National News for December 2015
- New Empire Group Launches Excess Liability Program for Real Estate Risks
 - 12 Insurance Talks to Hear Before the Ball Drops
 - Coal Mine Deaths at Record Low of 11 in 2015
 - Obamacare Enrollment Reaches 8.5 Million in 38 States Using Federal Exchange
 - How to Turn New Year’s Resolutions Into Habits
 - Insurance Safety Group Cites 63 Vehicles as Top Safety Picks
 - Judge OKs 2 Shareholder Class Actions Against Facebook Over IPO
 - Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame Reveals 2015 Inductees
 - Cargill to Sell Crop Insurance Business to Silveus
 - Expect P/C Insurance Price Stagnation in 2016: Kroll
 - Top 10 Property/Casualty Insurance News Stories of 2015
 - Top 20 P/C Insurance Lists of 2015
 - Wall Street May Create UK-Like Registry of Misbehaving Bankers, Traders
 - Dollar General Claim Challenges Tribal Sovereignty Before Supreme Court
 - Big ‘I’ Names Hanley as Director of Agency E&O Program
 - Ironshore Names DeSantis of Farmers as CEO of Wright & Co.
 - IRS Extends Employers’ Reporting Deadlines Under Obamacare
 - Apple Seeks $180M More in Patent Damages from Samsung
 - Telemedicine Gaining Acceptance Among Patients, Insurers
 - Latest Death Linked to Takata Air Bag Exposes Recall System Flaw
 - Who’s In, Who’s Out? 2015 Was Year of Replacing P/C Insurance CEOs
 - Obamacare Sign-Ups Reach 8.3 Million in 2015
 - City of Hope Research, Treatments Boosted by Insurance Industry Pocketbooks
 - IICF Unites P/C Industry for Record Year of Giving
 - Largest U.S. Electric Company On Alert for Cyberattacks
 - Warm 2016 May Help Put Climate Change on The Map – Even Higher That Is
 - New Program Administrator Method Insurance Services to Offer Coverage in 10 States
 - Why Specialist Brokers Need to Become Content Marketers: Commentary
 - IT Workers, Doctors, Dentists Less Likely to Lose Jobs to Robots
 - P/C Industry Growing and Aligning Its Charitable Giving
 - Driverless Cars Give Lawyers Bottomless List of Defendants
 - Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court to Reject Marijuana Lawsuit
 - U.S. Spending Bill to End Oil Export Ban
 - A Look at the Highest Paid U.S. Corporate Director Posts
 - Wells Fargo Renews Hunt for Insurance Brokerages to Buy
 - XL Catlin Increases Aviation Insurance Limits
 - Scottsdale Insurance’s Miller Departs to Lead Parent Nationwide’s Venture Arm
 - Liberty Mutual Creates New Public Entity Division, Hires Kostro to Lead
 - ACE Westchester Enhances Product Recall Insurance Offerings
 - Driverless Car Accidents Pile Up As They Obey Laws, Humans Don’t So Much
 - Wells Fargo Insurance Reports Hiring Spree
 - Zurich Insurance to Buy Wells Fargo Crop Insurance Unit
 - After San Bernardino Shooting, Businesses Review How to Handle Workplace Violence
 - Fitch: Overall P/C Reserves Adequate; Prior Years’ Favorable Trend Continues
 - Buyers of Expiring Patents See Profit in Infringement Claims
 - How to Make U.S. Traffic Safety Programs More Effective: RAND Study
 - Poirer to Succeed Ravn as Church Mutual CEO in January
 - Congress Adds Corporate Cyber Data Sharing Immunity to Spending Bill
 - AIG Plans $3 Billion Stock Buyback
 - NFS Edge Launches Flood Coverage Option for Condo Associations
 - Commercial Broker Trade Group CIAB Adds 4 to Staff
 - Investors Now Betting Against Hedge Fund Reinsurers
 - 7 Actions for Closing Out 2015 As If It Were a New Year
 - Cyclist, Pedestrian Traffic Deaths on Rise in U.S.
 - OneBeacon Launches Cyber Liability Product for Information Technology Risks
 - Clear Blue, New U.S. Commercial Insurance Fronting Operation, Opens for Business
 - Today Is Deadline for 2016 Healthcare Enrollment Under Obamacare
 - Airlines Banning, Safety Agency Investigating Hoverboards Over Fires
 - Supreme Court Hands Businesses Another Victory on Arbitration
 - How to Wrap That Toy Drone Christmas Gift in an Insurance Policy
 - U.S. Unveils Hobby Drone Registry Rules, Deadlines
 - VW Owners Nominate Feinberg to Manage Potential Emissions Settlement
 - Will AIG Management Shakeup Improve Results?
