National News for March 2012
- Argo Group to Reorganize Argo Pro
- XL Insurance Operations Enhances ‘Side A’ D&O Coverage
- BP Claims U.S. Hiding Evidence on Size of Gulf Oil Spill
- MasterCard Reports Possible Security Breach
- 30% of Teen Drivers in Crashes Suffer Head Injuries: Study
- Judge Won’t Dismiss Massey Shareholder Suit Over Safety
- FDA Steps Up Scrutiny of Metal Hip Implants
- Judge Throws Out Investor Lawsuit Against Bank of America Over Mortgages
- Willis Announces Accountable Care Organization Insurance Liability Policy
- Insurance Claims Firm Cunningham Lindsey Put Up for Sale
- Liberty Mutual Acquires KIT Finance, Enters Russian Auto Insurance Market
- Ratings Roundup: Michigan Professional, Bancinsure, Maiden NA
- Look Out Gecko and Flo, ‘Mayhem’ Man, QB and Professor Are Gaining On You!
- Nix the Tape on Home Windows, Say Hurricane Officials
- Hospital Pay Incentives Not Improving Patient Outcomes: Study
- Supreme Court Limits Pilot’s Damages in HIV Privacy Claim vs. Government
- PPIB Launches Network Security Program for Retail, Healthcare Segments
- Young Agents: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Survey
- Supreme Court Hears More Healthcare Law Arguments
- National Ethics Association Expands E&O Program for Low-Risk P&C Agents
- FEMA Director: Private Sector Needs ‘Seat at the Table’ in Disaster Response
- Hartford’s Money-Losing Brokerage Unit Expected to Attract Bids
- How AIG Will – or Won’t – Generate a Bailout Profit for Taxpayers
- Glatfelter Public Practice Adds Cyber Liability Coverage
- Southwest Risk Launches New Habitational Program
- Applied Systems to Release Epic 6 Agency Program in April
- Facebook Says Emails Show New Yorker’s Lawsuit a Fraud
- FTC Wants Voluntary Online ‘Do Not Track’ System
- AIG CEO Benmosche Says Taxpayers Will Profit on Bailout
- Washington Mutual Sues Its D&O Insurers, Seeks Up to $250M
- Beazley Launches Healthcare Regulatory E&O Policy
- Supreme Court Begins Healthcare Law Debate
- WellCare $137M Whistleblower Deal Now Official
- Facebook, Lawmakers Warn Employers Not to Demand Passwords
- Travelers Exec Joins XL Group as VP for Ocean Marine Unit in New York
- Study: Access to Local Underwriters Critical for Small Commercial CSRs
- Morgan Stanley Directors Win Pay Lawsuit Dismissal
- Judge Orders Feds to Begin Proceedings to Remove Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- AIG Makes Final Payment for AIA Aurora Stake
- Ratings Roundup: Missouri Valley, Berkley (Notes), Old United, Blue Whale (Pfizer), Zale, Infinity
- HSB to Offer Equipment Breakdown, Data Breach Product
- Paulson Says Hartford’s Plan Is Just ‘A First Step’
- Best Puts The Hartford and Subs Ratings Under Review
- Legality of Employers Asking Job Applicants For Facebook Passwords Questioned
- 6 Ways Supreme Court Could Rule on Healthcare Law
- Brokerage’s Strategy Could Redefine ‘Customer’ in Securities Arbitration Cases
- Hartford Moving Closer to Its P/C Roots But Not Severing All Life Ties
- U.S. Treasury’s Geithner Put on Spot for Delayed Insurance Report
- HCC Insurance Holdings Names Burke as Chief Operating Officer
- Great American Launches FleetFusion Program for Motor Carriers
- Ratings Agencies Respond to The Hartford’s Plan to Exit Life Insurance
- Cargo Theft Reporting Improves, Says Insurers’ CargoNet
- Cisco Enables Employers to Secure Employees’ Personal Mobile Devices
- Hartford Bows to Shareholder Paulson, Sells Most Life Insurance Units
- Municipal Defaults – Already 21 in 2012 – Another Blow for Bond Insurers
- House Plan Would Cut Crop Insurance Cost
- 4 GOP-Appointed Justices Control Obama Health Law’s Fate
- Willis Among Targets of Stanford Third Party Class Actions
- Lawsuit Against Berkshire Hathaway Over Sokol Trades Dismissed
- Cost Containment Tops Employer Concerns on Workers’ Comp: Survey
- Supreme Court Readies for Healthcare Debate
- Aon Shareholders Approve Domicile Move to London
- Oil Spill Panel to Issue Drilling Safety Report
- Towers Watson Receives Patents for Risk Modeling Technique
- MBIA Reportedly Ready to Settle with UBS Over Restructuring
