National News for December 2011
- E&O Insights: Enhance Your Errors & Omissions Culture in 2012
 - Ratings Roundup: Gramercy, Southern Trust
 - Court Upholds Law Giving Telecom Firms Immunity for Surveillance
 - Is It Time for Permanent Yearly Calendar, Single Time Zone?
 - Despite Losses, Insurers Not Hiking Prices Broadly
 - Fire Risk Lower in High-Rise Buildings: Report
 - Breathe New Life into Your Old Performance Review Tactics
 - How One Independent Agent Tried to Off the GEICO Gecko
 - BancInsure Partners with KnightBrook for Financial Institutions
 - Insurance Adjusters Brace for Cold Weather Claims
 - Publishing Association Launches Insurance Product for Members
 - Auto Insurance Claim Costs Rising Again
 - Appeals Court Delays SEC-Citigroup Securities Fraud Case
 - Court OKs AIG’s $450M Settlement Over Underreported Workers’ Comp Premiums
 - FEMA to Give Partial Credit for Substandard Levees in Drawing Flood Zones
 - MetLife to Sell Bank Unit to GE Capital
 - Allstate Revises Agent Compensation Plan
 - Catastrophes Erode P/C Insurers’ Results for 9 Months of 2011
 - Obama Administration Decides Against Lowering Trucker Daily Hours
 - Federal Flood Insurance Reauthorized Until May 2012
 - Ex-NFL Players Sue League Over Brain Injuries
 - U.S. Airlines and Lost Luggage Liability
 - Esurance Debuts First Ad Campaign Since Being Bought by Allstate
 - Sex, Dogs and Heads That Rolled Among Top Insurance Journal News Stories in 2011
 - Ironshore Names Boren Head of U.S. Field Operations
 - Mines Must Disclose Safety Violations to Investors Under New SEC Rules
 - E-Trade, Insurers to Settle Mortgage Class Action Lawsuit for $79M
 - Ratings Roundup: Heritage, Euler Hermes (US)
 - Best Affirms Ratings of Beazley Insurance Company, Inc.
 - New Madrid Quake Cost = $110 Billion Impact Today AIR Reports
 - BofA’s Countrywide to Pay $335 Million to Settle Bias Case
 - State Insurance Regulators Name 28 Consumer Representatives
 - Report: Recent Advances in Casualty Catastrophe Models Help Insurers
 - Fed Proposes Rules to Restrain Wall Street Risk-Taking
 - Aon to Pay $16.2 Million to Settle Bribery Charges
 - Study: Private Insurers Can Complement National Flood Insurance
 - Hurricane Forecaster Delays 2012 Prediction Until Spring
 - Get Ready to ‘Face’ the Next Wave in Marketing: Mavatars
 - Best Comments on Allianz U.S. Operations Rating Actions
 - Best Affirms FSR’s; Downgrades ICR’s of Allianz U.S. Units; Ratings on Review/Negative
 - Best Puts Fireman’s Fund Companies on Review/Negative; Affirms Ratings
 - Administration Grants States Leeway on Health Benefits Package
 - Financial Services Oversight Rules Possible This Week
 - Supreme Court Schedules Obama Healthcare Arguments
 - OneBeacon Professional Insurance Expands Coverage for Lawyers
 - Deficit Poses the Biggest Threat to U.S. Healthcare
 - Moody’s Corp. Acquires Barrie & Hibbert
 - Ratings Roundup: MAPFRE USA, AXA US,
 - OPIC Offers New Political Risk Insurance
 - Risk Managers Find Santa Exposed, Urge $1 Billion Coverage Plan
 - Best Places Aviva’s U.S. Subsidiaries Ratings under Review/Negative
 - Best Upgrades First Hawaii Ratings to ‘A’ on Tokio Marine Takeover
 - Highway Safety Institute Lists a Record Number of Top Safety Picks
 - Distracted Driving Stems From More Than Cell Phone Use, Insurers Say
 - U.S. Healthcare Law Keeps More Young Adults Insured
 - Chinese Drywall Settlement Could Reach $1B
 - You’d Better Watch Out – Many Holiday Party Hosts Ignore Safety Issues
 - RIMS Tells Treasury: Industry Needs More Uniform, National Regulations
 - Fitch Says Insurers’ Capital Position Is Strong, Issues Stable Outlook
 - Frank Crystal & Co. Establishes Art Finance Group
 - Athletic Union Vows Changes to Child Safety Policy
 - Scientists Urge New Approach to Offshore Drilling Safety
 - National Transportation Board Recommends Ban on Driver Cell Phone Use
 - Best Practices to Prevent Employee Fraud in a Recession
 - Ironshore Names Tracey as VP, Specialty Casualty
 - Gov’t Says Holiday Decorating Injuries on the Rise
 - Judge Tosses JPMorgan Lawsuit Against Insurers
 - Mutual Insurers Pleased with FDIC Rule Clarifying Dodd-Frank
