National News for November 2014
- Supreme Court to Hear UPS Driver’s Pregnancy Bias Claim
- Injured BP Oil Spill Cleanup Workers Must Sue for Payments: Judge
- Liberty Mutual Offers Cyber Cover for Small, Mid-Sized Businesses
- Workplace Wellness Battle Could Jeopardize Firms’ Support for Obamacare
- Judge Denies GM Bid to Merge California, New York Ignition Switch Suits
- Insurers’ Winter Storm Losses to Climb Due to Polar Vortex: I.I.I.
- Risk and Insurance Experts Predict Thanksgiving NFL Winners, Losers
- Vaccine Claims System Slow to Compensate Injured
- More Than 65,000 Firefighters Injured on Job in 2013
- Turkey, Chicken Farms Recognized with Safety Awards
- Should Schools Monitor Students’ Social Media Use?
- Prescription Benefit Managers Excluding More High-Priced Drugs
- Markel Names Glisson as Global Insurance President
- Smaller Firms Showing Interest in Cyber Liability Coverage: Aspen’s Vitale
- Honda Admits Not Reporting U.S. Claims; Could Face Record Fine
- Documents At End of AIG Bailout Testimony Could Aid Greenberg
- Fasten Your Seatbelts, Flying Cars Could Take-Off Within 3 Years
- Quiet Atlantic Hurricane Season Coming to End
- Nationwide, Hartford Steam Boiler Offer Cyber Cover for Small Business Owners
- FHA Chief Watt Says Force-Placed Home Insurance Changes ‘Tough’
- Employee Loyalty Highest at Small, Local Businesses
- Whistleblower Tips, Award Amount Increased in 2014, Reports SEC
- House Republicans Sue Obama Over Delay in Health Insurance Mandate
- Target: Retailer Owes No Duty to Banks in Data Breach
- Home-Sharing Service Airbnb Offers $1M Host Liability Policy
- When P/C Insurance Carriers Can Cancel: The ‘Underwriting Period’ by State
- Honda: Require Car Owners to Comply with Recalls
- XL Group Adds Fleet Safety Service to Construction Insurance
- How Carriers Are Handling Property Cat Renewals, Terrorism, Ebola: NAPCO
- Hospitals Improvise on Safety to Treat Ebola Patients
- Montana’s Lindeen Elected NAIC President
- 8 Million Cars Recalled for Air Bags; Only 6% Repaired: Bloomberg
- Staples Still Tallying Costs of Data Breach
- Farm Bill Costs Soar Despite Great Harvest
- D&O Primary, Excess Layer Pricing Moving in Opposite Directions: Aon
- 3 U.S. Wholesalers Launch $25M D&O Program at Lloyd’s for North America
- Marsh Offers Consumer Class-Action Settlement Insurance
- House Subcommittee Renews Call for Private Flood Insurance
- State Regulators Form Cyber Issues Task Force
- Lawmakers Seek Details on Financial Services Firms’ Data Breaches
- U.S. Safety Regulator Wants Nationwide Recall of Air Bags
- Players, Families Urge Judge to Reject NFL Concussion Settlement
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Unveils New D&O Policy
- U.S. Employment Discrimination Settlements, Cases Down from Last Year
- Small Business Insurance Market Primed for Consolidation
- More Americans Retiring Later Than They Expected
- Safety Board Upholds FAA Regulation of Drones
- Facebook Readies Workplace Version
- Aon Web Tool Aids Contractors Working in Multiple States
- Victims Stymied in Access to Others’ Air Bag Liability Settlements
- Bicyclist Fatalities Rise As More Urban Workers Pedal to Work
- CNA Names 2 Actuarial Vice Presidents
- Google Targeted in Independent Contractor Classification Dispute
- Drone Use Takes Off Despite Safety Concerns, Restrictions
- Swiss Re Americas CEO: Underserved Markets Ripe for Insurance Innovation
- Travelers CEO Fishman Discloses Neuromuscular Condition
- AIG, Not Taxpayers, Could Pay If Greenberg Wins $25 Billion Bailout Suit
- Hypothetically, Here’s How to Respond to a Data Breach
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Contractor’s, Business Crisis Cover
- Pet Insurance Outpaces Accident-Health in Sales Growth
- Hiscox Endorsement Covers Business Loss by Cyber Deception, Phishing
- Crop Of Climate Corps May Bloom in Ag Insurance Landscape
