COO
 - Zenith National, Units Outlook Revised to Postivie; Ratings Affirmed
 - Insurance Industry Share of Weather-Related Losses Rising, with 60% Tied to Small Events
 - Safety Codes Now Require Fire Sprinklers in Nursing Homes, Nightclubs, 1-2 Family Dwellings
 - RiskMeter Adds Pair of States to its Distance to Fire Station Report
 - Cooper Gay Venture to Strengthen North American Reinsurance Treaty Operations
 - Venture’s Preferred Club Program Expands With Hanover Insurance
 - PCI Expresses Concerns Regarding NAIC Insurer Receivership Model Act
 - Wharton Study Recommends Short-Term TRIA Renewal,  Study of Long-Term Solution
 - Poore Joins InsurBanc as VP Sales, Business Development
 - A.M. Best: Domestic Captives Industry Stable; Leverage Remains A Concern
 - AIA: Ninth U.S. Circuit Appeals Court Ruling on Credit-Related Adverse Action Notices Disturbing
 - Best Places Select St. Paul Travelers Subs Under Review
 - AIG Notes Q2 Net of $3.99B
 - APPEX Adds 10 New Member Agencies
 - MiniCo Reorganizes Executive Management Team
 - Cosgrove, Dean of American Insurance Journalists, Dies at 93
 - Zurich Appoints Flood as North American Crime Product Manager
 - NAMIC: State Actions Render Proposed NAIC Claims History Model “Irrelevant”
 - Willis Names Kolojay as SVP at Captive and Actuarial Practice
 - Berkshire Hathaway Reports Finite Reinsurance Inquiries Continue
 - Jury Awards ‘Improperly’ Fired State Farm Agents $20 Million
 - GEICO, Google Continue Court Battle
 - Insurance Company of the West Unveils Stand-Alone Terrorism Coverage
 - 3 More Execs Plead Guilty in Ongoing Spitzer Insurance Brokerage Probe
 - National Health IT Network Would Cost $200 Billion, Study Says
 - Study: Low-Cost Road Changes Can Reduce Crashes on Urban Roads
 - St. Paul Travelers Launches New Real Estate Agent and Broker PL Policy
 - Report to Congress: Repealing Anti-Trust Exemption Would Change Insurers’ Pricing Habits
 - Greenberg Fights Back; Ousted AIG Exec Defends Accounting and Challenges Current Management
 - RIMS: Survey Shows Soft Market Proving Stubborn
 - AIG Names Roemer as Internal Auditor; Duckett Becomes VP Administration
 - AutoOne Insurance Co. Expands
 - AIA: Anti-Tort Reform Group Distorts Data
 - Venture Insurance Programs Appoints McLaughlin to HR Director
 - Marsh Unveils Q2 Report
 - Fireman’s Fund Debuts High Limit Excess Policy for Affluent Clientele
 - Warning: Bulk of Season’s Atlantic Hurricanes Still to Come
 - NCRIC Group Shareholders Back Merger into ProAssurance Corp.
 - AIA Says Federal Transportation Bill a Plus for Having Safer Roads
 - Aon Witnesses Q2 Jump
 - Reinsurers Sue AIG Alleging Claims Fraud; AIG Denies All Wrongdoing
 - Credit Rating Firms Under Scrutiny; Spitzer Subpoenas Moody’s
 - Chubb Sells Personal Lines Insurance Brokerage to Hub International
 
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