- SEC, Citgroup May Win Appeal in Mortgage Fraud Case
- Lexington Offers New Coverage for Conservation and Mitigation Banks
- Millions in U.S. at Risk from Rising Sea Levels: Report
- Whistleblowers Reaping Rewards in U.S. Mortgage Suits
- Departing Goldman Sachs Banker Slams ‘Rip-Off’ Culture
- Catastrophe Frequency, Tornadoes Test Insurers in U.S.: A.M. Best
- Bailout Watchdogs Criticize AIG Tax Deal
- Liberty Mutual ‘Disappointed’ at $450M AIG Workers’ Comp Settlement
- FastComp.com Adds Workers’ Compensation Coverage in Ten States
- Securities Fraud Settlements in 2011 Were Lowest in Decade
- Chartis Teams Up with Sterling & Sterling to Offer Total Body Pac
- Cost of Obama Healthcare Law Lowered Under Latest Congressional Analysis
- After Failure, MetLife Criticizes Federal Reserve Stress Test As Flawed for Insurers
- Update: Insurance Wholesaler AmWINS Is Recapitalizing: CEO DeCarlo
- Tetrault Named Counsel for Insurer Group NAMIC’s State, Policy Affairs
- ‘Super Losses’ in Healthcare Sector Growing in U.S.: Hiscox
- Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Patents
- Administration Issues Rules for State-Run Health Insurance Exchanges
- Do Agency Management Benchmarks Work?
- Hiscox Appoints Walter as U.S. CEO; Head as Chief Underwriting Officer
- Commercial Lines Prices Up for 4th Straight Quarter: Survey
- Gulf Oil Spill: Tales of 3 Plaintiffs
- U.S. to Seek Court Approval for $25 Billion Mortgage Deal with Big Banks
- Largest Shareholder Presses The Hartford to Decide Soon on Split-Up
- Toyota Recalling Some Tacomas, Camrys And Venzas
- Kitchen Appliances Rank No. 1 in Product Safety Complaints
- ACE Expands Public Entity Product
- Lawyers in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Prepare for Fight Over Fees
- BP Settlement Relieves Feinberg of Duties; New Claims Process to Start
- La Nina to Fade But South Should Expect Dry Conditions
- Alleghany and Transatlantic Complete Merger
- AAIS and Hartford Steam Boiler Team up for Data Compromise Coverage
- Fannie Mae Changing ‘Forced-Place’ Home Insurance Rules
- U.S. to Sell $6 Billion in AIG Stock; AIG to Pay More to Taxpayers
- Whistleblower Says BofA Defrauded Home Loan Remodification Program
- 7-Day Advance Hurricane Forecasts Not Far Away, Says Storm Center Chief
- K&B Introduces Workers’ Compensation Program
- PPIB Introduces Professional Lines Program
- SEC Weighs Exempting Insurance Companies from Volcker Rule
- Tokio Marine Buyout of Insurer Delphi Allowed to Proceed
- Wealthy Americans Fear Costly Lawsuits
- BP Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Includes Medical Claims Process
- Protective Specialty Launches E&O Products for Insurance Agents
- Supreme Court Weighs If Firms Can Be Sued Over Human Rights Abuses Abroad
- Marsh & McLennan CFO Wittman Resigns for Senior Role at Google
- Three Mull Lawsuits in U.S. Against Murdoch’s News Corp.
- BP’s Potential Pricetag for Gulf Oil Spill
- BP’s $7.8 Billion Deal May Speed Gulf Spill Payments
- AIG Sells $500 Million Stake in Blackstone
- Insurers Face Huge Losses from Latest Deadly Tornadoes
- BP Reaches $7.8 Billion Deal Over Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
- Death Toll, Damage Mount from Tornadoes in Midwest, South
- U.S. Regulators to Issue Post-Fukushima Safety Rules
- Chartis Enhances Fiduciary Liability Coverage
- Court Revives Securities Case Involving Foreign vs. Domestic Transactions
- CFC Introduces Tailored Policy for PEOs
- U.S. Seeks Dismissal of Ex-CEO Greenberg’s $25B Lawsuit on AIG Takeover
- Driving on ‘High’-way: Many Teen Drivers Admit Having Driven After Pot
- States Won’t Oppose Honda Hybrid Settlement
- State Farm Profit Took Hit in Stormy 2011
- 5 Startup Businesses Agents Should Watch
- Sentry Insurance Group Names McPartland as CEO
- Companion P&C Names Rhodes Chief Operating Officer
- Ex-Security Chief at West Virginia Mine Gets 3 Years in Jail
- K&K Insurance Expands Skating Program
- Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors Study on Agents’ Views on Carriers
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