National News for April 2014
- House Passes Bill to Exempt Expatriate Plans from Affordable Care Act
- Senate Cybersecurity Bill Gives Firms Liability Protection for Sharing Data
- QBE North America Launches Management Liability & Professional Lines Coverages
- Walmart Begins Selling Auto Insurance Online
- Supreme Court Rules Patent Suit Winners Can Get Legal Fees
- Starr’s Greenberg Loses Bid for Jury, Must Face Judge He Criticized
- Now Mastering City Streets: Google’s Driverless Cars
- State Farm Stuck on ‘Pause’ in Face of NBA Owner’s Ban
- FM Global’s Callori Named Spencer Foundation Chairman
- Nielsen, Travelers Survey: Employers Unfamiliar with Risks Posed by ACA
- Virtual Privacy Expert Gives Insurers Privacy Tools for Clients
- Boosting Employees’ Self-Esteem with Empty Praise Rarely Improves Performance
- Hartford Reports Third Straight Quarterly Profit
- White House Task Force Urges Colleges Report on Sexual Assault
- Past Bank, Insurer Battles Don’t Deter Treasure Hunter’s Return to Shipwreck
- Supply Chain, Data Breach, Political Unrest Top Overseas Risks for Businesses: Chubb
- Insurance Agents Not Giving Up on NARAB Producer Licensing Reform
- NBA Team Owner’s Racist Comments Prompt State Farm ‘Pause’
- Hiscox Increases U.S. Terrorism Insurance Capacity to $200 Million
- XL’s North America Primary Casualty Adops New Name
- W.R. Berkley Posts Q1 Gains But Cites ‘Painfully Competitive’ Reinsurance
- Top 5 Insurance Industry Misconceptions About Copyright
- Supreme Court Facing Additional Patent Issues This Week
- Safety National Introduces Safety National Crisis Protection
- O’Shea Joins IIBHS As Public Affairs Director
- Chubb Reports Drop in 1Q Profit Due to Winter Weather, Fire Losses
- Safety Board Says Rail Oil Tanker Rules Should Be Put on Washington Fast Track
- Schwab Ends Fight to Require Customers Sign Class Action Waiver
- Healthcare Industry Lacks Adequate Cybersecurity, Says FBI
- ACE Enhances Life Sciences Coverage Offerings
- Carter Named President of Berkley Program Specialists, Succeeding Diem
- Customers Switching Auto Insurers Unhappy with New Prices: J.D. Power
- Why Not Renewing TRIA Could Cost Government More Than Renewing It
- MEMIC Adds to Underwriting Teams in Virginia, Maryland and Florida
- Damages Phase of BP Gulf Spill Trial to Begin in January
- Buffett Says Rail Industry Concerned Over Oil Transport Safety
- GM Car Owners Allege Fraud in Challenging GM Bankruptcy Protection
- Mining Industry Vows to Fight Obama Administration Coal Dust Rule
- Odds of El Nino This Year Increasing, Says U.S. Climate Center
- AIG Expands Cyber Coverage to Include Physical Risks from Cyber Events
- Affordable Care Act Could Have ‘Modest’ Effect on Other Insurance Costs
- Top 25 Crop Insurance Writers: SNL
- Travelers Reports 17% Profit Hike in 1Q
- Colosi Joins Great American Insurance, Alternative Markets Division
- Federal Insurance Plan Aims to Protect Reluctant Dairy, Livestock Farmers
- Marsh Report Finds Continued Demand for Terrorism Risk Insurance; Urges Renewal
- GM Asks Court to Enforce Bankruptcy Liability Shield Against Ignition Lawsuits
- How Uber, Tesler Are Disrupting Transportation Monopolies: Viewpoint
- How Millennials View the Job Market
- IronHealth Increases Limits, Broadens Coverage for Healthcare Professional Liability
- Marsh & McLennan Names Dunn Director for Military, Veterans Affairs
- 2013 P/C Insurers’ Results Show Net Gain on Underwriting– First Since 2007
- Claims, Oil and Resentments Linger Four Years After BP Oil Spill
- Local Officials Urged to Educate Public on Storm Risks, Building for Future
- Financial Regulators Tell Congress TRIA Still Needed
- Democrats Seize on Koch Brothers, Republican Opposition to Flood Insurance
- Starr Receives Listing as Approved Surety from U.S. Treasury
- GM Bankruptcy Shield from Claims May Cut Payouts by Billions
- Forecasters to Issue Special Maps, Warnings on Storm Surge
- Updated: Federal Insurance Office Seeks Comments on Auto Insurance Affordability
- TIG Insurance Sues NHL to Limit Its Defense in Players’ Concussion Lawsuits
- GM Creates New Product Safety Team
- Boston Marathon Attacks Convinced Smaller, Midsized Firms to Buy Terror Insurance
- Dovetail Insurance Expands Workers Comp Product to Five Additional States
- Insurance Agents Learn How to Market to People Unlike Themselves
- RPX Launches Non-Practicing Entity Patent Litigation Insurance with Lloyd’s
- Great American Broadens Property Endorsement for Social Services
- Agents Brewing Up Program Business for Craft Beermakers
- Flood Insurance Presents Opportunity, Obstacles for Private Insurers
