National News for July 2011
- Audit Criticizes Administration of Defense Base Insurance Program
- Western World Insurance Group Introduces Mobile Integrated Platform
- Contractors Acting As Public Insurance Adjusters Irk States
- Aon Q2 Profit Rises 69%
- House Committee Hears Concerns on Surplus Lines Reform Tax Issue
- P/C Commercial Prices Showed Modest Increases in Q2: Brokers’ Survey
- CNA Enhances Real Time Quoting System for Small Business Agents
- Group Captive Chooses The Hartford As Insurer
- P/C Insurers Still Saddled with Asbestos Reserve Challenges
- 14 Mining Deaths Reported Thus Far in 2011
- Michigan Group Seeks Supreme Court Review of Healthcare Law
- Zurich to Offer Accident Benefits for Overseas Federal Contract Workers
- Lehman Executives, Auditor Must Defend Investor Lawsuit, Judge Rules
- Lloyd’s America President Watkins Campaigns for Broader Appeal
- Chinese Drywall Supplier Told to Release Insurance Details
- Death of the Treasury Benchmark: James Saft Commentary
- Insurers Urge Senate OK for Insurance Rep on Financial Council
- Chartis Expands Environmental Insurance Coverage to Chemical Industry
- Beecher Carlson Offers Warranty Product for Ivanpah Solar Power Plant
- Moody’s: U.S. P/C Insurers’ Report Meaningful 2010 Reserve Releases
- Bresnahan Named President of Lexington Insurance
- Allstate Agents Hope Unionization Sparks Changes at Insurer
- Best Gauges Potential Impact of U.S. Debt Ceiling Impasse on Insurers
- BP Gulf Oil Spill Claims Fund to Be Audited
- Final U.S. Report on BP Gulf Oil Disaster Delayed
- More States Join Surplus Lines Tax Sharing Proposal
- U.S. Cyber Arrests Seen Leading to More Hackers
- Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart Bias Case Return to Court
- MetLife to Sell Banking Unit to Avoid ‘Too Big To Fail’ Regulation
- Zurich Says Its Policy for Sony Doesn’t Cover Data Breach
- S&P Says 50-50 Chance of U.S. Ratings Downgrade
- Ready or Not, New Surplus Lines Law Is Here
- Sony Insurer, Zurich, Files Suit to Deny Data Breach Coverage
- States Negotiating Immunity for Banks Over Foreclosures
- Travelers Posts Q2 Loss with $1 Billion in Tornado Costs
- Ryan Specialty Group Forms MGA Focusing on Renewable Energy Risks
- Good Morning NRRA! Home State Scenarios for Affiliated Groups
- Who Is Paying News Corp. Legal Bills? – D&O Coverage Heavily Involved
- Soda Makers Fight Back Against Obesity Claims: Reuters
- Volvo Technology Prevents 27% of Low-Speed Crashes: Insurance Study
- U.S. Arrests 14 for Roles in PayPal Cyber Attack
- Best May Cut Ratings Outlook on Life Insurers
- USI Completes Acquisition of Tricerion
- Insurance Keywords Add Big to Google Profits
- President of Allstate Protection Unit Leaves
- Ironshore, Equinox to Provide Additional Credit Insurance Capacity
- U.S. Building Supply Firm Sues Chinese Drywall Maker
- Aon Acquires Benchmarking Firm Ward Financial
- What the Waffle House Can Teach About Managing Supply Chain Risk
- Ratings Recap: Washington Casualty, Western, One Beacon (notes)
- S&P Revises Outlook on Nationwide to Stable; Affirms Ratings
- Retail Web Site O.co, Known as Overstock.com, Now Selling Insurance
- Internet Truckstop, Registry Monitoring to Provide Tracking, Insurance Monitoring
- Panel Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing at Dow Jones
- ‘Bentley Bandit’ Luxury Car Thief, Wanted in 7 States, Caught
- Feds Questioned About Pipeline Safety
- Judge Tosses Racketeering Claims vs. BP Over Oil Spill
- S&P Threatens Downgrade of Insurers, Financial Firms Over Debt Ceiling
- S&P Threatens Downgrades of Finance Companies; ‘AAA’ Rated Insurers
- RIMS Approved as Accredited Standards Organization
- Which U.S. Metro Areas Are Most Able to Withstand a Disaster?
