National News for March 2015
- NAIC Adopts Ridesharing White Paper for State Policymakers
 - Reports Advise How to Make Flood Insurance Affordable
 - Crystal, AIG Offer Conceptual Art Insurance for Private Clients
 - Top 10, Bottom 10 Housing Markets in U.S.: Nationwide
 - Liberty Mutual Centralizing Personal Lines Service at 6 Call Centers
 - Exit Ramp Rollovers Kill Hundreds of Truckers a Year
 - AIG CEO Hancock Aims to Sell Off More Assets
 - AIG Chairman Miller to Exit in July: WSJ
 - W.R. Berkley Combines U.S. Broker Reinsurance Units
 - After Pao’s Loss, Silicon Valley Facing More Bias Suits
 - LaRocco to Take Over as State Auto President, CEO in May
 - Supreme Court Turns Down ‘Death Panel’ Challenge
 - Ex-Pilot’s Suit Says JetBlue Should Have Known He Was Unfit to Fly
 - Federal Reserve Mulling Insurers’ Proposal for Capital Standards
 - Obama Gets Chemical Safety Board Chief to Resign
 - ProSight, Affinity Partner on Golf, Country, Leisure Club Program
 - Premiums, Claims Severity on Rise in Architects & Engineers Market: Survey
 - Hochberg Named CEO of JLT Re in North America
 - Vertafore Partners to Expand Cloud, Data, Mobile Offerings
 - Supreme Court Omnicare Ruling Addresses Company Opinion Statements
 - Humana to Exit Workers’ Compensation with Sale of Concentra
 - Bankruptcy Judge May Lift Shield for GM Over Ignition Switch Claims
 - Federal Judge Blocks Granting Family Leave to Same-Sex Couples in Texas
 - New FEMA Guidelines Force the Climate Change Issue
 - Vantage Agora Launches Loss Analysis Tool for Brokers/Wholesalers
 - Uber Launches Safety Effort As Security Issues Mount
 - Why Are Agency Employees Unhappy?
 - NHL Loses Bid to Block Players’ Concussion Lawsuits
 - House Committee Approves Bill to Repeal Estate Tax
 - Progressive to Risk Raising Rates on Risky Snapshot Drivers
 - Supreme Court Gives Pregnant UPS Driver’s Claim Another Chance
 - JLT Specialty USA Creates Environmental Brokerage Team
 - Philadelphia Insurance Promotes 3 in Marketing
 - The Hartford Launches Customizable Coverage For Educational Institutions
 - Insurers Say Drone Rules Needed for Risk Evaluation
 - House Republicans Plan Vote on Estate Tax Repeal
 - Cyber Information Sharing Bill Introduced in House
 - FAA Eases Rules for Commercial Drones
 - No Kidding: NetVU User Conference to Stream Live on IJ.com Thursday
 - House Bill Targets Systemic Risk Panel Transparency
 - CNA Launches Quote Advantage for Small Business Segment
 - Closing Arguments in Greenberg’s Suit Against Bailout Set for April 22
 - How Driverless Cars Might Affect Ownership, Miles Driven
 - Securities Class Action Settlement Amounts Plummet
 - As West Bakes and Northeast Shivers, Elsewhere Tornadoes Almost Disappear
 - MetLife May Get More Time For Living Will Due to Systemic Risk Appeal
 - Liberty Mutual Names Russell Federal Public Affairs Officer
 - Fireman’s Fund to Pay $44M to Settle Crop Insurance Fraud Charges
 - StartPoint Adds $25M in Capacity for U.S. D&O Market
 - Top 30 U.S. Excess & Surplus Lines Writers in 2014: SNL
 - Oil Industry Sues to Block U.S. Fracking Regulations
 - Wall Street Journal: Collapse of Southport Lane’s Insurance Empire
 - U.S. to Streamline Approval for Commercial Drone Use
 - Obama Administration Releases Regulations on Fracking on Federal Lands
 - Court OKs AIG $970M Pact with Investors Over Subprime Mortgages
 - Supreme Court Asked to Decide Standard for Vaccine Injury Compensation
 - Drunk Driver Ignition Locks Offer ‘Significant’ Benefits, Savings: Study
 - Crestbrook to Offer Wildfire Mitigation for High Value Homeowners
 - H.R. Haldeman’s Son Recalls Life Before, After Watergate; Own Entry Into Insurance
 - Might Human Drivers Be Outlawed?