- Zurich Launches Risk Management Tool for Financial Institutions
- Ironshore Specialty Adds Product Recall to Crisis Management Coverage
- Insurance Industry Welcomes Terrorism Bill But Not Co-Pay Hike
- Why Hands-Free Cell Phones Are Not Safer: Safety Council
- 1 in 7 Cars on Road Have Unrepaired Defect
- Private Premiums Under Affordable Care Act 15% Below Forecast, Says CBO
- Energy Firms Unprotected for Major Cyber Events: Willis
- North Carolina’s Anders Wins Top Big ‘I’ Service Award
- Travelers CEO Fishman Eyes Potential Foreign Acquisitions
- Republicans to Use Burwell HHS Hearings to Question Affordable Care Act
- Independent Insurance Agents Find Some Pundits, Politicians in Washington Agree
- Municipal Bond Insurance Sales Expected to Rise With Interest Rates
- Secure Settlements Launches Mortgage Settlement Insurance
- Hartford CEO McGee’s Pay Up 58% to $17.7 Million As Stock Surges
- Sebelius Resigning as Obama Health Chief
- 9 Ex-Players Sue NHL Over Head Injuries
- Forecasters See Quiet Atlantic Hurricane Season
- Senators Announce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Terrorism Insurance
- Larson, Aga Join Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality
- NAPCO Report: Prices Decreasing, Competition Increasing in P&C Space
- Why Agencies Need to Pay More Attention to Insurer Insolvency
- ProSight Specialty, Tangram Insurance Launch Social Service Package Program
- Montana’s Sen. Tester Awarded Big ‘I’s’ Legislator of the Year 2013
- Auto Recalls On Rise Following Toyota-GM Cases
- Allstate, Merrill Lynch End $167 Million Mortgage Suit
- AIG Still Has Work To Do, Says Chairman Miller
- Allstate, Bank of America Agree to End Lawsuit Over Mortgages
- U.S. Warns Businesses on Major Web Technology Bug ‘Heartbleed’
- Supreme Court Allows State Ban on Corporate Political Giving
- Supreme Court Denies Appeal by Photographer Who Refused Same-Sex Couple
- XL Group Launches K&R Coverage with Crisis Management Advisory Services
- GM’s Mid-Sized SUVs Get Good News in Insurance Safety Test
- Esurance Names Gellman Chief Marketing Officer
- Court Says FTC Can Sue Hotel Chain Over Data Breaches
- Jury Hits Drugmakers with $9 Billion in Punitive Damages
- Ridesharing Service Uber Expanding Into Courier Business
- Arthur J. Gallagher: Q1 Revenues Up 20%; 10 Mergers in Pipeline
- SNL’s Top 30 E&S Writers: Berkshire On Fire with 40% Growth in 2013
- Century Risk Advisors Launches Professional Liability Division
- Ironshore Personal Lines Adds Fine Arts, Valuables Endorsement
- Top 10 States and Cities for Job Growth
- ACE Creates Global Cyber Risk Unit Headed by Merrill
- In Search of Scientific, Engineering Solutions to Make Cities Resilient
- Credit Bureau Experian Facing Litigation, State Probes Over Data Breach
- Bank of America Settles Forced-Place Insurance Claims for $228M
- Insurance Can’t Protect Libertarian’s Dream of Unlimited Liability: McArdle
- General Star Expands Coverage for Hazardous Specialty Training Operations
- A.M. Best Revises Hartford Financial, P/C Units’ Outlook to Positive
- How Robots, Drones Are Transforming Mining and Mine Safety
- GM Submits Ignition Recall Documents to Safety Agency
- Selective Sells Renewals on Self-Insured Public Entity Book to Great American
- Allied World U.S. Launches Coverage for Liability, Expenses of Privacy Breach
- Cyber Coverage Demand Increased in 2013, Trend to Continue in 2014: Marsh
- U.S. Approves JPMorgan Release of Funds to Sanctioned Russian Insurer
- Church Investor Sues Wal-Mart Over Sale of Guns, ‘Offensive’ Music
- Fitch Sees Growth, Profitability Continuing for U.S. Commercial Lines
- Ironshore Personal Lines Launches Primary Flood Coverage for High Value Homes
- Aflac Claims Workers’ Compensation Claims Drop for Firms Offering Accident, Disability Insurance
- Republican Bill Targets ‘Bailout’ of Health Insurers
- Reinsurance Price Drop Seen Triggering Lower P/C Rates
- Hudson Acquires Trucking Program Manager, Motor Transport Underwriters
- GM CEO Barra Has Few Answers on What Went Wrong
- GM Hires Feinberg to Handle Recall; CEO Barra Testifies Before Congress
- Hourihan Named President of AIG Private Client Group, U.S. and Canada
- ‘Insurance: The Musical’ Opens on Broadway
- Venture Expands Cyber Liability Coverage to Hospitality Industries
- Top 5 Riskiest States for Employee Lawsuits: Hiscox
- Reinsurers Spared from Large Cat Losses in 1Q: Fitch
- ACE Names Charlton President of P/C and Micro-Business Division
- Supreme Court Justices Signal Radical Change in Software Patents Unlikely
- Supreme Court Declines Catholic Groups’ Bypass on Contraceptives Benefit
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