 - Willis Launches Global Insurance Placement Tool
 - Torus Enters U.S. Surety Market
 - Best Places Ratings of First Sealord Surety Under Review/Negative
 - Chubb Creates Online System for Private Companies and Nonprofits
 - All Risks Ltd. Set to Offer New Market for Charter Buses
 - SEC Sues Brokerage Insurance Fund Over Stanford Victims’ Claims
 - Bulk of U.S. Data Theft Linked to Few Chinese Hacker Teams
 - Report Says M&A Deal Flow Will Pick Up, Lists Potential Candidates
 - Citigroup to Sell Remaining Stake in Primerica
 - The Next Big Thing in Insurance Coverage Is Here
 - Hanover Insurance Executive Elected Co-Chair of Anti-Fraud Coalition
 - How to Attract Carrier Attention on Program Business
 - Perpetuation: It Isn’t Just a Money Thing
 - Online Portal Aims to Connect Independent Agents with Consumers
 - Supreme Court Schedules Healthcare Law Briefs
 - Federal Judge Rules Blogger Not Journalist in Defamation Case
 - Government Study: Texting by Drivers Up by Half in 2010
 - Green Retrofitting Surpasses New Green Construction for First Time
 - NHL Says Brain Ailment Evidence Is Lacking
 - Do Actuarial Models Influence P/C Underwriting Cycle?
 - Wishes & Predictions Survey 2012: Participate Now
 - Fireman’s Fund Bushnell Named to U.S. Green Building Council Board
 - Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Launches Yoga Product
 - Despite Consensus, Politics Stymies Federal Flood Reform
 - American Safety Enhances Contractors Pollution Liability Package
 - Washington Gridlock Continues Over Consumer Financial Protection Agency
 - 70 Million Drivers Missing Out on Car Insurance Savings: Insurer
 - Zurich Names Dailey to Executive Committee; Farmers Group CEO
 - Lloyd’s Study Finds U.S. Businesses Concerned with Talent, Skills Shortage
 - Terrorism Risk Still a Concern in Insurer Ratings: S&P
 - FEMA Supports Allowing Disaster Aid Requests by Tribal Governments
 - Senate Approves Flood Insurance Extension to May 2012
 - Want to Reduce Cyber Risk? Avoid These 25 Worst Passwords of 2011
 - Crump Adds Personal Guarantee Insurance
 - P/C Insurers Lost 900 Jobs in October, Labor Department Data Shows
 - Ryan Specialty Announces New Transactional Liability Facility
 - Conning Names Bradford CEO
 - Markel to Acquire Program Administrator Thomco
 - Graduated Driver Licensing Could Save 2,000 Lives, $13.6 Billion: Study
 - Greenberg Honored for China-U.S. Relations
 - Supreme Court to Hear Personal Medicine Patent Dispute
 - Best Downgrades Wisconsin Re’s Ratings; Revises Outlook to Negative
 - GM Close to Possible Volt Battery Fires Fix
 - 5Star Specialty Programs Expands Auto Dealer Product
 - Western Heritage Creates Garage Division
 - Healthcare Execs Facing ‘Responsible Corporate Officer’ Strict Liability
 - BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence
 - U.S. Power Grid Needs Cybersecurity Protection: MIT Report
 - Chubb Adds New Coverages to Private Company Program
 - ProHost Launches Employment Practices Coverage for Restaurants
 - U.S. P/C Insurers’ Catastrophe Losses Top $38 Billion
 - Senate Asked to Renew Flood Program Until Sept. 2012
 - Lawmakers Block Safety Rules for Lithium Battery Shipments
 - 2011 Hurricane Season Spared Usual Targets While Flooding Northeast
 - Aon to Close Agency Specialty Product Network (ASPN) by Year’s End
 - In Slow Economy, Injured Workers May Find It Harder to Return to Work
 - Are You Prepared for the Changing Insurance Market?
 - Turning Construction Red Flags into Opportunities
 - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Non-U.S. Claims Against Toyota
 - Property Insurance Rates on the Rise: Marsh
 - Aspen Enters Recreational Marine Market
 - Aon Introduces Tenant Rent Default Coverage
 - Can Claims Handling Cause an Errors & Omissions Claim?
 - How to Produce and Keep Happy Claimants
 - Sweeney Retires; McKay Named CEO of U.S. Aviation Underwriters
 - Geithner Hits Attempts to Weaken Wall Street Reforms
 - Genstar Completes Acquisition of Insurity from LexisNexis
 - Most Health Insurers Meet Controversial Medical Loss Ratio
 
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