- Health Plan Costs Up Slightly; What Employers Are Doing About It
- Arch’s Lipuma Joins Hiscox USA to Run Financial Services Division
- AssureStart Expands Online Small Business Sales to 6 Additional States
- XL Group Offers Pre-qualification Service for Subcontractor Default Insureds
- ACE Group Offers Tiered Loss Mitigation Services for Cyber
- Activist Investor Barington Targets Insurer Software Firm Ebix
- Court to Hear Claim EnPro’s Garlock Hid Asbestos Evidence
- Liberty Mutual Profit, Revenue Up in Q3
- World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord
- Taiwan’s Cathay Life Acquires Asset Manager, Research Firm Conning
- Experts See Gradual Transition to Accident-Free Driving
- K&K Offers Program for Firefighter Accidental Death and Disability
- U.S. Veterans Sue Banks, Allege Money Scheme Aided Terrorists
- GM Emails Show Ignition Switch Fix Began 2 Months Before Recall
- CorPro, AIG Offer Management Liability Products for Small, Mid-Sized Firms
- Corporate Actions May Be Stupid But Not Criminal, Says AIG Chairman
- Hanover Names Lavey As Personal Lines President
- Obamacare Enrollment Forecast Cut by 30%
- Marsh Names Cormier, Poulos to Executive Posts
- Berkshire Nearly Quadruples Insurance Profits; Boosts Premiums 50%
- W. R. Berkley Names McPherson as VP in Predictive Modeling Unit
- HealthCare.com Raising $7.5 Million as HealthCare.Gov Begins Again
- Judge Rejects BP Attempt to Remove Oil Spill Claims Chief Juneau
- Old vs. New GM at Issue in Ignition Switch Class Action
- FBI Reports Decreases in Violent, Property Crimes
- Republicans Restart Battle Over Export-Import Bank
- Group Aims to Create Alternatives to Workers’ Comp State-by-State
- Nurse Who Survived Ebola Says More Training Needed
- States May Decide Fate of Obamacare Tax Subsidies After Supreme Court
- Main Street America Promotes Frederick to Vice President, CIO
- Desktop Hurricane Tool Shows Storm Risk in Neighborhoods
- Insurance Covers $27M of Home Depot’s Breach Recovery Costs
- U.S. Didn’t Reveal Potential Chinese AIG Rescue, Ex-CEO Testifies
- Aspen US Realigns Casualty Business Around 4 Product Lines
- XL Group Unveils Enhanced Yacht Insurance
- Technology Firm iPipeline Weghing IPO; $500 Million Value Possible
- Losing Bankruptcy Liability Shield Could Cost GM $2 Billion
- Ex-CEO Willumstad: AIG Bailout Was Only Rescue Option
- Ridesharing Rivalry: Lyft Sues Uber Claiming Documents Lifted
- Commercial Rates Continue on Slow Slide; Personal Lines Rates Moderate: Survey
- Survey: Businesses Slow to Boost Cyber Insurance Coverage Despite Risks
- Federal Safety Engineer Defended Trinity’s Highway Guardrails
- Big Data: It Isn’t Just for Carriers
- Integro, One Source Launch Global Credit Insurance Offering
- Allied World North America Launches E&O Coverage for Professional Services
- AIG Q3 Net Income Rises 1% to $2.19B, More Share Buybacks Planned
- MetLife Executives Appear Before FSOC to Challenge Systemic Risk Tag
- Confie Seguros Acquires 2 New York, 1 California Brokers
- CNA Offering 11,000 Former Employees Pension Buyouts
- Honeywell Blocks EEOC Move to Halt Wellness Penalties for Now
- Genstar Sells Significant Interest in Insurance Software Firm Insurity
- Insurers Win Case to Kill HUD Disparate Impact Rule
- Climate Change Report Paints Portrait of Dystopian Future
- USI Completes Acquisition of 7 Willis Retail Insurance Brokerage Locations
- ACE Rolls Out Online Platform for Construction Industry
- Greenberg Upset Win in AIG $25 Billion Bailout Trial Possible
- 2 Explosions Trigger Debate Over Future of Private Space Business
- Lockton, Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Offer Income Protection without Physical Loss
- Program Business Market Grew 9.8% in 2013: TMPAA
- Small Businesses Moving to Obamacare Exchanges
- AIG : No Dealings with Syrian Claims Adjuster
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