 - Solar Storm Jolts Earth; No Damage Reported
 - Target Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Settle Consumers’ Data Breach Claims
 - Firm Owned by Guardrail Whistleblower Files for Bankruptcy
 - ACE Enhances Pollution Liability Portfolio Coverages
 - Exclusive Sneak Peak: Hank Haldeman on Carrying Family Name in Insurance
 - EEOC Invites Public Comment on Employment Regulations
 - CoreLogic Releases Property Risk Assessment Platform
 - K&K Lowers Rates for Private School Student Accident Coverage
 - Boston Bombing Lesson: Risk Managers Urge Better ‘Terror Act’ Certification
 - Hedge Funds Find Gambling on Lawsuits Lucrative
 - Boies to Be a Lead Lawyer for Claims Against Takata Over Air Bags
 - Top 10 Most, Least Expensive Cars to Insure
 - AAIS, ACORD Partner on Standards for Insurers
 - Insurance ‘Geek’ Boggs Pursues ‘Light Bulb’ Effect as Academy Expands
 - P/C Insurance M&As: Deal Value Up, More to Come
 - El Nino Could Signal Tornado Activity in South: Researchers
 - Exclusive: Haldeman, Son of Watergate, Remembers His Father and President Nixon
 - McDonald’s Workers in 19 Cities File OSHA Complaints
 - CFC Launches Two New Contingency Insurance Products
 - Data Breach Lawsuit Latest Legal Challenge for Uber
 - AIG Buys Controlling Interest in Program Manager NSM Group
 - Driverless Car to Make First Coast-to-Coast Highway Trip
 - Lloyd’s Suit, Upcoming NFL Draft Shine Light on Sports Insurance
 - HCC Specialty Partners with Weather Analytics
 - GM Settles Original Ignition Switch Death Claim
 - Happy Pi Day! Here Are 10 Irrational Insurance Numbers
 - Senate Committee Passes Cyber Threat Sharing Bill
 - Insurers, Drugmakers Tussle Over Drug Copay Caps
 - U.S. Dominates Climate Change Litigation
 - InsuraMatch Online ‘Super Agency’ Offers ‘Personality-Driven’ Options
 - Independent Insurance Agents Defying Doomsayers
 - TUMI Now a Lloyd’s Coverholder, Launches Auto Liability & Transportation Programs
 - Juries to Decide If Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Independent Contractors
 - U.S. Safety Agency Says Trinity Did Not Hide Guardrail Defects
 - ‘Big Taxi’ Wages War Against Uber to Be More Like Uber
 - Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance
 - Investors Press Liability Case Against GM Directors Over Faulty Ignitions
 - Bipartisan Think Tank to Tackle Insurance Regulation
 - Study Links Flooding, Drought to Urban Expansion
 - Capital Ownership, Cost a Challenge for Insurance Industry: Berkley CEO
 - Compare.com Confirms Partnership with Google Insurance Comparison Site
 - Norman-Spencer Marine Launches TradeWinds Yacht Insurance Program
 - U.S. Consumer Bureau Moves to Restrict Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
 - More States Eye Use of Drug Formularies in Workers’ Compensation
 - Affordable Care Act Cost Estimate Drops Due to Lower Subsidies, Enrollment
 - Consumer Credit Agencies Agree to Address Errors, Medical Debt
 - Allstate, Hartford, Gallagher Cited Among Most Ethical Companies
 - Supreme Court Reopens Notre Dame Bid to Bypass Birth Control Coverage
 - P/C Insurers Face $1 Billion Tab for February Storms in U.S.
 - Public Radio Report Puts Spotlight on Workers’ Compensation’s ‘Grand Bargain’
 - BP Drops Opposition to Gulf Oil Spill Claims Chief It Criticized
 - Insurance Market Evolves for Drone Pilots Unwilling to Wait on Federal Regulations
 - Executives Examine D&O Claim Trends, Cyber Exposure
 - Holding Multiple Jobs Increases Risk of Injury: Liberty Mutual
 - Liberty Mutual Reports Q4 Gains Despite Jump in Catastrophes
 - Carfax Launches Online Crash Report Service
 - How Group Health Claims-Shifting Affects Workers’ Compensation: WCRI
 - XL Launches Primary Auto Product Line, Taps Miller to Lead
 - Google Compare for Car Insurance Has Arrived
 - Supreme Court Transcript in King v. Burwell on Obamacare Subsidies
 - Might ‘Constitutional Avoidance’ Rescue Obamacare?
 - A Closer Look at Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Operations
 - Trucking Safety Chief Defends Driver Rest Regulations
 - State Farm Reports 2014 Underwriting Loss, Operating Profit
 - UCPM Environmental Launches Program for Indoor Air Quality, Mold Liability
 - Specialty Insurance Group Increases Casualty Capacity to $25M
 - The Hartford Names Sprague to Lead Personal Lines
 - New ISO Cyber Endorsements for Small, Medium Businesses Now Available
 - High Stakes in Today’s Supreme Court Case on Obamacare Subsidies
 - Crop Insurance Guarantees to Drop: Analysts
 - Who Is Tough Enough for a Conference in Wintry Boston?
 - Internal Corporate Whistleblowers Swayed by Protections, Not Pay: Study
 - Schinnerer Names Telez, Collins to Senior Posts in Professional Liability
 - Insurance Journal, Channel Harvest Launch Survey on Agent-Carrier Relationships
 - USDA Seeks Crop Insurance Products for Specialty Crop, Fruit, Vegetable Growers
 - Terrorists Have Shifted from Attacking Airlines to Mass Transit: Study
 - ACE Launches Pollution Liability Coverage for Agriculture Risks
 - Uber: Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 50,000 Drivers
 - Senate Committee Backs Monetary Incentives for Auto Defect Whistleblowers
 - 3 GOP Senators’ OpEd: Keep Obamacare Subsidies Temporarily
 - Jain or Abel? Buffett Successor Speculation Continues
 - Paying Tribute to AIG, MetLife Chief Benmosche
 
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