- How Health Insurance Premiums Vary by State
- Marsh Names Barber to New Role in U.S. Property Practice
- Lexington to Insure Expenses, Delays from Archaeological Findings
- House Committee Approves Federal Workers’ Compensation Reforms
- Paralyzed Chinese Gymnast Agrees to $10 Million Injury Settlement
- Baseball Teams Reviewing Stadium Safety After Fan’s Death
- Shareholders Sue Murdoch’s News Corp.
- Hartford Hit with Q2 Catastrophe, Asbestos Losses
- ACE Westchester Expands Environmental Coverage with Premises Pollution Package
- Insurer Wants to Sign 100 Agents in 100 Days
- Allstate Q2 Catastrophe Losses Now at $2.3 Billion
- Fidelity National Sells Flood Insurance Business
- Employment Class Actions Survive Despite Wal-Mart Ruling
- House Approves Flood Insurance Program Renewal, Reforms
- S&P Downgrades 6 Cat Bonds; Removes 10 from Negative CreditWatch
- AIMU Updates Pollution Exclusion Clause, Buy-Back Endorsement
- Marsh Launches Coverage for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation Costs
- Cigelnik Joins Insurer Trade Group PCI
- Don’t Kill Flood Insurance Program, Insurers Tell Congress
- BP Accused of Trying to Limit Gulf Oil Disaster Claims
- Judge Trims Toyota Investors’ Legal Claims
- States Given Flexibility on Health Insurance Exchanges
- Ullico Casualty, Philadelphia Partner to Offer Surety to Union Contractors
- States to Learn Details of Health Insurance Exchanges Today
- Thompson Joins NAIC as Manager of International Relations Unit
- Federal Debt Negotiators Eye Limiting Health Insurance Tax Break
- Federal Court Upholds Umbrella Insurer in Asbestos Coverage Dispute
- U.S. Hurricane Season Could Be Market Tipping Point: Marsh
- PowerGuard Unveils Solar Project Performance Guarantee Policy
- Farmers Insurance Employees to Get $1.5M in Back Wages
- Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Over Freddie Mac Investment Losses
- Buffett Gives $1.8 Billion to Gates, Family Charities
- Best Affirms Navigators Group Ratings; Outlook Stable
- La Nina, Blamed for US South Drought, May Revive this Autumn
- Penn Millers Introduces Workers Compensation Toolkit
- $750M Settlement Reached with U.S. Farmers over Genetically Modified Rice
- Leadership Turnover, and Women Executives, Rule at Fireman’s Fund
- P/C Insurers Can Handle Muni Bond Stress: Moody’s
- Association of Women in Insurance Elects New Officers
- Reinsurance Prices Flat Except in Catastrophe Regions: Aon
- Expected Summer Floods Could Set Record
- Berkshire Joins Group Bidding for Citi Consumer Loan Unit: WSJ
- NFIB, EMPLOYERS Expand Workers’ Comp Program to Eight More States
- Marsh Forms New Global Mining Practice
- Strauss-Kahn: Going From Defendant to Plaintiff Could Be Risky
- LaRocco Out at Fireman’s Fund; Fouché Named CEO
- Willis Launches Bed Bug Insurance Protection for Hotel, Residential Industries
- Crime Insurance Steps Up to Plate for Little Leagues As Thefts Rise
- U.S. Wary of Possible Cuba Oil Spill
- U.S. Official Calls for Legal Framework to Fight Cyber Crime
- Hanover Completes $474M Acquisition of Chaucer
- Marsh Risk Consulting Launches Information Protection, IP Coverage
- New Chubb Service Assists Businesses With Data Breach Fallout
- Chartis Increases Construction Project Capacity to $250 Million
- Insurance Agents Cheer State Commissioners’ Vote on Medical Loss Ratio
- Totals: U.S. Spring Tornado Losses for P/C Carriers
- Analysis: Reinsurers at Risk If Hurricane Season Is Big
- MBIA May Bring Fraud Claim Against Bank of America’s Countrywide
- Judge Blocks Sierra Club from Lawsuit Against BP
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