 - U.S. Safety Agency Advocating Stronger Truck Rear-Impact Guards
 - XL Catlin Launches Financial Institution Bond Insurance Coverage
 - Uber Winning Support in States for Classifying Drivers as Contractors
 - Nationwide Launches New Online Quoting System for Small Business Agents
 - ‘Happy Birthday’ Song Copyright Discord Ends on Harmonious Note
 - Towers Watson and Willis Shareholders Approve $8.9 Billion Merger Deal
 - Allianz Global Names AIG’s Williams Environmental Liability Manager for North America
 - Schreiner Joins Markel as Senior VP
 - Berkshire Unit Prepares to Sell Insurance Direct to Business via Internet
 - Best Assigns ‘A++’ Rating to Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Co.
 - Scant U.S. Insurance Presence at Paris Summit, Says Ceres
 - Investors Assess El Niño Effect on Businesses from Bug Killers to Insurers
 - Financial Strength Rating Remain Unchanged for Liberty Mutual: A.M. Best
 - GM Settles Ignition Victims Claims for $600 Million
 - AIG CEO Hancock Shakes Up Executive Team; Herzog, Doyle Out
 - Judge Rules Uber Drivers Can Seek Expense Reimbursement; Uber to Appeal
 - Liberty Mutual Posts $427 Million Q3 Loss on Venezuela Operations, Energy
 - Warming to Alternative Classifications for Gig Economy Workers
 - XL Catlin Adds Equipment Reliability Service to Equipment Breakdown Coverage
 - California Judge Breyer Expected to Combine, Expedite VW Diesel Claims
 - For Many Uninsured, Obamacare Policies Less Costly Than Penalties
 - Financial Firms Hope to Use Spending Bill to Stall Retirement Advisor Rules
 - U.S. Looks to Revamp Auto Safety Ratings, Add High-Tech Crash Dummies
 - Entrepreneurs Raise $13 Million to ‘Reinvent’ U.S. P/C Insurance with Peer-to-Peer Insurer
 - Obamacare Turns to Start-Ups to Boost Enrollment in Marketplaces
 - Softening of P/C Commercial Markets, Including D&O, to Continue: Fitch
 - Cyber Insurance Underwriting Moves from ‘Toddler’ to ‘Teen’ As Insurers Learn from Claims
 - Karen Clark Adds US Earthquake Reference Model to Modeling Platform
 - Former Liberty Mutual, Progressive IT Executive Ruzicka Joins Novarica
 - New Credit Card Chips Shift Liability to Retailers
 - Supreme Court Lets Stand State, Local Bans on Assault Weapons
 - U.S. Hospitals Improve Patient Safety: Report
 - P/C Insurers Told ‘Fresh Approach’ Needed to Face Coming Disruption
 - AIG Reportedly to Raise About $750M From Sale of Shares in China’s PICC P&C
 - Judge Says Kinder Morgan Owes Investors Damages for El Paso Pipeline Deal
 - Highway Bill Restores Crop Insurance Funding Cut in Budget Deal
 - How a King of Coal Conspired Against Mine Safety
 - Main Street America Launches Commercial Lines Cyber Risk Coverage
 - Senate Joins House in Voting to Repeal Obamacare
 - Huge Highway Bill Includes Safety, Trucking, Rail, Ex-Im Bank Provisions
 - Target Settles 2013 Data Breach Claims with Banks
 - Cyber Insurance Rates Up, Unlike Other Commercial Rates
 - 15 Automakers, U.S. Meet on Safety, Recalls, Hacking
 - Kinsale Insurance Forms Inland Marine Division
 - Allianz Launches Motorsports Unit in North America
 - Analyst Sees AIG CEO Hancock Surviving Icahn Ouster Bid
 - How State Policies Affect Low Back Pain Costs
 - Transatlantic Re Winds Down Asbestos Contracts with AIG, Berkshire Hathaway
 - Amateur Athletes, Not Just Pros, Could Be at Risk for Brain Damage: Mayo Clinic
 - Why Wage and Hour Claims Keep Rising
 - Hurricane Season Ends: Atlantic Stayed Below Normal; Pacific Set Records
 - PartnerOne Launches Contractors Pollution & Professional Product
 - Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
 - VTech Data Breach Highlights Risk in Connected Toys, Internet of Things
 - Insurance ‘Sting’ Aims to Catch Cargo Thieves During Their Busy Holiday Season
 - Late NFL Player, Announcer Gifford Had Brain Disease Tied to Concussions
 
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